Week 25 - ITF ($10K) - Breda, Netherlands Clay

DavidC · Tennis legend

RE: Week 25 - ITF ($10K) - Breda, Netherlands Clay

indiana · Tennis legend

Would have kinda not minded either winning.

But an Eleanor win qualifies her for the "Winning Streak" thread along with 5 other British women who are recorded there as winning at least 10 matches in a row :

Naomi Broady, Anne Keothavong, Sue Barker, Virginia Wade and Elena Baltacha.

This is getting quite silly in a great way smile

steven · Tennis legend

Comparing how the two Brits here picked up their ranking points, I'd have been stunned if Eleanor hadn't won today and I'll be surprised if the score when it comes out is at all close.

indiana · Tennis legend

Mm, Manisha is coming on. I'll go for the score being reasonably close ( I honestly don't lnow it as may become clear if and when I'm quite wrong )

RBBOT · Futures qualifying

Steven 1 - Indiana 0

6-3, 6-1 To Eleanor.

SF: Eleanor Dean vs Lesley Kerkhove NED (6) WR 569, CH 553 in Dec 2010.

-- Edited by RBBOT on Friday 24th of June 2011 06:02:31 PM

DUSTY DICK · Club Coach

Good win Eleanor. She seems to be flying right now.

indiana · Tennis legend

RBBOT wrote:
Steven 1 - Indiana 0

6-3, 6-1 To Eleanor.
SF: Eleanor Dean vs Lesley Kerkhove NED (6) WR 569, CH 553 in Dec 2010.

-- Edited by RBBOT on Friday 24th of June 2011 06:02:31 PM

Ha. Ha, it was probably closer than the score suggests.

Bah, given how wonderfully NOT my BOTB is going, I think I should just steer clear of predictions for a little while.

Anyway, well done Eleanor, again smile

philwrig · Hall of fame

Happy to see Ellie win as although I like all British players, Ellie has by far the bigger future. Sorry if thats a tad harsh.
Semi will be a big test but on current form who knows.
I wonder which part of Ellie's game is excelling on this surface, because it should be a surface on which she struggles. Then again clay plays as fast as grass now doesn't it with the faster balls.

Maza1987 · Challenger level

Well done Eleanor.

P.S. Does anyone else get a mental image of 1967 Shelby Mustang Cobra whenever they say Eleanor?

No! Just me then.

-- Edited by Maza1987 on Friday 24th of June 2011 08:28:47 PM

djlovesyou · Strong Club Player

I'm not going to get that imagine, but thanks to you, I will get the Nicholas Cage 'forlorn face' as a mental imagine every time I see a result with Eleanor from now on.

RBBOT · Futures qualifying

It could be a late night for Eleanor, as according to the official web site (with a bit of help from google translate):

Schedule of Play

Center Court:

Starting at 24:00 : Lesley Kerkhove vs.. Eleanor Dean

-- Edited by RBBOT on Saturday 25th of June 2011 11:02:38 AM

RBBOT · Futures qualifying

Someone at the venue has tweeted that Eleanor lost - don't know the score yet.

DavidC · Tennis legend

Eleanor lost 6-4 6-3

Every run has to come to an end and Kerkhove is a powerful player, who I remember pushed Laura more than most on her way to the Wimbledon title.

Mervatron · Masters Series Champion

Ah well but it was a toughy.

Anyone know what her next event is?

DavidC · Tennis legend

Mervatron wrote:
Ah well but it was a toughy.

Anyone know what her next event is?

Biesterbos Grade 2 Junior event next week