Week 19 - Womens ITF (75K) - Zagreb, Croatia

Peter too · Tennis legend

Week 19 - Womens ITF (75K) - Zagreb, Croatia

Drew · May 3, 2008

Well done Amanda.....she can do this !!!

Nice draw for Katie....Elena should be okay !

Would be great if we could get 3 girls in the MD !

Peter too · Tennis legend

Q1: ELLIOTT, Amanda (GBR) 449 beat CUTURA, Matea (CRO) WC UNR 6-2 6-2

Q2: ELLIOTT, Amanda (GBR) 449 beat GEROVAC, Roberta (CRO) UNR 6-0 6-1

The number 1 seed has dropped out so Amanda now plays the 5th seed.

Q3: ELLIOTT, Amanda (GBR) 449 v POLTORATSKAYA, Anastasia (RUS) 5 321

R1: OBRIEN, Katie (GBR) 5 115 v SCHAUL, Claudine (LUX) SR 419
R1: BALTACHA, Elena (GBR) 146 v FEDOSSOVA, Yulia (FRA) 177

Sheddie · administrator

ouch, that's a tough final qualies round match.....remember Poltoratskaya from some clay futures in Britain last year, she was winning everything in sight.....rated as having good top 100 potential

Tough first round for Katie, didn't Schaul used to be top 100 ?

DavidC · Tennis legend

Sheddie wrote:
Tough first round for Katie, didn't Schaul used to be top 100 ?

In fact Schaul was top 50, having won a WTA Tour clay court event in Strasbourg, beating Lindsay Davenport in the final. However she has struggled with injury in the last 2 years, and retired last week, so it is probably a good time to play her.

Amanda and Katie play doubles together later today.

Michael · Pro player

Amanda won 4-6 7-6 7-5

Sheddie · administrator

wow

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

DUSTY DICK · Club Coach

Well done Amanda. That's impressive stuff and 3 girls now in main draw.

Drew · May 5, 2008

What a week already for Elliot....gobsmacked !

Peter too · Tennis legend

R1: ELLIOTT, Amanda (GBR) 449 v KREMER, Anne (LUX) 7 124

Drew · May 5, 2008

Peter too wrote:

R1: ELLIOTT, Amanda (GBR) 449 v KREMER, Anne (LUX) 7 124

Not rewarded with a kind draw !!!

How many pts for getting this far ?

Peter too · Tennis legend

4 points, three for qualifying and one for playing R1.

Happycynic · Pro player

Great QR3 victory-but not very kind draw. Ah, it is a 75K.must be expected. There were 6 worse opponents in the draw ..... (well, in ranking terms at least)

DavidC · Tennis legend

Well done Amanda! Anne qualified for Strasbourg (WTA Tier 3) in 2006, which is the only other time I can think of when a Brit qualified for a tournament at this level or higher on clay this decade. Kremer is I think a good draw, because it will give her valuable experience of playing a Tour level player to gauge where her game is at.

Amanda and Katie won their doubles by the unusual score of 1-0 default
All three play their singles tomorrow.