obregon mexico 10k

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obregon mexico 10k

Mervatron · Masters Series Champion

Hopefully one can go far here and get lots of ranking points. Would be good to see Emily closer to the top 500 before the grass season.

Sheddie · administrator

Unusual for a 10K to have byes in the main draw !!! Does that mean Dani's guaranteed a ranking pt without having to play a match

This field is quite weak so a great chance for Dani or Emily to really cash in. Emily's rd1 draw is easy, opponent is 17 and ranked 1312 and has lost 10 of her last 11 matches, all pretty comprehensively !

I guess they're playing a series of tournaments in Mexico ? Good move if that's the case, fields will be a lot weaker and the clay won't suit the games of either particularly well. Emily's shown signs that she's getting back to somewhere near her best, had that win over an opponent ranked 320ish in February, when I watched her in Sutton there were glimpses of class especially at the net but she still looked quite rusty. She's been remodelling her forehand which is tough when you're competing week-in, week-out, she's always had a great first serve which is really effective when it goes in, I think she'd win a lot more matches if she could just get the percentage up a bit.

Salmon · Tennis legend

I am stunned that Tara isn't playing here.

Sheddie · administrator

yeah definately an opportunity missed....maybe she's saving her tournaments till later in the year

Salmon · Tennis legend

No, she needs to use them up before August.

Sheddie · administrator

How many events has she got left...still 4 more months to use up those tournaments, maybe she's planning a big series of 10Ks somewhere

Sheddie · administrator

Emily Webley-Smith won her rd1 match 6-2, 6-2

This sets up the all-British rd2 clash against Dani Brown

They've played twice before and Emily won both matches; 6-4, 6-4 in a junior tournament back in 2001 and 6-4, 7-5 in the 2004 Bolton 10K.

It'll be an interesting clash of styles with Danielle very much a power merchant, big first serve and heavy, flat hitting from the baseline. In contrast Emily looks to mix things up with topspin and slice, she tries to work her opponents round the court and outmanouvere them, looking to attack the net frequently. My money's on Emily

johnnylad · Tennis legend

Should be a good match! Really difficult to say who I want to win that one!

Happycynic · Pro player

Emily won 6-0 6-2, surprisingly easy.

QF: vs (3) Katie Ruckert (USA, 510)

johnnylad · Tennis legend

Well done to Emily!

Wonder what went wrong for Dani

imoen · Admin: Moderator+Tennis Legend

I expected a much closer scoreline than that. Oh well, well done to Emily

I'll bet Sheddie is happy

Sheddie · administrator

Lol Bethan

I guess that Emily just outdid Dani for consistency, Dani can really self-destruct at times...she goes for so much on her serve and groundstrokes, it's not really a high percentage game plan ! Although Emily doesn't hit as hard she's a lot more consistent and works the points better.

Ruckert will be a tough opponent, she's ranked 510 and made two 10K semis earlier this month. She played Emily in Bath earlier this month, winning 6-4, 6-1

She also beat Jade Curtis 4-6, 6-4, 6-1 at that tournament and in Jan she beat Fitzpatrick in 3 sets. Julia Bone did hammer her 6-3, 6-1 in March though.

Sheddie · administrator

Tournament website:

http://www.itson.mx/future/galerias.asp

Not brilliant but they do give results updates throughout the day

Salmon · Tennis legend

Which is precisely the thing which makes a site good.