Week 43 - Womens ITF (25K) - Glasgow

Happycynic · Pro player

Week 43 - Womens ITF (25K) - Glasgow

Mervatron · Masters Series Champion

RE: Week 43 ITF 25K Glasgow

Smidster · Challenger level

Qualifying draw

(1)Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) v BYE
Hannah Pickford (GBR) v Abi Claydon (GBR)

(2)Leonie Mekel (NED) v BYE
Nikki Prosser (GBR) v Jessica Ren (GBR)

(3)Korina Perkovic (GER) v Olivia Smith (GBR)
(10)Karen Barbat (DEN) v Tuule Tani (EST)

(4)Katarzyna Piter (POL) v Valeria Osadchenko (SWE)
(9)Katharina Brown (GBR) v Helen Parish (GBR)

(5)Kristina Andlovic (SWE) v Sabrina Bamburac (GBR)
(12)Svenja Weidemann (GER) v Elizabeth Ullathorne (GBR)

(6)Laura Haberkorn (GER) v Mariana Levova (BUL)
(14)Amy Sargeant (GBR) v Georgina Bastick (GBR)

(7)Charlotte Rodier (FRA) v Michaela Ince (GBR)
(13)Helene Auensen (NOR) v Samantha Vickers (GBR)

(8)Mona Barthel (GER) v Kirsty McRae (GBR)
(11)Eva Pigova (CZE) v Katie Gater (GBR

kundalini · Specialist Reporter + Intermediate Club Player

RE: Week 43 - Womens ITF (25K) - Glasgow

serveandvolley · Social player

kundalini wrote:

Come on Jessica Ren! Her first ever match in the women's game. Probably 2 or 3 years too early to be expecting her to get through qualifying for a 25K but it would be nice if she could get a set or avoid a heavy defeat.

I doubt very much Jess will get far....she is very much over hyped & has been making a steady decline for a while....the u-16 national title simply papered over the cracks in her light weight game.
Internationally she struggles, her latest results in China were poor she was hammered by a second string Chinese 1994 6-0 6-1. I hope she can prove me wrong but I think this girl has missed her boat, so too speak.

DavidC · Tennis legend

4 Brits upset seeds in the first round of qualifying:

QR1:

(1)Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) v BYE
Abi Claydon (GBR) d. Hannah Pickford (GBR) 63 60

(2)Leonie Mekel (NED) v BYE
Jessica Ren (GBR) d. Nikki Prosser (GBR) 75 62

Olivia Smith (GBR) d. (3)Korina Perkovic (GER) 64 63
(10)Karen Barbat (DEN) d. Tuule Tani (EST) 61 61

(4)Katarzyna Piter (POL) d. Valeria Osadchenko (SWE) 61 60
Helen Parish (GBR) d. (9)Katharina Brown (GBR) 62 75

(5)Kristina Andlovic (SWE) d. Sabrina Bamburac (GBR) 64 63
(12)Svenja Weidemann (GER) d. Elizabeth Ullathorne (GBR) 61 ret.

(6)Laura Haberkorn (GER) d. Mariana Levova (BUL) 60 61
(14)Amy Sargeant (GBR) d. Georgina Bastick (GBR) 62 36 61

(7)Charlotte Rodier (FRA) d. Michaela Ince (GBR) 75 76(2)
Samantha Vickers (GBR) d. (13)Helene Auensen (NOR) 76(5) 67(5) 63

(8)Mona Barthel (GER) d. Kirsty McRae (GBR) 64 61
Katie Gater (GBR) d. (11)Eva Pigova (CZE) 26 64 62

Smidster · Challenger level

(1)Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) v BYE
Abi Claydon (GBR) d. Hannah Pickford (GBR) 63 60

(2)Leonie Mekel (NED) v BYE
Jessica Ren (GBR) d. Nikki Prosser (GBR) 75 62

Olivia Smith (GBR) d. (3)Korina Perkovic (GER) 64 63
(10)Karen Barbat (DEN) v Tuule Tani (EST) 61 61

(4)Katarzyna Piter (POL) v Valeria Osadchenko (SWE) 61 60
Helen Parish (GBR) d. (9)Katharina Brown (GBR) 62 75

(5)Kristina Andlovic (SWE) v Sabrina Bamburac (GBR) 64 63
(12)Svenja Weidemann (GER) d. Elizabeth Ullathorne (GBR) 61 ret.

(6)Laura Haberkorn (GER) v Mariana Levova (BUL) 60 61
(14)Amy Sargeant (GBR) v Georgina Bastick (GBR) 62 36 61

(7)Charlotte Rodier (FRA) v Michaela Ince (GBR) 75 76(2)
Samantha Vickers (GBR) d. (13)Helene Auensen (NOR) 76(5) 67(5) 63

(8)Mona Barthel (GER) v Kirsty McRae (GBR) 64 61
Katie Gater (GBR) d. (11)Eva Pigova (CZE) 26 64 62

kundalini · Specialist Reporter + Intermediate Club Player

Well done Jess! (and Olivia, Samantha and Katie)

Smidster · Challenger level

Not a very good day across the women's ranks and here was no different

Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) v Abi Claydon (GBR)

(2)Leonie Mekel (NED) d Jessica Ren (GBR) 7-6 1-6 6-2

(10)Karen Barbat (DEN) d Olivia Smith (GBR) 6-4 6-4

(4)Katarzyna Piter (POL) d. Helen Parish (GBR) 7-5 6-4

(12)Svenja Weidemann (GER) d. (5)Kristina Andlovic (SWE) 6-1 6-0

(6)Laura Haberkorn (GER) d. (14)Amy Sargeant (GBR) 6-0 6-4

Samantha Vickers (GBR) d. (7)Charlotte Rodier (FRA) 7-6 6-0

(8)Mona Barthel (GER) d.Katie Gater (GBR) 6-2 6-1

steven · Tennis legend

Well done to Samantha Vickers! As far as I can tell, across the ITF/WTA tournaments today, she was the only GB girl to win a match out of 11 playing - 7 here, Laura in LUX, Elena in FRA, Nicola Mooney in POR & Emilia Banos-Gregorians in ESP.

In the main draw, our top two playing (Elliott & Smith) both face qualifiers, Jade Curtis scraped in as a DA in the end and faces a slightly higher-ranked Bulgarian, WCs Lucy Warburton, Jade Windley & Natasha Khan get the no. 1, 6 & 8 seeds respectively and Jade getting in frees up an extra WC for Jennifer Ren, who at least avoids a seed in R1.

kundalini · Specialist Reporter + Intermediate Club Player

Well I've been impressed by Jessica Ren's scores in her two matches at her first ever women's event. Sure she lost but to get a set and lose a tiebreak against a top 500 player is a decent effort. (Of course it is possible that her opponent today played the worst match of her life)

-- Edited by kundalini at 22:06, 2008-10-21

Peter too · Tennis legend

R1: WARBURTON, Lucy (GBR) WC 1002 v MAYR, Patricia (AUT) 1 124
R1: SMITH, Anna (GBR) 362 v HABERKORN, Laura (GER) Q 522
R1: VICKERS, Samantha (GBR) Q UNR v SCHAEFER, Anne (GER) 3 189
R1: ELLIOTT, Amanda (GBR) 319 v BARBAT, Karen (DEN) Q 755
R1: KHAN, Natasha (GBR) WC 641 v HLAVACKOVA, Andrea (CZE) 8 248
R1: WINDLEY, Jade (GBR) WC 879 v FLORIS, Anna (ITA) 6 242
R1: CURTIS, Jade (GBR) 489 v EVTIMOVA, Dia (BUL) 412
R1: REN, Jennifer (GBR) WC 1103 v WONG, Pauline (NED) 430

DavidC · Tennis legend

kundalini wrote:

Well I've been impressed by Jessica Ren's scores in her two matches at her first ever women's event. Sure she lost but to get a set and lose a tiebreak against a top 500 player is a decent effort. (Of course it is possible that her opponent today played the worst match of her life)

-- Edited by kundalini at 22:06, 2008-10-21

A TennisForum poster had this to say about today's matches involving Jessica and Samantha:

" Jessica Ren was very impressive and could easily have won the match, but Mekel stepped up her game in the final set and looked very sharp on her volleys. In general, Ren outplayed her from the baseline."

" Great win for Vickers. The first set was very closely fought and was similar to Rodier's match with Ince yesterday. But this time Vickers won the big points and Rodier went to pieces in the second set."

kundalini · Specialist Reporter + Intermediate Club Player

So Sam Vickers gets a ranking? Won a couple of matches in qualifying for 75K then got a WC into Barnstaple so this will be her third score.

wolf · Tennis legend

Yep that's Sam's ranking, she's got potential to move higher up that's for sure judging by her results in the last month and her performance against Oblizer at the 75k.