Week 11 - Womens ITF (10K) - Lima, Peru Hard

Peter too · Tennis legend

Week 11 - Womens ITF (10K) - Lima, Peru Hard

Peter too · Tennis legend

R1: CARRERAS, Amanda (GBR) 542 beat CASTIBLANCO-DUARTE, Karen-Emelia (COL) 572 6-1 6-1

R2: CARRERAS, Amanda (GBR) 542 v CONFALONIERI, Valentine (ITA) 691

Portsey · Intermediate Club Player

Good first round win there against a similar ranked opponent.

Peter too · Tennis legend

R2: CARRERAS, Amanda (GBR) 542 beat CONFALONIERI, Valentine (ITA) 691 7-6(5) 7-6(7)

QF: CARRERAS, Amanda (GBR) 542 v AUROUX, Mailen (ARG) 2 386

Peter too · Tennis legend

I hope I have made sense of this article if so then:-

QF: CARRERAS, Amanda (GBR) 542 beat AUROUX, Mailen (ARG) 2 386 7-5 1-6 7-6(4)

SF: CARRERAS, Amanda (GBR) 542 v JARA-LOZANO, Lucia (ARG) Q 837

http://www.tenisperu.com.pe/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=187&Itemid=1

steven · Tennis legend

You did indeed, and not only does it say she was the standout player of the day and that "it was one of the best matches of the tournament so far, fought out from point to point with complete dedication by the players, receiving the well-deserved applause of the public," it's also Amanda in the pic - the first photo I've seen of her.

Btw, there are no seeds in the semis here and Amanda is the highest-ranked player left!

It also says that the semis and the finals are going to be televised, though sadly only in Peru!

-- Edited by steven on Saturday 21st of March 2009 01:07:10 AM

Peter too · Tennis legend

More pictures of Amanda:-

http://www.flickr.com/photos/diegovelarde/

Smidster · Challenger level

Perhaps the TV cameras gave Amanda stagefright.

she lost 6-3 6-1

Peter too · Tennis legend

Lucia Jarra-Lozano created a rather unusual situation. She went into Lima 1 as a qualifier and reached the final. She then found herself having to play the first round of qualifying for Lima 2 on the same day as she played the final of Lima 1. Normally someone who reaches the final of one tournament can get an SE into the main draw of an equal status tournament the following week if they can't make Q1 in time. However as it was the same venue she could reach the 2nd event in time so had to play the qualifier at the same time as the final. In the event she lost the final but won the qualifier.

wolf · Tennis legend

Peter too wrote:

Lucia Jarra-Lozano created a rather unusual situation. She went into Lima 1 as a qualifier and reached the final. She then found herself having to play the first round of qualifying for Lima 2 on the same day as she played the final of Lima 1. Normally someone who reaches the final of one tournament can get an SE into the main draw of an equal status tournament the following week if they can't make Q1 in time. However as it was the same venue she could reach the 2nd event in time so had to play the qualifier at the same time as the final. In the event she lost the final but won the qualifier.

I would think she did rather well to just win one of them if she was playing two matches at once. wink

Seriously, that is so unfair it's ridiculous.