Week 30 - ITF ($25K) - Wrexham, UK Hard

SMC1809 · All-time great

RE: Week 30 - ITF ($25K) - Wrexham, UK Hard

Peter too · Tennis legend

R2: WEBLEY-SMITH, Emily (GBR) 418 lost to VEKIC, Donna (CRO) 1 232 0-6 6-4 5-7
R2: WINDLEY, Jade (GBR) WC 451 lost to JEGIOLKA, Justyna (POL) 372 6-4 3-6 1-6
R2: MURRAY, Samantha (GBR) 397 lost toWITTHOEFT, Carina (GER) 5 286 6-7(2) 6-7(3)

Apparently Emily was 4-1 up in the third.

RBBOT · Futures qualifying

To quote Mervatron: Very disappointing.

murray_2k9 · Challenger qualifying

Not a single Brit in the QF of a home 25k. Quite shocking really.

There is such a big gulf between the top 4 and the rest, with Joko and Broady hovering in the gap, and Jade, Emily, Lisa, Tara and Mel all just beneath. Im just waiting for one to really kick up a gear and join them - it looked like Naomi would but alas she has plateaued

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

Bad day at the office for Jade, she played a blinder yesterday, and today couldn't get her serve going.
On the bright side, if she could have, she'd probably have won.

The other two lost to seeds, but I agree very dissapointing.

Unfortunately unless Mel loses some serios weight and sorts her fitness/footwork out, I don't think she's going to to get up even to where she was. Her highest WR ranking was 99, and this week looked like a 300-400 ranked player.

Better at dubs, but still making too many UEs compared to the Japs they played.

Mervatron · Masters Series Champion

RBBOT wrote:
To quote Mervatron: Very disappointing.

LOL It's catching on. But not in a good way

philwrig · Hall of fame

murray_2k9 wrote:
Not a single Brit in the QF of a home 25k. Quite shocking really.

There is such a big gulf between the top 4 and the rest, with Joko and Broady hovering in the gap, and Jade, Emily, Lisa, Tara and Mel all just beneath. Im just waiting for one to really kick up a gear and join them - it looked like Naomi would but alas she has plateaued

I wouldn't say there was a big gap between JoKo and the top 4, a gap yes but not a big one. I think one forgets that JoKo has had no WCs so no cheap points and has also suffered badly with niggly injuries. I would say there was then a gap between JoKo and Naomi, and then a big gap to the rest, with Tara by far the most likely to bridge that gap.