Week 28 - ITF ($25K) - Istanbul, Turkey - Hard

steven · Tennis legend

Week 28 - ITF ($25K) - Istanbul, Turkey - Hard

murray_2k9 · Challenger qualifying

Should be really interesting to see how Tara progresses. If her grass court form wasnt just a flash in the pan she should be looking to make finals at least at 25k level because her game is definitely too big to not become a full time tour player.

WD40 · Club Coach

L32: (3) Tara Moore WR 194 beat (Q) Borislava Botosharova (BUL) WR 725 6-4 6-1. smile

L16: (3) Tara Moore WR 194 v. Lyudmyla Kichenok (UKR) WR 278 CH=200 (Feb 2013)

-- Edited by WD40 on Monday 8th of July 2013 08:40:21 AM

Peter too · Tennis legend

R1: Tara Moore/Christina Shakovets (GER) 3 lost to Alona Fomina (UKR)/Anja Prislan (SLO) 6-3 6-7(5) [6-10]

paulisi · Tennis legend

murray_2k9 wrote:
Should be really interesting to see how Tara progresses. If her grass court form wasnt just a flash in the pan she should be looking to make finals at least at 25k level because her game is definitely too big to not become a full time tour player.

Tara is the most improved GB female player and her form on grass suggests she would have no problems breaking well inside the top 150 very quickly.

Assuming she is comfortable switching from grass to hard courts so quickly, there is no reason why she shouldn't get to the semis and potentially further this week. In fact I would hope this is a stepping stone to playing bigger challengers and WTA tour qualifiers in the next few weeks.

philwrig · Hall of fame

2nd round will be a good test, and a measure of whether Tara can sustain her improved form on what is a much smaller stage.

murray_2k9 · Challenger qualifying

paulisi wrote:
murray_2k9 wrote:
Should be really interesting to see how Tara progresses. If her grass court form wasnt just a flash in the pan she should be looking to make finals at least at 25k level because her game is definitely too big to not become a full time tour player.
Tara is the most improved GB female player and her form on grass suggests she would have no problems breaking well inside the top 150 very quickly.
Assuming she is comfortable switching from grass to hard courts so quickly, there is no reason why she shouldn't get to the semis and potentially further this week. In fact I would hope this is a stepping stone to playing bigger challengers and WTA tour qualifiers in the next few weeks.

I completely agree. It's important to not carried away, but if Tara can have some wins at this level to boost her ranking she can enter WTA events with less pressure on her shoulders. Im excited to see how she improves, particularly now that she should be in GS qualies regularly.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

8-8 in an interminable first set TB . . .

added : and she won it 10-8 !

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Wednesday 10th of July 2013 10:10:35 AM

murray_2k9 · Challenger qualifying

9-8* Tara

Phew, still to drop a set here, 10-8 to Tara, who now leads 7-6.

-- Edited by murray_2k9 on Wednesday 10th of July 2013 11:27:09 AM

WD40 · Club Coach

L16: (3) Tara Moore WR 191 beat. Lyudmyla Kichenok (UKR) WR 278 7-6(8), 6-2

QF: (3) Tara Moore WR 191 v Elizaveta Kulichkova (RUS) (Q) WR 483 (CH= 445 April) 17yo played 3 of har last 4 tournaments at Istanbul best of them

the final of 50K losing to Donna Vecik. (Former JWR3).

-- Edited by WD40 on Wednesday 10th of July 2013 11:30:33 AM

murray_2k9 · Challenger qualifying

Taras match now up on livescores. Tara serving first, good luck!

murray_2k9 · Challenger qualifying

Tara broken in the seventh game *4-3

murray_2k9 · Challenger qualifying

Tara saves at least one SP and is at 8-8 in the TB

murray_2k9 · Challenger qualifying

3-1* in the second

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Well done Tara. Finished it off with style, 6-2 in the second, and with 4 out of 6 BPs converted overall.