Week 32 - ITF ($25K) - Chiswick, UK Hard

Babfive · Pro player

Week 32 - ITF ($25K) - Chiswick, UK Hard

paulisi · Tennis legend

Sam is maintaining her good form - to take Kuzmova to 3 sets is decent and shows Sam is going the right way.

Babfive · Pro player

Sam lost 6-3 6-7(4) 2-6

the addict · Tennis legend

Semi-finals
Katy DUNNE (GBR) / Elitsa KOSTOVA (BUL) [1] def Mia Nicole EKLUND (FIN) / Tereza SVECOVA (CZE) 7-6(0) 6-4
Laura-Ioana ANDREI (ROU) / Julia WACHACZYK (GER) [3] def Samantha MURRAY (GBR) / Julia TERZIYSKA (BUL) 6-4 4-6 10-7

indiana · Tennis legend

Katy has certainly been putting doubles results together in the last few months with a few different partners. Probably now a win away from the top 200 in addition to the title here.

the addict · Tennis legend

I was a little surprised that she wasn't partnering Harriet again, but there is a fair difference in their doubles rankings now, whereas Kostova is right there alongside Katy.

Babfive · Pro player

FINAL: Laura-Ioana ANDREI (ROU) / Julia WACHACZYK (GER) [3] def. Katy DUNNE (GBR) / Elitsa KOSTOVA (BUL) [1] 7-5 7-5 (Katy+ were a break up in the second set.)

the addict · Tennis legend

Pity, I really thought they would win that one.

Meanwhile, Diatchenko (who needed three sets to beat Katy in round 1) has progressed to the final, having beaten the Nos 1, 4 and 6 seeds in succession in straight sets. Shows how good Katy's performance was.

Edit - update. Diatchenko beat the No 2 seed Kuzmova WR138 in the final 3 & 4.

-- Edited by the addict on Saturday 12th of August 2017 12:06:27 PM

PockyTastic · Futures level

Yep it seems like she's in better form than her singles results over the last couple of weeks have suggested taken at face value with no context.

She's down for 2 25Ks in Japan in late August. Maybe she'll then try to qualify for the WTA international event in Tokyo in early September or head onto Australia for her usual Autumn run of tournaments.