Week 29 - ITF ($25K) - Woking, UK Hard

Julia Carrot · All-time great

RE: Week 29 - ITF ($25K) - Woking, UK Hard

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

No worries ! 6-3 in the third. And an all-GB semi-final . . .

PockyTastic · Futures level

GSM Moore 6-3 in the 3rd... MAJOR relief.

tony_orient · ATP qualifying

Very good day then - 2 wins out of 2!

Tara clear favourite in the semi final, but the fact that Lisa's score was far more impressive today makes it interesting

WD40 · Club Coach

Lisa seems to be making a concentrated effort to "have a go" as she is entered for a 100K next week and a 75K the following week.......whether she plays in them or not is of course another matter..........but I hope she does. smile

briteny · Intermediate Club Player

well done Lisa and Tara. I couldn't find both of their names in Wrexham list next week 25K !

paulisi · Tennis legend

Tara withdrew today. Lisa withdrew a while ago.

Fair play to Tara - i would have expected her to get through to next weekend and if she is in Canada the following week, she may not get there in time or be severely jet lagged.

This means that there are no GB girls automatically in the main draw, so just the four wildcards plus any qualifiers

Peter too · Tennis legend

QF: WHYBOURN, Lisa (GBR) 307 beat SIROTKINA, Marta (RUS) 1 159 6-4 6-2
QF: MOORE, Tara (GBR) 3 196 beat PAVLOVIC, Irena (FRA) 5 223 6-7(6) 6-3 6-3

SF: WHYBOURN, Lisa (GBR) 307 v MOORE, Tara (GBR) 3 196

steven · Tennis legend

Peter too wrote:
SF: WHYBOURN, Lisa (GBR) 7 307 v MOORE, Tara (GBR) 3 196

H2H 1-1 - Lisa won in 3 sets in 2010, Tara won 1 & 1 in California earlier this year.

embee · Junior player

Lisa has talked quite a lot lately of wanting/needing to test herself against better players so I'm not at all surprise to see her down for a $100,000 event.

On the evidence of Wimbledon qualifying, as well as today, she's capable of beating players ranked much higher than she is currently but I guess it's hard to achieve that standard consistently if you're not playing them regularly.

steven · Tennis legend

embee wrote:
Lisa has talked quite a lot lately of wanting/needing to test herself against better players so I'm not at all surprise to see her down for a $100,000 event.

On the evidence of Wimbledon qualifying, as well as today, she's capable of beating players ranked much higher than she is currently but I guess it's hard to achieve that standard consistently if you're not playing them regularly.

Yes, much the same reason as why the GB men who play Futures all the time find it tough when they try Challengers then go back to Futures, whereas someone like Alex Ward has shown that if you keep testing yourself against better players, you might just start beating them more often.

paulisi · Tennis legend

I think both players need to step up and take the risk of higher quality tournaments, especially Tara who seems to be more consistent.

Obvious statement, but a couple of good results at 75K and 100K, will see a bigger ranking jump rather than getting to QF/SF in 25K tournaments which is where they are at.

Peter too · Tennis legend

Close battle in the doubles with Moore/Sirotkina 1 coming back from a set and 5-3 deuce down against Smith/South 4 to win the 2nd set 7-6(4) and then to win the tie break [10-6]

briteny · Intermediate Club Player

who do you think, the player or the coach pick the tournaments?

RBBOT · Futures qualifying

Injury news from Tara:

Tara Moore ‏@TaraMoore92
In the semi of singles and finals of doubles.. But just been bitten by something on my arse... It's burning #wtf #burning #cantsitdown