Week 30 - WTA Portoroz (Tier IV) - 2008.

Peter too · Tennis legend

RE: Week 30 - WTA Portoroz (Tier IV) - 2008.

Peter too · Tennis legend

Amanda 4-6 5-5

Mervatron · Masters Series Champion

scoreboard is shocking

Salmon · Tennis legend

Frustrating!!

Salmon · Tennis legend

Website says Amanda lost 6-4 6-7 (5) 6-2.

Salmon · Tennis legend

Still, that's some scoreline against Bovina! Will she do qualies at Stockholm next week?

I still find her success at these events hard to believe. This year is all about getting experience, but next year she could move up the rankings very quick. The LTA are spending a lot on her, but for once it's totally worth it.

DavidC · Tennis legend

Sarah is down for qualies in Stockholm, but unless there is a change of plan Amanda will be at a 75K event on clay in Italy.

Tomorrow's oop:

Court 1
2. Dushevina vs Ruano Pascual (NB 4:30 PM - 3.30pm BST)
3. Suarez Navarro vs Zakopalova
4. Elliott/Han vs Obrez/Prislan

Court 2
2. Martic vs Kerber (NB 4.30 PM)
3. O'Brien vs Pironkova
4. Martinez Sanchez/Parra Santonja vs Besser/Kambic
5. Borwell/Nagle vs Jans/Rosolska

Amanda's partner retired from her singles today, so that match is not guaranteed to go ahead.

Katie did beat Pironkova at Eastbourne last year, but the Bulgarian has improved dramatically since then, moving from outside 100 to the top 50. Worryingly Pironkova has only lost in the first round 3 times during the past year.

PockyTastic · Futures level

Hopefully Amanda can take heart from this experience (she never seems to go down tamely when she does lose does she?) and go into the 75K and cause some damage.

Salmon · Tennis legend

Oh, okay. It will be kind of weird if she is playing on clay next week after hard courts here, especially in the hard court season. But no one has a right to question her schedule given how well all the risks have paid off this year.

Hopefully Katie will get the upset.

Salmon · Tennis legend

Katie is serving first. 0-30 down now.

Salmon · Tennis legend

She's 4-1 up.

Allez, allez.

Salmon · Tennis legend

Katie was broken soon after and now it is 5-5, with Katie to serve. She had at least 2 SPs.

PockyTastic · Futures level

Katie manages to take the first set on a tie break!

goldfish · Futures qualifying

Katie takes first set 7-6(6) - she saved a set point in the tie-break

PockyTastic · Futures level

Katie 1st serve % is at a woeful 35% and she has hit 4DFs

Hopefully she can improve on that drastically and have an easier time in set 2