Week 12 - Womens ITF ($25k) - La Palma, Spain (Hard)

Smidster · Challenger level

Week 12 - Womens ITF ($25k) - La Palma, Spain (Hard)

Peter too · Tennis legend

Q1: KHAN, Natasha (GBR) 546 lost to SEKULIC, Sarah-Rebecca (GER) 1087 5-7 1-6
Q1: THOMAS, Elizabeth (GBR) 662 beat COHEN, Jessica (FRA) UNR 6-1 6-3
Q1: WEBLEY-SMITH, Emily (GBR) 6 347 v Bye

Q2: THOMAS, Elizabeth (GBR) 662 v THORPE, Laura (FRA) 10 396
Q2: WEBLEY-SMITH, Emily (GBR) 6 347 v GORGODZE, Ekaterine (GEO) 601

steven · Tennis legend

Q2: THOMAS, Elizabeth (GBR) 662 lost to THORPE, Laura (FRA) 10 396 6-4 6-2 cry
Q2: WEBLEY-SMITH, Emily (GBR) 6 347 lost to GORGODZE, Ekaterine (GEO) 601 6-3 ret.

Fingers crossed that it isn't another bad injury for Emily. cry

steven · Tennis legend

L32: (5) Georgie Stoop WR 189 v Qualifier

Smidster · Challenger level

L32: (5) Georgie Stoop WR 189 def (Q) Laura Thorpe (FRA) WR 394 2-6 7-5 6-4

L16: (5) Georgie Stoop WR 189 v (Q) Sandra Soler-Sola (ESP) WR 427

Seemingly a great chance for a QF as Sola had a WC in R1. However the top seed is likely to lie in wait.

Also a little bit of Dubs news

R1: DULGHERU (ROU) / THOMAS (GBR) def FERREIRA (POR) / KOEHLER (POR) 6-4 6-1
QF: DULGHERU (ROU) / THOMAS (GBR) Vs LU (CHN) / SUN (CHN) (2)

-- Edited by Smidster on Tuesday 24th of March 2009 07:36:33 PM

Mervatron · Masters Series Champion

That was closer than i thought it would be.

Meusburger is the #1 seed i think, not someone i'd fear too much.

Peter too · Tennis legend

R2: STOOP, Georgie (GBR) 5 189 beat SOLER-SOLA, Sandra (ESP) 427 6-4 6-2

QF: STOOP, Georgie (GBR) 5 189 v MEUSBURGER, Yvonne (AUT) 1 136

Mervatron · Masters Series Champion

If Georgie wants to break into the top 150 and further, Meusburger is someone she should beat.

DavidC · Tennis legend

Mervatron wrote:

If Georgie wants to break into the top 150 and further, Meusburger is someone she should beat.

....and does smile

QF: STOOP, Georgie (GBR) 5 189 d. MEUSBURGER, Yvonne (AUT) 1 136 63 61

SF: STOOP, Georgie (GBR) 5 189 v KUCOVA, Kristina (SVK) 4 182

Kucova may well prove more of a test than Meusburger (whose best surface is clay, and is struggling for confidence). Kucova won the 2007 US Open Juniors and is progressing steadily.

-- Edited by DavidC on Thursday 26th of March 2009 07:35:11 PM

Smidster · Challenger level

She has clearly been listening to you and wants to progress - and she wants to get on wih it if this is anything to go by

QF: STOOP, Georgie (GBR) 5 189 def MEUSBURGER, Yvonne (AUT) 1 136 6-3 6-1

SF (5) Georgie STOOP WR 189 Vs (4) Kristina KUCOVA (SVK)WR 182

Mervatron · Masters Series Champion

Well Done Georgie.

Tough match coming up though.

steven · Tennis legend

And it was tough, but pretty close:

SF: (5) Georgie STOOP WR 189 lost to (4) Kristina KUCOVA (SVK) WR 182 6-3 6-7(3) 6-3 cry

kundalini · Specialist Reporter + Intermediate Club Player

Unfortunately, Georgie's form since returning from the States last autumn, has been that of someone ranked 200 rather than the 150 form she showed last summer. It still looks likely that she will move towards 150 by the end of the grass court season but will then be faced with defending the big points she won.

Anyone know if she's going to head east to Japan/Korea rather than play on the clay in europe?

philwrig · Hall of fame

I agree she just hasn't cracked on she was my tip for the top 150 this year. Unfortunately with lower ranked players there is just no feedback on defeats as to provide for the slightly disappointing results.