Week 27 - ITF ($10K) - Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Hard

Peter too · Tennis legend

Week 27 - ITF ($10K) - Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Hard

Miriambee · Futures level

Peter too wrote:
Q1: KONOTOPTSEVA, Danielle (GBR) 1 943 v ABOU ZEKRY, Ola (EGY) UNR

lost 6-2, 6-4.

Mervatron · Masters Series Champion

Bit of a shock

Peter too · Tennis legend

R1: BAMBURAC, Sabrina (GBR) 8 908 v INTERT, Amelie (GER) UNR

briteny · Intermediate Club Player

is it danger to play in Egypt now?

korriban · Challenger level

Yes I know she's playing an unranked German

Yes I know her opponent has served 14 DFs in 9 service games.

Yes I know she lost the first set

But, whisper it quietly, Sabrina is 5-5 in the second set of her L32 match. Could she win a set? Could she even win?

korriban · Challenger level

No. 3-6 5-7.

Her 11th straight sets defeat in a row, and her 18th in 19 matches this year including all her ITF MD matches.

I guess the question at this point is to ask whether this season is the aberration, or whether in fact last season when she picked up a few encouraging ITF wins was the aberration?

There are worse places to be than Sharm, but it can't be cheap to be out there for 3 weeks.

WD40 · Club Coach

Doubles R1: BAMBURAC, Sabrina (GBR) / MORGINA, Anna (RUS) 3 WR 1266 lost to ABOU ZEKRY, Ola (EGY) /HAYMAN, Emma (NZL) UNR by 2-6 1-6.

R1: KONOTOPTSEVA, Danielle (GBR) / INTERT, Amelie (GER) UNR lost to EL KAMASH, Mai (EGY) / LE ROUX, Madrie (RSA) UNR by (4)6-7 4-6.

-- Edited by WD40 on Thursday 4th of July 2013 03:23:58 AM

Spectator · All-time great

In answer to your question, Briteny, the FCO is advising against all travel to the portions of Egypt bordering Israel/Gaza and all but essential travel to most of the rest of the country, but they've exempted the area around St Catherine's Monastery, Sharm el Sheikh and the Red Sea resorts.