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

Jan · Hall of fame

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

Maza1987 · Challenger level

well well.
looks like it's over to the lady who we probably least expected to go furthest after recent form.
excellent.
well done anne. prove those doubters wrong. gb number 1 again.

Peter too · Tennis legend

QF: BALTACHA, Elena (GBR) 3 68 lost to RADWANSKA, Urszula (POL) 7 79 3-6 5-7
QF: KEOTHAVONG, Anne (GBR) 8 81 beat PLISKOVA, Krystyna (CZE) Q 150 4-6 6-1 6-4

SF: KEOTHAVONG, Anne (GBR) 8 81 v VANDEWEGHE, Cococ (USA) Q 157

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

SF: (8) Anne Keothavong WR 81 vs (Q) Coco Vandeweghe (USA) WR 157

Shhh · Challenger level

Is this week the cut off on rankings then?

steven · Tennis legend

Yes

philwrig · Hall of fame

If it seems a bit strange Bally played better in defeat than Anne did in victory. Bally playing much better than she was in Sweden, Radwanska will take some stopping. Then again we might get to play outside tomorrow so everything might change.

wolf · Tennis legend

indiana wrote:
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

I read they make the wild card selections on the first Thursday of Wimbledon so maybe they will use the rankings as of then as a guide?

DavidC · Tennis legend

philwrig wrote:
If it seems a bit strange Bally played better in defeat than Anne did in victory. Bally playing much better than she was in Sweden, Radwanska will take some stopping. Then again we might get to play outside tomorrow so everything might change.

Fortunately they are playing outside again - Coco serving first, stream available on the LTA site etc.

Mervatron · Masters Series Champion

Anne missed BP's on game 1, then saved BP's in game 2

1-1*

Come on Anne

DavidC · Tennis legend

Wind marring the quality of play, but Anne saves 8 breakpoints in her opening 2 service games

2-2*

DavidC · Tennis legend

Coco finally plays a solid point on her 9th breakpoint opportunity to go up 5-3 and serves out to love to take the opening set 6-3

DavidC · Tennis legend

Coco kindly donates an early break in set 2 with a double

3-6 2*-0

DavidC · Tennis legend

The break disappears immediately cry

2-1*

DavidC · Tennis legend

An aggressive point from Coco, who looks to have more belief, secures another break

2-3*