Week 13 - ITF ($75K) - Monzon, Spain Hard

Peter too · Tennis legend

Week 13 - ITF ($75K) - Monzon, Spain Hard

philwrig · Hall of fame

Two wins one impressive one not.

Naomi won 7-6 6-2
Cav won 6-2 1-6 6-4

albino · Intermediate Club Player

Q2: CAVADAY, Naomi (GBR) 6 196 v GIOVINE, Claudia (ITA) 319

Q2: BROADY, Naomi (GBR) 284 v OZEGOVIC, Nika (CRO) 321

indiana · Tennis legend

Yes Naomi B's Q1 win certainly looks more impressive than Naomi C's.

Very winnable Q2 matches for both, but don't look easy.

Giovone is a 19 yo near her CH on her way up, did beat WR 173 Feuerstein ( FRA ) on her way to a 25K semi in France at the start of last month. Ozegovic is a 24yo who has been ranked as high as 131 in 2007 and also beat a top 100 player last month, Kucova ( SVK ) WR 110, on her way to R16 of a 50K in Germany.

4 ranking points if they win their Q2 matches and reach the FQR where the top seeds in their respective qualifying sections may still await. They would earn 6 points if they qualify.

-- Edited by indiana on Sunday 28th of March 2010 12:54:33 AM

steven · Tennis legend

QR2: CAVADAY, Naomi (GBR) 6 196 lost to GIOVINE, Claudia (ITA) 319 by 2 & 2 bleh

QR2: BROADY, Naomi (GBR) 284 beat OZEGOVIC, Nika (CRO) 321 by 7-6(4) 7-5 smile

FQR: BROADY, Naomi (GBR) 284 v CABEZA-CANDELLA, Estrella (ESP) 223 (who convincingly took out Daniilidou today)

L32: O'BRIEN, Katie (GBR) 7 103 v FLORIS, Anna (ITA) 156
L32: KEOTHAVONG, Anne (GBR) 124 v SEMA, Yurika (JPN) 149

Katie is in the same quarter as no. 1 seed Alexandra Dulgheru (ROU) WR 49, while the winner of Anne's match is likely to play no. 2 seed Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA) WR 73 in QR2.

philwrig · Hall of fame

Cav's form continues to cause much concern.
Unless something happens dramatically I really fear for her career.
Ever since her time off through illness there has been very little to get excited about and now after a long time of average but nevertheless consistent performances the last month has seen a large dropoff from that below par level.
Her recent strategy appears to be to try and improve her game by gaining more match time experience at British tour level. Not working I'm afraid.
Tutu provided a worrying critique of her current playing level when he saw her wilt in her defeat at Sutton.
Some drastic action needs to be taken in my opinion either to her preparation off the court or possibly a change in coach. If she still hasn't fully recovered from her illness she shouldn't be playing.

Josh · Challenger level

Or maybe she is just over-rated on here? I've only seen her play once and am definitely no expert but maybe she has just found her natural level at inside the top 200 but nothing more.

philwrig · Hall of fame

Fair enough Josh I would concur that she is overrated on the bare statistics of her form but over the last month her form has dipped alarmingly from even that level.

Anne getting back on the horse very quickly. Thought she might take another week off.

-- Edited by philwrig on Sunday 28th of March 2010 07:52:01 PM

indiana · Tennis legend

Yes, these were 2 winnable matches, but on recent form I guess Cav's loss is no great shock though would have thought it would at least have been tighter. Re Josh's post I really do think she has the ability to at least get in the top 150 ( as I admit could probably be said of others ) but at the moment for whatever resaons she is hardly even looking top 200.

Naomi's FQR against Cabeza-Candella I do think is a very winnable FQR. I am not sure that one can take that much from seemingly straightforward wins against Daniilidou who even at her best a few years ago, while someone who could really rise and produce greaty performances, could often get quite badly thumped by lower ranked players. She stuck on my radar as a rather unpredicatable lady and that appears to remain the case, as a quick look at her last year's activity confirmed.

If Naomi plays to her best she can make the Main Draw.

philwrig · Hall of fame

Naomi will probably have to play her best but certainly no huge underdog.

SMC1809 · All-time great

Cav in doubles action, but it might be a short week for her.

R1: DANIILIDOU (GRE) / WOEHR (GER) 1 WR173 v CAVADAY (GBR) / MARINO (CAN) WR 480

R1: CABEZA-CANDELA (ESP) / POUS-TIO (ESP) WR668 v BYCHKOVA (RUS) / KEOTHAVONG WR578

PaulM · Tennis legend

Broady wins comfortably 61 63. Playing well after disappointing in Jersey

-- Edited by PaulM on Monday 29th of March 2010 12:17:17 PM

philwrig · Hall of fame

A win would have been great but a convincing scoreline such as 1 and 3 is a huge surprise. Hopefully this is evidence of an improved display by Naomi and not a poor performance by her opponent.

SMC1809 · All-time great

Lets hope for a nice placing in the draw now. I guess Kucova would be the best to be placed against.

philwrig · Hall of fame

Probably right Kucova not in the best of form at the moment. The other three are not playing at their best either.