Week 6 - WTA ($220K) Pattaya City, Thailand - Hard

steven · Tennis legend

Week 6 - WTA ($220K) Pattaya City, Thailand - Hard

tony_orient · ATP qualifying

Not a great draw but at least Laura has a very winnable first round match and Heather only faces the lowest seed.

This is the first time Laura has Direct Acceptance into a WTA tournament, a good sign of the progress she has made recently. Hopefully she will achieve another first, as she is yet to get beyond the last 32 of a WTA event (or a Grand Slam).

-- Edited by tony_orient on Sunday 5th of February 2012 10:30:01 AM

Smidster · Challenger level

And it was worse this time around

QR1: Emily Webley-Smith WR 266 lost to (q8) Wang Qiang (CHN) WR 247 6-0 6-1

philwrig · Hall of fame

Nightmare draws for our 3 in main draw.
Anne v Cibulkova, Hev v King and Laura to face Zvonareva in R2 if she beats Amanmuradova in R1.

philwrig · Hall of fame

tony_orient wrote:

Not a great draw but at least Laura has a very winnable first round match and Heather only faces the lowest seed.

This is the first time Laura has Direct Acceptance into a WTA tournament, a good sign of the progress she has made recently. Hopefully she will achieve another first, as she is yet to get beyond the last 32 of a WTA event (or a Grand Slam).

-- Edited by tony_orient on Sunday 5th of February 2012 10:30:01 AM

King maybe the lowest seed, but she is in very good form and on the upgrade.

Mervatron · Masters Series Champion

I would hope Laura can take the win

I've never been very impressed by King so i think Heather has a decent shot in that match

Maza1987 · Challenger level

king is one of those players who people may not be 'very impressed' by, but she deserves respect for the results she gets. she is under ranked imo.
cibukova will be difficult for anne.
laura has a great chance of beating amanmuradova. she's very hot and cold, mostly cold of late (i think).
cant complain that it's zvonareva next because when you scrape into main draw, it's asking quite a bit to get two good potential draws.

murray_2k9 · Challenger qualifying

King isnt a bad player but her game is not the kind that should totally over-awe Heather. She definitely has a chance, hopefully boosted by the Fed Cup results too.

Laura should win, Akgul is a good match up for Laura.

Tough for Anne, but again a bit of extra confidence might make things interesting.

steven · Tennis legend

Oddly perhaps, Anne has a 1-0 head to head against Cibulkova - she beat her in 3 sets at a 25K in Glasgow back in 2005. Cibulkova has just helped Slovakia qualify for the Fed Cup semis though, so she is likely to be on a post Fed Cup high too!

Anyway, tough draws, but there can hardly be a better time for them to have a pop at some higher-ranked players

wolf · Tennis legend

R1: Anne Keothavong & Sorana Cirstea (GBR/ROU) v Kai-Chen Chang & Vania King (TPE/USA)

R1: Emily Webley-Smith & Wen-Hsin Hsu (GBR/TPE) v Shiho Akita & Nicole Rottmann (JPN/AUT)

Emily and partner play first on court 3 8am GMT tomorrow.

Peter too · Tennis legend

R1:WEBLEY-SMITH/HSU lost to AKITA/ROTTMANN 6-3 2-6 [9-11]

wolf · Tennis legend

Poor Em cry

Have tummy ripped open by someone else:recover,play.Rip tummy yourself:ignore,keep playing.Rip tummy 2nd time:manage,keep playing,rest....

.....recover,rehab to 100%,train your arse off.Play healthy 2 wks.Rip tummy 3rd time. Go the hell home.

ews24Emily Webley-Smith

wolf · Tennis legend

With each court having a 7am GMT start:

Heather 2nd on Court 2
Anne 3rd on Court 1
Laura 3rd on Court 3

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Have to break off now. Back later.

*2 - 2

-- Edited by Julia Carrot on Tuesday 7th of February 2012 09:59:53 AM

philwrig · Hall of fame

Official reason given for Laura's withdrawal is back injury, so hopefully just a minor thing picked up just travelling to Pattaya.

Mike Dicko has just tweeted that Laura tweeked her back at the Fed Cup last week.

-- Edited by philwrig on Tuesday 7th of February 2012 12:12:22 PM