Week 16 - ITF ($10K) - Antalya-Belconti, Turkey Hard

Peter too · Tennis legend

Week 16 - ITF ($10K) - Antalya-Belconti, Turkey Hard

Peter too · Tennis legend

R1: MURRAY, Samantha (GBR) 1 365 v GONEN, Sultan (TUR) Q 1059
R1: WHYBOURNE, Lisa (GBR) 7 602 beat ESEN, Lutfiye (TUR) WC 1134 6-4 6-4
R1: FOSTER, Manisha (GBR) 754 v ORLOVA, Natalia (RUS) Q 994

steven · Tennis legend

Manisha got the toughest possible qualifier, I would say - Orlova was ranked as high as 224 in 2009 and beat Lisa in R1 last week.

steven · Tennis legend

Also Lisa 'no E' wink Whybourn's win broke a 5-match losing streak in singles stretching from that stunning turnaround Amy Bowtell pulled off against her in Sutton back in January.

Peter too · Tennis legend

R1: MURRAY, Samantha (GBR) 1 365 lost to GONEN, Sultan (TUR) Q 1059 3-6 0-6
R1: WHYBOURN, Lisa (GBR) 7 602 beat ESEN, Lutfiye (TUR) WC 1134 6-4 6-4
R1: FOSTER, Manisha (GBR) 754 lost to ORLOVA, Natalia (RUS) Q 994 6-2 5-7 5-7

R2: WHYBOURN, Lisa (GBR) 7 602 v ESEN, Hulya (TUR) 552

steven · Tennis legend

Not a bad effort from Manisha given what I wrote 3 posts back, but a very strange loss for Samantha, who was doing so well earlier this year.

steven · Tennis legend

QF: WHYBOURN, Lisa (GBR) 7 602 v BUCHINA, Yana (UKR) 3 373 (CH 337 last Oct)

Buchina won a 10K in Antalya just under a year ago but her ranking slipped after she went on a 7-match losing streak in the summer/autumn. She has beaten Indy de Vroome in R2 the last 2 weeks, going out in the QFs last week.

-- Edited by steven on Friday 20th of April 2012 03:54:55 PM

steven · Tennis legend

R2: WHYBOURN, Lisa (GBR) 7 602 beat ESEN, Hulya (TUR) 552 by 1 & 4 biggrin

I thought the second Esen sister might be a tough one to get past given that she beat the player who knocked out Lisa last week and went on to reach the Final, so this is a good win. Perhaps I ought to annoy her (albeit inadvertently) more often! wink

Peter too · Tennis legend

R1: WHYBOURN(GBR)/SWEETING(HKG) beat KITAZAKI(JPN)/NAKANO(JPN) 6-0 6-4

QF: WHYBOURN(GBR)/SWEETING(HKG) lost to KRYWACZ(USA)/SAUNDERS(USA) 5-7 0-6

steven · Tennis legend

Buchina won

(via her Twitter, no scoreline even in the Russian tweets)

steven · Tennis legend

Turns out Buchina won 1 & 1

Looking on the bright side, Lisa's drop to WR 602 this week should be a low point - with her 4 points this week, she has more than covered all the points she has coming off between now and mid-September.