Week 18 - Womens ITF ($10k) - Wiesbaden, Germany (Clay)

Smidster · Challenger level

Week 18 - Womens ITF ($10k) - Wiesbaden, Germany (Clay)

Smidster · Challenger level

QR1: Helen Parish UNR def Alina Hoelzel (GER) UNR 6-2 6-1

QR2: Helen Parish UNR v Kimberley Cassar (MLT) UNR

Cassar has only played once in 2009 and that was last week for Malta in the Fed Cup getting wins over Irish, Greek and Algerian opponents.

Peter too · Tennis legend

Q2: PARISH, Helen (GBR) UNR beat CASSAR, Kimberley (MLT) UNR 6-2 6-1
Q3: PARISH, Helen (GBR) UNR beat MUELLER, Sarina (GER) UNR 7-5 7-6(5)

R1: PARISH, Helen (GBR) Q UNR v ZANDER, Nina (GER) Q UNR

alex03maccy · Grand Slam Champion

great chance at a ranking point helen, good luck.

Smidster · Challenger level

Would be her 2nd if she can get it and would then have till November to get the 3rd counter.

Good Luck Helen

Smidster · Challenger level

Helen gets her 2nd counter.

R1: PARISH, Helen (GBR) Q UNR def ZANDER, Nina (GER) Q UNR 7-6 6-4

R2: Helen Parish v (3) Korina Perkovic (GER) WR 419

Happycynic · Pro player

yay

steven · Tennis legend

Smidster wrote:
Helen gets her 2nd counter.

Unless I've meseed up on http://www.britishtennis.net/stats/ptdf.htm?n=1, it's better than that - I make it that she has the following points:

HELEN PARISH

12-Oct-08	Barnstaple	50	qr2	2	12Oct09
16-Nov-08	Jersey	10	L16	2	23Nov09

... in which case this score from Wiesbaden will be the third score she needs to get on the ranking list on Monday week biggrin

-- Edited by steven on Thursday 7th of May 2009 08:00:58 AM

Smidster · Challenger level

Good spot - I had forgotton that the 50k carry points in qualifying.

Massive Congratulations in order then!!!

The Hoose · Satellite level

The Hoose extends his congratulations to Helen Parish.

Peter too · Tennis legend

R2: PARISH, Helen (GBR) Q UNR lost to PERKOVIC, Korina (GER) 3 419 2-6 1-6

SMC1809 · All-time great

Thought I'd revive the tournament referred to in Helen's blog. As ever, Steven was on the case with the 3rd ranking point.

steven · Tennis legend

However, it looks like I messed up spelling "messed up" wink

steven · Tennis legend

You know how we blunder along in here (speaking for myself, obviously), blissfully unaware that anyone who might be even vaguely affected by our rantings could possibly be reading them unless they actually post on here?

Well apparently (and thanks to Helen for letting me pass this on, because it's prettyy funny) after Helen had called home to pass on the good news about getting her third counting score, her mum called her back that evening to ask if she was sure she had got a ranking 'because there are people on a forum saying you've only got two scores'

Fortunately she called back later when we had corrected ourselves and it was "panic attack over" biggrin

I know we sometimes talk about how certain tennis players handle pressure (or not) but the big question is can we take the pressure of having to get these things right? confuse

And I used to think the worst that could happen was inadvertently giving the Count a good laugh at my expense ... wink

-- Edited by steven on Friday 21st of January 2011 11:31:15 AM