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Week 43 - ITF ($15K) - Wirral, UK Hard


Young Pitak's came through.
The two highest quality matches were on court 1, with Nell outhitting Emma in a very good baseline match. Emma is a good lower tier player, so that was some scalp for Nell.
Young Pitak's and Tanysha played a very good match. Not having seen Tanysha before, I was impressed. Bukit like a rake, but hits the ball hard, but moves very well and I would suspect she plays a lot on clay. Young Pitak has come on a bit since I last saw her and her serve has improved and she is more consistent.
Holly was a break up in the final set and then made error after error and gifted the match away. Her ground shots were solid for a set and a half and got her into the match. Kimberley is erratic and her serves were somewhat unusual. Going for slow swingers until the end when she started serving big.

Olivia v Hannah was the battle of the big servers ultimately Hannah was slightly more consistent, but both were prone to silly errors. Kat Barnes came up against a good young French girl and she doesn't have the movement to cope at the moment.
Alice Gillan won easily against a lightweight Lauren Bishop, however I can see why Alice has struggled to pick up points. Small and not too much power.

A couple of other things to note -the LTA are promoting applicants for wildcards and then awarding on merit rather than dishing out.



-- Edited by paulisi on Tuesday 24th of October 2017 06:27:03 PM

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Laura Deigman did get in direct. Lillian Mould got the main draw wildcard. That is a suprise.

Draw is out. telstar's inside knowledge for doubles was found to be correct.
Decent chances for some youngsters to pick up ranking points. Gemma Heath has a good draw and young Pitak must have a decent chance of a third counter.

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If we are going that route, can I suggest Pitak the Younger and Pitak the Elder.

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Etienne wrote:

If we are going that route, can I suggest Pitak the Younger and Pitak the Elder.


yes - I didn't want to spell their first name incorrectly. Same with Kimberley's surname... 



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Q2: GILLAN, Alice (GBR) 1 1067 beat BISHOP, Lauren (GBR) UNR 6-0 6-2
Q2: HURST, Emma (GBR) 2 1147 lost to MILLER, Nell (GBR) UNR 2-6 1-6
Q2: ORANGE, Margaux (FRA) 3 1211 beat BARNES, Katherine (GBR) UNR 6-1 6-1
Q2: TSIMBILAKIS, Ellie (GBR) UNR lost to HEARNSHAW, Isabelle (GBR) UNR 0-6 4-6
Q2: STAFF, Holly (GBR) UNR lost to MPUKUSA, Kimberly Alinafe (ZIM) WC UNR 4-6 6-2 3-6
Q2: PITAK, Aleksandra (GBR) UNR beat DISSANAYAKE, Tanysha (GBR) UNR 6-4 4-6 6-3
Q2: POPESCU, Anna (GBR) UNR lost to PITAK, Katarzyna (GBR) UNR 2-6 4-6
Q2: MCCOLGAN, Hannah (GBR) UNR beat ELLIOTT, Olivia (GBR) UNR 6-3 6-3

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paulisi wrote:

Laura Deigman did get in direct. Lillian Mould got the main draw wildcard. That is a suprise.

Draw is out. telstar's inside knowledge for doubles was found to be correct.
Decent chances for some youngsters to pick up ranking points. Gemma Heath has a good draw and young Pitak must have a decent chance of a third counter.


 Especially surprising as Miss Mould was 11th on the alternate list!



-- Edited by telstar on Monday 23rd of October 2017 05:08:24 PM

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Thanks very much for the reports, paulisi.

Hope you had a good time.

As said, I was curious to hear about Tanysha - it's always difficult to have a feel for those who are based outside the UK. Glad to hear there was some impressive stuff there. Tx.

I've always liked Ola - she was very slight and small when I saw her (two years ago now?) which is not surprising as she was (is) very young - has she grown/filled out a bit? But I loved her mental strength and thought she had a good feel for the court and decent technique - good building blocks. Would be nice for her to get a third counter, if she can. Although I'd also be pleased if Alice got the win and secured her ranking - I rather liked her intensity and (without going overboard as the general level wasn't too high) she certainly stood out from the Q field last time I saw her.

I see that Emma Hurst has got in as a LL. Not really a fan of Emma's tennis although it's solid enough. Shame for Holly but the experience will do her good - she won't have played many players with the idiosyncratic style of someone like Kimberley.

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The doubles draw has peskies as the four seeded pairs ( indeed they are the only peskies in the draw ). Non-bold prediction - they won't be the four semi finalists.

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R1: CHRISTIE, Freya (GBR) 1 525 v MOULD, Lillian (GBR) WC
R1: SAINSBURY, Laura (GBR) 925 v BARNETT, Alicia (GBR) 719
R1: DEIGMAN, Laura (GBR) v SILVA, Eden (GBR) 8 623
R1: MILLER, Nell (GBR) Q UNR v REMONDINA, Anna-Giulia (ITA) 4 545 CH=219 2011
R1: HEATH, Gemma (GBR) WC UNR v HEARNSHAW, Isabelle (GBR) Q UNR
R1: HURST, Emma (GBR) LL 1142 v ORANGE, Margaux (FRA) Q 1207 =CH
R1: TAYLOR, Ella (GBR) WC 1179 v BURRAGE, Jodie Anna (GBR) 6 582
R1: MCCOLGAN, Hannah (GBR) Q UNR v RUEFFER, Lena (GER) 7 614 CH=559 7/8/17
R1: PITAK, Aleksandra (GBR) Q UNR v GILLAN, Alice (GBR) Q 1067
R1: LOUGHLAN, Anna (GBR) WC UNR v MASINI, Maria (ITA) 887 =CH
R1: MURRAY, Samantha (GBR) 3 490 v VAN DER HOEK, Rosalie (NED) UNR CH=842 21/11/16
R1: LUMSDEN, Maia (GBR) 5 602 v PRIMORAC, Iva (CRO) 707 CH=581 23/11/15
R1: GREY, Sarah Beth (GBR) 675 v STADLER, Nina (SUI) 884 CH=660 17/10/16

R1: PITAK, Katarzyna (GBR) UNR v STEFANINI, Lucrezia (ITA) 2 496 CH=483 2/10/17



-- Edited by Peter too on Tuesday 24th of October 2017 02:01:42 PM

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The massive turnout here and in in qualifying, makes this our largest number of entries of the year, 44 - there are 35 entries here, making it the most for any event of YTD.

That beats week 31, in which we had 39 total entries - 25 of which were at the Woking $25K, making that the joint second highest number of entrants in any single evet, tied with the Wirral $15K back in week 7.

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The first victory of the day goes to the French qualifier, junior Margaux Orange, who (not altogether surprisingly) defeated Emma Hurst:

R1: HURST, Emma (GBR) (LL) 1142 lost to ORANGE, Margaux (FRA) (Q) 1207, age 17 4-6 2-6

Elsewhere, Nell has just taken the second set (having lost the first) against the fourth seed !

Alicia is 6-2 4-4 against Laura

Hannah 3-6 2-4 against the 7th seed

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Good effort from Ms. Miller to take Remondina to a third set, but after a toilet break between sets, the Italian came through 4-6 2-6 1-6

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Decent effort from Hannah Mac too, losing 6-3 7-6(5)



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Alicia def. Laura S 6-2 4-6 6-1

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Further scores in too. Pitak the elder put up a good show but lost to Stefanini the Italian #2 seed 3-6 3-6
Freya beat Lilian Mould 6-3 6-0 and Eden Silva beat Laura Deigman 3-6 6-1 6-1
Samantha won easily in 3 sets too.
Perhaps the only surprise so far is that Ella Taylor is serving for the first set against Jodie Anna Burrage *5-3



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