Week 23 - ITF ($75K) - Nottingham, UK Grass

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

RE: Week 23 - ITF ($75K) - Nottingham, UK Grass

steven · Tennis legend

Bally beat Urszula on clay in Prague pretty convincingly 3 weeks ago. Like Bally though, this Radwanska sister seems to prefer faster surfaces judging by where she has had the most success in ITFs. They are the only two seeds left in the top half and have been since the end of R1.

Mervatron · Masters Series Champion

Come on Bally.

I'd love to see a Bally vs Anne final. Battle for the british #1

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

Mervatron wrote:
Come on Bally.

I'd love to see a Bally vs Anne final. Battle for the british #1

That would be cool

Miriambee · Futures level

Bally 4-2 up in the second set, 1 break of serve (I think!)

-- Edited by Miriambee on Friday 8th of June 2012 12:07:07 PM

scottie1 · Futures level

yes would be good bally for me though. like to see anne do better on grass her wimbledon record is not inspiring

steven · Tennis legend

Third former junior slam winner in a row for Anne - the 2008 USO girls' winner has just seen off Hsieh in 3 sets:

SF: (8) Anne Keothavong WR 81 v (Q) Coco Vandeweghe (USA) WR 157 (CH 89 in 2011)

edit: oops, a bit of overkill on the SF postings here LOL - still 3 better than none wink

-- Edited by steven on Friday 8th of June 2012 03:22:18 PM

indiana · Tennis legend

Well I'd say Anne has to now be first pick for a GB Olympics WC, a deserved reward for her overall consistency over the last year relative to the other girls.

Any chance she can get in directly ? i.e. how high would she likely have to be ranked ?

-- Edited by indiana on Friday 8th of June 2012 03:48:07 PM

steven · Tennis legend

indiana wrote:
Well I'd say Anne has to now be first pick for a GB Olympics WC.
Any chance she can get in directly ? i.e. how high would she likely have to be ranked ?

There are 56 direct acceptances and it looks to me like the cut will go out 8 places on the basis of the 4 per country rule. WR 64 is currently Hsieh on 976 points.

Winning the title here would give Anne 896 points, with WR 72 having 897 on last Monday's list and 896 enough for WR 70 on the in-running list, so if she won the title, she'd need about 6-10 withdrawals, with withdrawals from countries with more than 4 players above her not being any help, of course.

Not impossible, but unlikely ... and she really needs to win the title here to have any chance.

-- Edited by steven on Friday 8th of June 2012 03:55:50 PM

wolf · Tennis legend

Bally really focused and determined yesterday. Was a good quality match and could barely hear De Brito over all the background noise.

Heather looked more comfortable on the grass than indoors.

wolf · Tennis legend

Bally *2-1 up on Radwanska. Indoors I guess as only 4 courts playing.

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

Bally losing first set 2-5.

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

Bally 3-5 now

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

Bally's lost the first set 3-6, she had a break point on that last game too

RainDelay · Pro player

back on serve but Bally 5-4 up