Week 49 - ITF ($25K) - Bangalore, India Hard

Peter too · Tennis legend

Week 49 - ITF ($25K) - Bangalore, India Hard

Peter too · Tennis legend

R1: OBRIEN, Katie (GBR) 1 181 v ROGGE-DIETRICH, Elodie (FRA) 521
R1: MOORE, Tara (GBR) 8 356 v LERTPITAKSINCHAI, Nicha (THA) Q 672
R1: WEBLEY-SMITH, Emily (GBR) 502 v PLIPHUECH, Peangthan (THA) Q 647

indiana · Tennis legend

So Tara evidently competing in spite of tweeting on Dec 2 :

"Suffered a setback with the shoulder so an pulling out of India $25k next week, hope to be ready for the $75k in Dubai the week after!"

and a week or so ago being bothered about her financial position re competing in India when funding decisions were apparently delayed.

Hope the shoulder is going to be OK and that she gets good news re funding soon.

steven · Tennis legend

Oh dear, this doesn't sound good from Katie:

"Think I may have played one of the worst matches of my life this morning. I expected to be a little rusty, but not quite THAT rusty..."

Rogge-Dietrich lost to Amanda Elliott earlier this year, so if Katie did lose her R1 match, it would be quite embarrassing. Might open the door for Tara (the other seed in the top quarter) though, if she has managed to make it to India after all.

Peter too · Tennis legend

steven wrote:

Oh dear, this doesn't sound good from Katie:

"Think I may have played one of the worst matches of my life this morning. I expected to be a little rusty, but not quite THAT rusty..."

Rogge-Dietrich lost to Amanda Elliott earlier this year, so if Katie did lose her R1 match, it would be quite embarrassing. Might open the door for Tara (the other seed in the top quarter) though, if she has managed to make it to India after all.

I see what she means:-

R1: OBRIEN, Katie (GBR) 1 181 lost to ROGGE-DIETRICH, Elodie (FRA) 521 2-6 1-6

philwrig · Hall of fame

I'm going to stick my neck out and say Tara didn't make the trip. But how was she in the draw anyway if she wasn't there ?

As for katie less said about that the better, it now explains why she plays so many tournaments each year, clearly somebody that needs to be on the match court on a regular basis, otherwise rust develops very quickly.

indiana · Tennis legend

Yes, given Tara's latest tweet I bthink we can assume she is nowhere near India biggrin

""Finished for the day at Gosling, heading home for some much needed rest! NTC on Wednesday then off to Dubai!"

steven · Tennis legend

Peter too wrote:

steven wrote:

Oh dear, this doesn't sound good from Katie:

"Think I may have played one of the worst matches of my life this morning. I expected to be a little rusty, but not quite THAT rusty..."

Rogge-Dietrich lost to Amanda Elliott earlier this year, so if Katie did lose her R1 match, it would be quite embarrassing. Might open the door for Tara (the other seed in the top quarter) though, if she has managed to make it to India after all.

I see what she means:-

R1: OBRIEN, Katie (GBR) 1 181 lost to ROGGE-DIETRICH, Elodie (FRA) 521 2-6 1-6

That's the shocker to end all shockers! bleh

Though Tara still being in the draw when she never left the UK is also pretty bizarre! And a right pain, since the quarter would have been wide open for her now.

steven · Tennis legend

Tara says (after I asked): "haha yeh I withdrew cause of my shoulder.. But for some reason they didn't take me out of the draw.. :S"

wolf · Tennis legend

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/118609/elodie-packs-off-obrien.html

cry

Mikeduke · County player

Emily withdrew mid match according to her twitter

seagull · Hall of fame

what a disaster of a tournament!

Peter too · Tennis legend

R1: WEBLEY-SMITH, Emily (GBR) 502 lost to PLIPHUECH, Peangthan (THA) Q 647 0-6 Ret.