Week 41 - ITF 50K - Barnstaple, Great Britain

DUSTY DICK · Club Coach

RE: Week 41 - ITF 50K - Barnstaple, Great Britain

steven · Tennis legend

gazzpash wrote:
Does this give Laura a ranking point meaning she's on the board now?

Yes, she'll be ranked around 550-560 on Monday - see http://www.britishtennis.net/gbtop25f/currentf.htm

wolf · Tennis legend

Anne won 7-6(5), 6-2. She's been struggling with a throat infection apparently.

Peter too · Tennis legend

R2: KEOTHAVONG, Anne (GBR) WC 1 82 v SAVRANSKA, Yevhenilia (UKR) 214

wolf · Tennis legend

So to sum up in one post.

L32: (1, WC) Anne Keothavong WR 82 beat Chanelle Scheepers (RSA) WR 162 7-6(5), 6-2 smile

L32: (Q) Korina Perkovic (GER) WR 528 beat (WC) Samantha Vickers UNR 6-3, 6-1 cry

L32: (6) Katie O'Brien WR 138 beat Amanda Elliot WR 315 6-1, 6-2 smile

L32: (7) Angelique Kerber (GER) WR 141 beat (WC) Laura Robson UNR 6-7(8), 6-4, 6-2 cry

L32: Alberta Brianti (ITA) WR 175 beat (Q) Natasha Khan WR 675 6-4, 6-2 cry

L32: (4) Roberta Vinci (ITA) WR 97 beat (WC) Yasmin Clarke WR 626 6-1, 6-4 cry

L32: (5) Elena Baltacha WR 124 beat Melanie Klaffner (AUT) WR 258 7-6(1), 6-7(4), 6-2 smile

L32: Anna Smith WR 371 beat Liana-Gabriela Ungur (ROU) WR 233 7-5, 6-1 biggrin

L16: (1, WC) Anne Keothavong WR 82 v Yevheniia Savranska (UKR) WR 214
L16: (6) Katie O'Brien WR 138 v Andrea Hlavackova (CZE) WR 272
L16: (5) Elena Baltacha WR 124 v Anna Smith WR 371

The doubles is probably going to go on well into the night!

shaun · Lower Club Player

anyone know when sam vickers will get a ranking and what it will be? i know shes gained 1 point this week and 2 i think from shrewsbury but i don't know if she has points from a tournament before that? thanks in advance

kundalini · Specialist Reporter + Intermediate Club Player

According to the ITF site, Sam Vickers has only played 2 events (in the last 12 months) so will need to score points at a 3rd event during the next 12 months in order to get a ranking.

http://www.itftennis.com/womens/players/activity.asp?player=100093369

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steven · Tennis legend

Pretty good coverage from the LTA overall with all those news stories, it has to be said, though I do wish they would put up the results immediately (or even do game by game or set by set score updates) with the reports to follow.

It's a bit worrying that both Anne and Elena have been ill, let's hope they'll keep improving now that they've got R1 out of the way and that their matches today won't have taken away all their energy.

wolf · Tennis legend

R1
JURIKOVA (SVK) / TABAKOVA (SVK) defeated KLAFFNER (AUT) / KLEMENSCHITS (AUT) 6-3 6-3
KRAUTH (ARG) / NOONI (SWE) defeated KHAN (GBR) / PERKOVIC (GER) 7-6(3) 6-1
LARSSON (SWE) / SMITH (GBR) (4) defeated BABAKOVA (SVK) / GERLOVA (CZE) 6-2 2-6 [12-10]
KERBER (GER) / MALEK (GER) defeated VICKERS (GBR) / WARBURTON (GBR) 6-2 6-0
BOFFA (SUI) / HAWKINS (GBR) defeated BROWN (GBR) / ELLIOTT (GBR) 6-7(4) 6-3 [13-11]
ANDERSON (RSA) / LAINE (FIN) (3) defeated PARISH (GBR) / PROESE (GER) 6-4 6-3
MAROSI (HUN) / TAVARES (BRA) defeated O'BRIEN (GBR) / ROBSON (GBR) 6-4 4-6 [10-8]
BORWELL (GBR) / NAGLE (USA) (2) defeated CLARKE (GBR) / LYKINA (RUS) 6-1 6-4

QF
JURIKOVA (SVK) / TABAKOVA (SVK) Vs KRAUTH (ARG) / NOONI (SWE)
LARSSON (SWE) / SMITH (GBR) (4) Vs KERBER (GER) / MALEK (GER)
BOFFA (SUI) / HAWKINS (GBR) Vs ANDERSON (RSA) / LAINE (FIN) (3)
MAROSI (HUN) / TAVARES (BRA) Vs BORWELL (GBR) / NAGLE (USA) (2)

OOP for tommorow - http://www.barnstapleopen.net/pdf/ScheduleOfPlay_9Oct.pdf

-- Edited by wolf at 22:54, 2008-10-08

DavidC · Tennis legend

From BBC:

Johanna Larsson (Swe) bt Korina Perkovic (Ger) 6-7 (4-7) 6-2 6-2

Roberta Vinci (Ita) bt Emma Laine (Fin) 7-6 (12-10) 6-0

Lina Stanciute (Ltu) bt Veronika Chvojkova (Cze) 6-4 6-2

Katalin Marosi (Hun) bt Tatjana Malek (Ger) 4-6 7-5 7-6 (11-9)

Katie OBrien (Gbr) bt Andrea Hlavackova (Cze) 6-3 6-1

Alberta Brianti (Ita) bt Angelique Kerber (Ger) 6-4 6-7 (3-7) 6-4

Anna Smith (Gbr) bt Elena Baltacha (Gbr) 6-2 6-1

Put out the bunting - Katie won back-to-back matches!
Bally probably had not recovered from her illness as she hoped - but well done Anna!

wolf · Tennis legend

L16: (6) Katie O'Brien WR 138 beat Andrea Hlavackova (CZE) WR 272 6-3, 6-1

L16: Anna Smith WR 371 beat (5) Elena Baltacha WR 124 6-2, 6-1

I expected Anna to win but not by that margin. I'm teling you I think Anna should be aiming top 200 next year defo.

Arrggh beaten by 5 seconds.

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wolf · Tennis legend

L16: (1, WC) Anne Keothavong WR 82 beat Yevheniia Savranska (UKR) WR 214 6-4, 6-2 smile

QF: (1, WC) Anne Keothavong WR 82 v Johanna Larrson WR 159
QF: (6) Katie O'Brien WR 138 v Katalin Marosi (HUN) WR 236
QF: Anna Smith WR 371 v (Q) Lina Stanciute (LTU) WR 363

Another great day to increase the feel good feeling in GB womens at the moment. This is the order I would rate the remaining players chances of winning the tournament.

Anne/Vinci
Katie
Anna/Jo/Brianti/Stanciute
Marosi

Stanciute seems to be on a hot streak at the moment reaching the Helsinki 25k final last week and qualifying and beating the 2nd seed here, so will be tough for Anna.

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wolf · Tennis legend

QF
ANDERSON (RSA) / LAINE (FIN) (3) defeated BOFFA (SUI) / HAWKINS (GBR) 6-4, 6-3
BORWELL (GBR) / NAGLE (USA) (2) defeated MAROSI (HUN) / TAVARES (BRA) 6-3, 7-6(2)

Keep going Sarah!

DavidC · Tennis legend

Extracts from the LTA site:

Katie: "I saw the doctor yesterday and got some rest and fresh air today and felt much more alert during my match," (what is it about the air in Barnstaple that has laid low all our top 3 players here!?) "I was mentally very good today and that meant I came through the key points."

Anna: "This is one of the biggest victories of my career," said the 20-year-old of her second round win. "I didn't make many unforced errors today and I was pretty aggressive. She gave me quite a lot of cheap points and I was pretty confident in my game."

scottie1 · Futures level

Pleased for anna but elena must have been ill with that scoreline