Week 22 - Womens ITF ($50K) - Nottingham

DavidC · Tennis legend

Week 22 - Womens ITF ($50K) - Nottingham

The Knight · Challenger qualifying

Curtis probably a little bit annoyed she missed out on a WC, Cavaday too

-- Edited by The Knight on Friday 29th of May 2009 09:59:44 PM

wolf · Tennis legend

I'm not holding out much hope for any qualifiers here with the top 4 seeds being quite strong, but Cavaday and Borwell have the games on grass to cause an upset.

But with a point for winning each individual match in qualifying and only 7 non-Brits in the draw, and three of those getting byes, it could still be a profitable time.

S&V · Club Coach

Id love Sarah Borwell to catch fire and have a great grass season

steven · Tennis legend

S&V wrote:
Id love Sarah Borwell to catch fire and have a great grass season

Self-immolation on court might put your opponents off coming into the net to make volleys, but it sounds a bit drastic to me ...

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

steven wrote:

S&V wrote:
Id love Sarah Borwell to catch fire and have a great grass season
Self-immolation on court might put your opponents off coming into the net to make volleys, but it sounds a bit drastic to me ...

Nice one, Steven!

Brünnhilde Borwell... biggrin

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Can't beat a bit of spontaneous combustion, either! wink

murray_2k9 · Challenger qualifying

Lmao, funny stuff.

Its actually an awful draw tbh, Naomi should qualify though, which is what I want. I wanted a good draw for Tara, which isnt the case. Why doesnt she play juniors? I dont get it really but good luck to her.

Im hoping for some upsets.

jb288 · Satellite level

Naomi should surely get through here; Jade perhaps - she really should if she is on the up: I guess we'll find out whether the good results in Japan were because of easy draws or real progress. Would be a bit ridiculous if Elliott has got the WC ahead of Jade/Naomi - but I guess she did well on grass last year. I'm hoping one of the tournaments is going to let Amanda C have a chance to show what she can do on grass...

jamatthews · Strong Club Player

Jocelyn Rae not Emily

jb288 · Satellite level

Today's results out: http://lta.org.uk/Global/Downloads/Results/2009/AEGON%20British%20Tennis%20Series/AEGON%20Trophy%20-%20Nottingham/Womens%20singles%20qualifying%20draw.pdf

Jade, Naomi and Tara all into final qualifying round easily. Sarah lost badly to Weideman who won Bournemouth; Natasha lost in three to the #1067...Jess Ren took Danilidou to 7-5 in the first but went down 6-0 - but then she had already played a close 3-setter. Boffa needed three sets to beat Nicola Mooney, so I think she should prove no trouble for Naomi. Will be interesting to see how Tara does with Danilidou, and Jade should be beating players like Grandin if she's going to make a step up this year.

wolf · Tennis legend

Very impressive performances from Jess Ren

but a couple of dire losses for Sarah and Tash. Cavaday should make it tomorrow and hopefully Jade or Tara can pull a rabbit out of the hat.

Qual 1st round
(1)Lilia Osterloh (USA) v BYE
Holly Richards (GBR) d. Aimee Gibson (GBR) 6-4 5-7 6-2
Svenja Weidemann (GER)d. Michelle Farley (GBR) 6-3 6-0
(7)Sarah Borwell (GBR) d. Lisa Whybourn (GBR) 7-5 6-3

(2)Natalie Grandin (RSA) v BYE
Jennifer Ren (GBR) d. Alexandra Zaniewski (GER) 6-4 7-6(4)
Claire Ricketts (GBR) d. Charlotte Phillips (GBR) 6-0 6-1
(6)Jade Curtis (GBR) d. Mawuena Ankutse (GBR) 6-2 6-1

(3)Eleni Daniilidou (GRE) v BYE
Jessica Ren (GBR) d. Jade Windley (GBR) 6-7(5) 6-2 7-6(8)
Samantha Vickers (GBR) d. Yvanna Kurlak (GBR) 7-5 5-7 6-4
(8)Tara Moore (GBR) d. Yasmin Clarke (GBR) 6-1 6-4

(4)Stefania Boffa (SUI) d. Elizabeth Thomas (GBR) 6-4 6-3
(wc)Nicola Mooney (GBR) d. (wc)Lottie Fox (GBR) 6-3 6-1
Erica Krauth (ARG) d. (wc)Natasha Khan (GBR) 4-6 6-4 6-3
(5)Naomi Cavaday (GBR) d. Lauren Townrow (GBR) 6-1 6-1

Qual 2nd Rd
(1)Lilia Osterloh (USA) d. Holly Richards (GBR) 6-0 7-5
Svenja Weidemann (GER) d. (7)Sarah Borwell (GBR) 6-1 6-4

(2)Natalie Grandin (RSA) d. Jennifer Ren (GBR) 6-1 6-1
(6)Jade Curtis (GBR) d. Claire Ricketts (GBR) 6-2 6-2

(3)Eleni Daniilidou (GRE) d. Jessica Ren (GBR) 7-5 6-0
(8)Tara Moore (GBR) d. Samantha Vickers (GBR) 6-4 6-0

(4)Stefania Boffa (SUI) d. (wc)Nicola Mooney (GBR) 6-0 2-6 6-2
(5)Naomi Cavaday (GBR) d. Erica Krauth (ARG) 6-1 6-3

murray_2k9 · Challenger qualifying

Thanks, kinda expected these results, all but Sarah that is! Cant believe it, shes gotta focus on doubles neway tho! Did they have to play them both today? Thats weird....

Good luck to the Brits in FQR. Hope Tara can get the upset.

Tutu · Club Coach

Cmon Naomi!

steven · Tennis legend

Tara's wins yesterday mean that there will be 15 GB women in the top 500 at the end of RG for probably the first time in 8-9 years.