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

The Knight · Challenger qualifying

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

paulisi · Tennis legend

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

At top level - joint effort.

At a lower level, not all players have their own coaches - shared or part of a group. However finances tends to dictate where they will play.

Peter too · Tennis legend

RBBOT wrote:
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

The medic should be able to sort it out. When I went to Africa I took a syringe device that produces a very localised near vacuum. I still use it for insect bites and stings. It can leave a slight bruise but it quickly clears the main source of irritation.

steven · Tennis legend

Peter too wrote:
RBBOT wrote:
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
The medic should be able to sort it out. When I went to Africa I took a syringe device that produces a very localised near vacuum. I still use it for insect bites and stings. It can leave a slight bruise but it quickly clears the main source of irritation.

I've got one of those too, though I haven't used it yet. A very simple device and good to know that it works. smile

Hopefully it'll calm down overnight or she'll get something for it, Tara and Lisa will have a good match tomorrow, and I won't have to put "(recovering from arse injury)" on next week's T25 table wink

steven · Tennis legend

SF: MOORE, Tara (GBR) 3 196 beat WHYBOURN, Lisa (GBR) 7 307 by 1 & 3

FINAL: MOORE, Tara (GBR) 3 196 v ÖZGEN, Pemra (TUR) 6 264

H2H: 1-0, 2 & 4, Felixstowe 25K 2008 (when Tara was just 15 and Pemra was 22)

-- Edited by steven on Friday 19th of July 2013 02:16:07 PM

steven · Tennis legend

Tara takes the 1st set 6-1.

That means all 4 sets Tara has won against Lisa so far in ITFs have been breadsticks, though one of them was sandwiched between two much closer sets won by Lisa.

WD40 · Club Coach

That "bite on the arse" seems to have galvanized Tara as she is 6-1 1-0* up just now.

briteny · Intermediate Club Player

is anybody there watching this match?

steven · Tennis legend

Btw Tara's win today means that all of the GB top 5 have now picked up more than 200 points since 1 Jan:

846 Laura
385 Heather
221 Elena
218 Johanna
207 Tara (223 if she can win tomorrow)

scottie1 · Futures level

Tara should be aiming for top 150 challenge Konta for British number 3

paulisi · Tennis legend

scottie1 wrote:
Tara should be aiming for top 150 challenge Konta for British number 3

Might taken her a while as JoKo is picking up points and there are 170pces between them. This week will help though.

tony_orient · ATP qualifying

paulisi wrote:
scottie1 wrote:
Tara should be aiming for top 150 challenge Konta for British number 3
Might taken her a while as JoKo is picking up points and there are 170pces between them. This week will help though.

JoKo will be defending 160 US Open points in a month's time and Tara wasn't ranked high enough for qualifying in 2012. If they both perform equally well in the 2013 US Open there won't be many points separating them.

Mervatron · Masters Series Champion

Good stuff Tara :)

SHame Lisa couldn't make it more competitive but a good week for her none the less.

Hope Tara wins the final now

paulisi · Tennis legend

Tara was broken at 5-6 to lose the second set 7-5.

However excellent start from Tara who breaks to 1ead 1-0, only to be broken straight back.

Tara might need an extra rest for the doubles final

-- Edited by paulisi on Saturday 20th of July 2013 11:36:41 AM

Peter too · Tennis legend

F: MOORE, Tara (GBR) 3 196 lost to OZGEN, Penra (TUR) 6 264 6-3 5-7 6-7(10)

After Tara saved three match points and Penra two match points.

-- Edited by Peter too on Saturday 20th of July 2013 12:37:33 PM