Week 13 - ITF ($50K) - Wenshan, China Hard

SMC1809 · All-time great

RE: Week 13 - ITF ($50K) - Wenshan, China Hard

SMC1809 · All-time great

R1: ROBSON, Laura (GBR) WR 238 beat NARA, Kurumi (JPN) 2 WR 130 6-1 6-2 biggrin

R2: Cagla BUYUKAKCAY (TUR) WR 177 Vs Laura ROBSON (GBR) WR 238

A repeat of last week's result would be good.

Maza1987 · Challenger level

well done.
that was a good level opponent beaten easily.
in theory, her next round should be easier considering she beat her last week and probably playing better now.

LordBrownof · Futures level

Wow that is a good win, especially given everyone's pessimism ;)

Laura's back on it, now time to prove that she can make it stick throughout tournaments. I imagine and hope she's been inspired by the results and attention that Heather is getting.

Maza1987 · Challenger level

in fact, 1,2 and 3 seeds all tumbled out.

philwrig · Hall of fame

Well that's a relief, looks like a better performance than those produced last week. Nara hasn't been in the best of form so if Laura was back to her best it was a match she was likely to win.
Next up should be another win but predicting Laura's performances has never been easy so far in her short career.

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Wonderful, wonderful news. Well done Laura smile smile smile smile smile smile smile smile smile ( I knew she would wink )

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Maza1987 wrote:
well done.
that was a good level opponent beaten easily.
in theory, her next round should be easier considering she beat her last week and probably playing better now.

I thought she lost to her last week (but then I am having a bad week myself!)

steven · Tennis legend

Wow, quite a scoreline Hopefully that menas she's got rid of any rust that was in evidence last week, though of course if she doesn't manage to beat Buyukakcay again, it'll be even more confusing than last week. wink

This result will take her back into the GB top 5 next Monday (ahead of Naomi C) at about WR 224.

steven · Tennis legend

Julia Carrot wrote:
Maza1987 wrote:
well done.
that was a good level opponent beaten easily.
in theory, her next round should be easier considering she beat her last week and probably playing better now.
I thought she lost to her last week (but then I am having a bad week myself!)

No, she beat her 3 & 4 in R1 (when Buyukakcay was seeded 7th) then lost to lower-ranked Damayanti in R2.

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Silly me. Yes, it was the 'bling' that beat her not the 'turkish delight'

Great win last night though. So chuffed.

Jajon · Club Coach

When is her second round match?

Reeltime · Satellite level

Jajon wrote:
When is her second round match?

All I can find is that it isn't on the showcourt tomorrow. I'll keep looking tho

EDIT: Anyone read chinese? http://www.tennis.org.cn/

-- Edited by Reeltime on Wednesday 30th of March 2011 07:07:29 PM

philwrig · Hall of fame

My best guess is that its on an outside court either first or second up as she is still in the doubles which will be played tomorrow as well.
OOP might be available somewhere, but like trying to find a needle in a haystack.

RBBOT · Futures qualifying

Doubles QF opponents are: KALASHNIKOVA (GEO) / KAPSHAY (UKR)

They could at least try and maintain a reasonable difficulty level for the punning.