Week 29 - WTA ($220K) - Baku, Azerbaijan Hard

Peter too · Tennis legend

Week 29 - WTA ($220K) - Baku, Azerbaijan Hard

Mervatron · Masters Series Champion

Come on bally. Time to step it up and go for that first WTA title

steven · Tennis legend

She needs to hand out a bit of revenge first - Koryttseva edged her out 6-4 2-6 7-6(3) in Moscow qualifying last year. They have very similar CHs - 49 (Bally) and 50.

Peter too · Tennis legend

Elena plays 4th on Centre Court on Monday after 5pm.

DavidC · Tennis legend

That's 5pm local time, so 1pm BST start for Bally if the previous 3 matches finish inside 6 hours

-- Edited by DavidC on Sunday 17th of July 2011 09:03:22 PM

tony_orient · ATP qualifying

There is a seriously week entry list for this tournament, with the last direct acceptance being the world no. 260 (Tetyana Arefyeva).

Probably not the best scheduling, having a tournament as far away from America as possible just before the start of the US hardcourt season, but still there are quite a few players who could have taken advantage of a rare chance to play in a WTA main draw (including Naomi and katie of the British girls not currently recovering from injury). To be fair, it's a long way to travel and they wouldn't have known the entry rank would be so low.

tony_orient · ATP qualifying

Bally's match just about to start, and is on the bet365 stream. Good timing, as I can watch during my lunch hour.

tony_orient · ATP qualifying

Not going at all well so far, Bally about to serve at 0-4. She has the power to turn this around but too many loose shots at the moment.

tony_orient · ATP qualifying

After a very long game at 4-1, Koryttseva holds, then breaks to take the set 6-1.

Koryttseva's defence has been impressive in this match, she has won a couple of points from nowhere with some scrambling along the baseline and a couple of lobs.