Week 29 - ITF ($25K) - Wrexham, UK Hard

steven · Tennis legend

RE: Week 29 - ITF ($25K) - Wrexham, UK Hard

steven · Tennis legend

Yasmin Clarke has fought back from 1-6 *2-5 down to 5-5* in the 2nd.

steven · Tennis legend

Mel reports that she won, she'll play the winner of Clarke v Bobusic.

Peter too · Tennis legend

R1: CLARKE, Yasmin (GBR) WC 825 lost to BOBUSIC, Bojana (AUS) 478 1-6 5-7

Yasmin fought back from a break down in the 2nd but finally gave way.

steven · Tennis legend

Lertpitaksinchai bt Walker 62 57 61
South bt Edjesgaard 75 63
Brown bt Vongouthi 76(3) 61
Muguruza Blanco bt Moriarty 61 60
Windley bt Lykina 26 60 62
Vickers bt Dunne 63 61
Wienerova bt Toljan 61 64

tony_orient · ATP qualifying

Good to see that Jade Windley got an impressive win today after pushing Laura so close in the first round last week. Those results suggest she is on good form, so I'll be interested to see if she can upset Gronert tomorrow.

-- Edited by tony_orient on Wednesday 20th of July 2011 03:26:13 PM

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

The four outstanding singles results:

R1: (Q) Francesca Lewis UNR lost to (7) Lina Stanciute (LTU) WR 332 by 1 & 0
R1: (8) Tara Moore WR 342 lost to Jo Konta (AUS/GBR) WR 350 by 1 & 2 disbelief
R1: (WC) Fran Stephenson WR 979 lost to (3) Marta Sirotkina (RUS) WR 263 by 4 & 4
R1: Anna Fitzpatrick WR 391 defeated (Q) Noel Scott (USA) WR 811 by 1 & 2

philwrig · Hall of fame

summer arrived in wrexham today.
lucy played out an exceptionally hard first set,and got the rewards of an easier second set. fran really played well but got no rewards, but her ranking is in for a major spike up if she continues to play like this. jade started slowly but played very well to basically break her temperemental opponent, the russian girl even used the classic medical timeout when 4-1 down in the third, but jade was too canny to let it affect her. joko played well, but tara was well off her best, however joko has picked up a niggle so that may be a factor as the tournament progresses.
naomi was very sharp this morning and has a decent outside shot at the title. mel got through without any alarms and anna eased her way through as well, alex played some high level tennis to win the second set from 5-1 down, but couldn't sustain that level in the third.

-- Edited by philwrig on Wednesday 20th of July 2011 04:52:45 PM

DavidC · Tennis legend

Thanks for the report Phil. Worrying that JoKo has picked up a niggle, as her career has so far been full of short injury breaks, which I'm sure has contributed to her not being much higher ranked already - let's hope this niggle doesn't develop into anything more. Naomi's next opponent (Muguruza Blanco) won a hardcourt 25K last week, so may pose a threat to her.

Peter too · Tennis legend

R1: BROADY, Naomi (GBR) 1 220 beat KRAMPEROVA, Katerina (CZE) 580 6-1 6-2
R1: WINDLEY, Jade (GBR) 676 beat LYKINA, Ksenia (RUS) 488 2-6 6-0 6-2
R1: BARNETT, Alicia (GBR) Q UNR lost to GRONERT, Sarah (GER) 6 287 1-6 0-6
R1: SOUTH, Melanie (GBR) 4 266 beat EJDESGAARD, Malou (DEN) Q 761 7-5 6-3
R1: CLARKE, Yasmin (GBR) WC 825 lost to BOBUSIC, Bojana (AUS) 478 1-6 5-7
R1: WALKER, Alexandra (GBR) WC 1042 lost to LERTPITAKSINCHAI, Nicha (THA) 343 2-6 7-5 1-6
R1: LEWIS, Francesca (GBR) Q UNR lost to STANCIUTE, Lina (LTU) 7 332 1-6 0-6
R1: KONTA, Johanna (AUS/GBR) 350 beat MOORE, Tara (GBR) 8 342 6-1 6-2
R1: BROWN, Lucy (GBR) 803 beat VONGSOUTHI, Stephanie (FRA) 592 7-6(3) 6-1
R1: MELROSE, Abbi (GBR) Q UNR lost to BOWTELL, Amy (IRL) Q WC 731 2-6 1-6
R1: STEPHENSON, Francesca (GBR) WC 979 lost to SIROTKINA, Marta (RUS) 3 263 4-6 4-6
R1: STARLING, Natasha (GBR) Q UNR lost to AKITA, Shiho (JPN) 5 284 1-6 4-6
R1: FITZPATRICK, Anna (GBR) 391 beat SCOTT, Noel (USA) Q 811 6-1 6-2
R1: VICKERS, Samantha (GBR) WC 1120 beat DUNNE, Emily (GBR) Q UNR 6-3 6-1

R2: BROADY, Naomi (GBR) 1 220 v MUGURUZA BLANCO, Garbine (ESP) 447
R2: WINDLEY, Jade (GBR) 676 v GRONERT, Sarah (GER) 6 287
R2: SOUTH, Melanie (GBR) 4 266 v BOBUSIC, Bojana (AUS) 478
R2: KONTA, Johanna (AUS/GBR) 350 v BROWN, Lucy (GBR) 803
R2: FITZPATRICK, Anna (GBR) 391 v AKITA, Shiho (JPN) 5 284
R2: VICKERS, Samantha (GBR) WC 1120 v WIENEROVA, Lenka (SVK) 2 238

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

R1: (1) Mel South & Lenka Wienerova (SVK) WR 365 defeated Daneika Borthwick & Yasmin Clarke WR 1317 by 1 & 1

R1: Katerina Kramperova & Janina Toljan (CZE/AUT) WR 1034 defeated (WC) Pippa Carr & Catherine Fall UNR by 5 & 1

R1: (3) Bojana Bobusic & Alenka Hubacek (AUS/AUS) WR 661 defeated (WC) Lauren McMinn & Emily Southall UNR by 4 & 1

R1: (WC) Kathryn Hughes & Sam Vickers UNR lost to Anna Fitzpatrick & Jade Windley WR 837 by 1 & 1

R1: Shiho Akita & Nicha Lertpitaksinchai (JAP/THA) WR 1436 defeated (4) Malou Edjesgaard (DEN) & Tara Moore WR 689 by 7-5 2-6 [10-7] (so much for my bleh for the Jap/Thai partnership! More like the other way round! ashamed )

R1: Julia Moriarty (IRL) & Alexandra Walker WR 1830 defeated Lottie Fox & Aimee Gibson UNR by 2 & 4

R1: Lucy Brown & Fran Stephenson WR 1038 lost to (2) Ksenia Lykina & Marta Sirotkina (RUS/RUS) WR 543 by 1-6 6-7(4)

QF: (1) Mel South & Lenka Wienerova (SVK) WR 365 vs Katerina Kramperova & Janina Toljan (CZE/AUT) WR 1034

QF: Anna Fitzpatrick & Jade Windley WR 837 vs Shiho Akita & Nicha Lertpitaksinchai (JAP/THA) WR 1436

QF: Julia Moriarty (IRL) & Alexandra Walker WR 1830 vs (2) Ksenia Lykina & Marta Sirotkina (RUS/RUS) WR 543

SMC1809 · All-time great

Fran must be fed up of Sirokina!

SMC1809 · All-time great

Anna Fitzy v Akita is on Bet365. Anna is odds against as you'd expect when playing a seed, but I reckon Anna could take this, so worth a small wager.

steven · Tennis legend

Good start from Anna - she got broken to love in the 3rd game but has won all the rest so far - she is 4-1* up and has 0-30 on Akita's serve.

steven · Tennis legend

Oops - she broke again, to love, for *5-1 but then lost the next three games (broken to 30, Akita held to love, then broken to 30 again)

- now 5-4*