Week 39 - ITF ($10K) - Clermont-Ferrand, France Hard

djlovesyou · Strong Club Player

RE: Week 39 - ITF ($10K) - Clermont-Ferrand, France Hard

philwrig · Hall of fame

You should never trust one result for evidence of a sudden improvement. So let's just wait and see.

alex03maccy · Grand Slam Champion

great win, test now is to see if she can follow it up by playing well consistently.

Josh · Challenger level

Very surprising, she played pretty poorly when I saw her at Wimbledon this year.

-- Edited by Josh on Thursday 1st of October 2009 08:39:53 PM

DavidC · Tennis legend

wolf wrote:
Brilliant win for Nic, I hope she never goes back to juniors because she sucks there

Seconded, give or take a WC for next year's Junior Wimbledon. Some players, like Tara, struggle to get their head round juniors once they have tasted some success in Pro events, particularly if they have an aggressive game. Nicola has struggled even before this success, as pointed out.

steven · Tennis legend

Peter too wrote:

Would someone else like to translate?

http://www.tournoi.fft.fr/ogf-clermont/ogf-clermont_a/cms/index_public.php?us_action=show_note_site&login_off=1&ui_id_site=1

I might be wrong but I think it says:-

R2: GEORGE, Nicola (GBR) Q UNR beat GATTO-MONTICONE, Giulia (ITA) 1 341 6-3 6-2

That is a stunning result, probably one of the shocks of the year from a GB player. biggrin

A 18 heures, SENSATION sur le Court Central, la Tête de Série No 1 de l'Open GDF SUEZ, Giulia GATTO-MONTICONE, rencontrait la britannique, issue des Qualifications, Nicola GEORGE. Les premières balles auraient pu laisser penser à une victoire aisée de Giulia tant elle semblait plus régulière. Mais une fois entrée complètement dans le match, Nicola a constamment bousculé Giulia GATTO-MONTICONE remportant une victoire à la vitesse de l'éclair 6/3 - 6/2 et laissant le nombreux public baba d'admiration. Quel beau succès pour Nicola qui doit maintenant être considérée comme une candidate très sérieuse pour le titre

"At 6 pm, there would be a sensation on Centre Court when no. 1 seed for the GDF Suez Open, Giulia Gatto-Monticone, met the British qualifier Nicola George. The early point would have left you expecting an easy win for Giulia since she seemed more reliable. But once she had got completely into the match, Nicola constantly hustled Giulia Gatto-Monticone, winning at lightning speed 3 & 2 and leaving the considerable crowd flabbergasted with admiration. What a beautiful success for Nicola who much now be considered as a very serious candidate for the title."

-- Edited by steven on Friday 2nd of October 2009 06:12:47 AM

steven · Tennis legend

QF: GEORGE, Nicola (GBR) Q lost to CHALA, Cindy (FRA) 5 523 by 4 & 2 cry

Not a great surprise, but still an excellent week for Nicola.

philwrig · Hall of fame

To be expected as the previous result came completely out of the blue. But still making progress.