Week 44 - ITF ($10K) - Sunderland, Great Britain

philwrig · Hall of fame

Week 44 - ITF ($10K) - Sunderland, Great Britain

scottie1 · Futures level

Thanks for that Babos was good in Edinburgh. jenny ren -----------nice girl have spoken to her

philwrig · Hall of fame

Yep both the ren sisters were very polite when I introduced myself to them.

alex03maccy · Grand Slam Champion

Doubles

L16: OATES/SEABORNE lost to JANDOVA/MICHEL (CZE/SUI) 3-6 1-6
L16: CURTIS/KHAN def. PARISH/GIBSON 6-3 6-3
L16: REN/REN def. HUME/VICKERS 6-2 6-2
L16: BASTICK/WOODROFFE lost to HARMSEN/VAN BENNEKOM (NED) 6-7 (5) 2-6
L16: BAMBURAC/FARLEY def. HANDE/VAIDEANU (ITA) 6-7 (5) 7-5 10-5

QF: THOMAS/ANDERSON (RSA) v JANDOVA/MICHEL (CZE/SUI)
QF: CURTIS/KHAN v REN/REN
QF: BAMBURAC/FARLEY v RAE/WINDLEY

PockyTastic · Futures level

R2: Jade CURTIS (1) 343 Vs Elizabeth THOMAS 726
R2: Alexandra WALKER UNR Vs Karolina NOWAK (GER) (8) 650
R2: Lisa WHYBOURN (7) 527 Vs Piia SUOMALAINEN (FIN) 639
R2: Jade WINDLEY (6) 561 Vs Jennifer REN 970
R2: Nicola GEORGE 893 Vs Samantha VICKERS 858
R2: Helen PARISH 913 Vs Matea MEZAK (CRO) (5) 521

-- Edited by PockyTastic on Wednesday 4th of November 2009 09:39:37 PM

alex03maccy · Grand Slam Champion

Curtis set up and 2-2
Windley 0-4 ret.
Parish 1-2

philwrig · Hall of fame

Lisa are resident reporter providing updates . I knew she would become useful at some stage.

philwrig · Hall of fame

The Windley retirement means a win Jenny Ren so not all bad.

Peter too · Tennis legend

R2: CURTIS, Jade (GBR) 1 343 beat THOMAS, Elizabeth (GBR) 726 6-2 7-5
R2: REN, Jennifer (GBR) Q 970 beat WINDLEY, Jade (GBR) 6 561 4-0 Ret.
R2: PARISH, Helen (GBR) WC 913 lost to MEZAK, Matea (CRO) 5 521 2-6 4-6

philwrig · Hall of fame

Disappointed for Helen I thought it might have been a bit closer than that. Hope Lisa's shoulder holds up and she can get the win today.

The Knight · Challenger qualifying

pffft annoyed about Jade's retirement, much prefer her to jenny ren

philwrig · Hall of fame

It looks as though Lisa must have lost according to her twitter. She did show signs yesterday of being vulnerable to the odd mental walkabout. Interesting to see if she pulls out of Jersey.

-- Edited by philwrig on Thursday 5th of November 2009 05:15:30 PM

indiana · Tennis legend

Oh, that's a pity if Lisa has lost, Phil.

Maybe the shoulder problem you mentioned allied with the new expectation around her got a bit much, and caused her issues.

-- Edited by indiana on Thursday 5th of November 2009 06:10:51 PM

philwrig · Hall of fame

Pinching results from Stephen of GBTG who was there.

Lisa lost 2-6 6-4 4-6
Sam beat Nicola 6-4 6-0
Alex lost 1-6 4-6

So all and all not a great day. Only 3 left.

philwrig · Hall of fame

During the first set yesterday she was constantly getting agitated and looking up at her coach for inspiration. But then as the errors turned more into winners she got herself together and turned the match around. Her coach did elude to the fact that mental maturity is a key element to her progress over the last 6 weeks or so. Not a huge problem but something that needs to be kept under check. Her game is very much winners or errors because she hits the ball so hard and flat.

-- Edited by philwrig on Thursday 5th of November 2009 04:44:51 PM