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

alex03maccy · Grand Slam Champion

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

jb288 · Satellite level

Er, Cakj, that was only one player, up against a higher-ranked opponent who recently won a 75k. Yes she should've taken it, but we can't expect our players to win all the time just because they're British! So I think you're jumping the gun a little...
Congrats to Naomi on another great win; if she keeps this up, getting back into the top 200 by the end of the grass season is not an impossibility - Haynes is the kind of person she'll be facing in Wimbledon qualies, and if she can make it through there are sneak a first round win she'd probaby have enough points straight away. More realistically, another win here and a couple at Birmingham and Eastbourne, plus Wimbledon qualies would surely take her pretty close going into the hardcourt season. Just keep it up, Naomi!

djlovesyou · Strong Club Player

"WELLDONE. More than pleased to be proven wrong on that one. Good luck in 2."

No you're not. Let's be honest now.

Well done Naomi.

murray_2k9 · Challenger qualifying

But Katie is Naomis next opponent :(

I dont think bet365 will be covering Bally or Eatons matches, assumably due to Murray being on!

Tutu · Club Coach

I really hope Mel can beat Katie. No ill wishes to Katie but maybe that could be pretty possible with her foot injury.

alex03maccy · Grand Slam Champion

maybe either bally or eaton will be moved, due to cav taking so long.

seagull · Hall of fame

Broady into 1st set t/b

alex03maccy · Grand Slam Champion

come on naomi!

cakj1234 · Lower Club Player

Exactly the sort of comments one expects to receive back on here. I have probably followed Gb tennis longer than you have been born. i tell it as it is, not like some of the comments on here ( let her have a wild card cos i think shes hot). Some of you need to get out more.

cakj1234 · Lower Club Player

Its just like alot of people on here i just get so frustrated for them more than anything because i do think if they get in winning positions then they have the ability. Alot of the time they just cannot finish the matches off. so many of our players should be ranked higher than they are but because of these sort of matches they are not. When they ars given the oppertunity in these summer tounaments in GB they really need to take full advantage to get their ranking up so they are one step nearer to getting out of the hard slog of 10k and 25ks tourns around the world. Curtis and Rae brilliant yesterday, so pleased 4 Naomi C. Letshope there is alot more like this in coming weeks ahead.

jamatthews · Strong Club Player

Tutu wrote:

No ill wishes to Katie

Yeah right.

Anyway, Naomi should beat Katie on grass whether Katie's foot is alright or not.

murray_2k9 · Challenger qualifying

Are you skitzo?

Get a grip or bugger off. yawn

seagull · Hall of fame

Broady lost tiebreaker 7-4

alex03maccy · Grand Slam Champion

ahh, win it in 3 girl.

jb288 · Satellite level

Cakj, I agree with you, but it would be utterly bizzare if every British player always closed out a winnable match - on a balance of probabilities, it's just not going to happen! That's how matches go sometimes, and to expect British girls always to be on the winning end is ludicrous - remember that people in America would've said exactly the same about Perry if Georgie had won. Stuff happens...I don't really think it's about a 'British malaise', just that some of our girls are over-ranked, and sometimes things just don't work out! We should have high expectations, but tempered by the fact that the odds are that sometimes things will fail.