QF: KONTA, Johanna (GBR) 4 115 lost to BRENGLE, Madison (USA) 208 3-6 0-1 Ret.
QF: MOORE, Tara (GBR) 8 185 lost to ANDERSON, Robin (USA) WC 875 6-4 4-6 4-6

Tara and Em's face off in the doubles SF is scheduled for nb 13:00 local time tomorrow. That is 18:00 BST.

SF : Chanel SIMMONDS (RSA)/Emily WEBLEY-SMITH (GBR) [3] beat Mallory CECIL (USA)/ Tara MOORE (GBR) 6-3 2-6 [10-8]

F : Monique ADAMCZAK (AUS) / Olivia ROGOWSKA (AUS) [2] v Chanel SIMMONDS (RSA)/Emily WEBLEY-SMITH (GBR) [3]

 

-- Edited by WD40 on Saturday 10th of August 2013 07:09:51 PM

Jade replied to Tara RTing that by saying she'd had a similar one too (not quite as extreme, but not far off) - fortunately, they seem able to laugh them off but it's almost beyond belief that people can be so nasty - to anyone, let alone to young women who, for all they know, might be feeling vulnerable.

It's no doubt not too difficult to laugh off stuff like this when you've got friends around but imagine one of them being on their own at a tournament somewhere, perhaps having a dreadful week with things outside tennis going wrong as well and then losing a match and getting something like this when they were already feeling really low.

In a way, these so obviously extreme messages from such obviously sad individuals are probably easier to laugh off than more insidious stuff (especially when it's clear that so many players are getting them and they aren't just being singled out) - I just don't get how anyone could want to be that nasty to a fellow human being, let alone think it might be ok to actually write these things.

philwrig wrote:

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To add to her disappointment Tara received a very nasty message from a bettor:

twitter.com/TaraMoore92/status/365999137579216896/photo/1


My personal opinion is that action has to be taken to deal with these despicable human beings.

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I agree.

 

Anonymity of twitter or forum names should be removed when there is clear verbal abuse, details revealed and action taken. I'm not quite sure what would be the best form of action (leave that to the lawyers to figure out) but it's completely unacceptable.

 

 

SF :Madison BRENGLE (USA) / Naomi BROADY (GBR) [4] lose to Monique ADAMCZAK (AUS) / Olivia ROGOWSKA (AUS) [2] 4-6 6-3 11-9

SF :Chanel SIMMONDS (RSA)/Emily WEBLEY-SMITH (GBR) [3] defeat Mallory CECIL (USA)/ Tara MOORE (GBR) 6-3 2-6 10-8

FINAL : Chanel SIMMONDS (RSA)/Emily WEBLEY-SMITH (GBR) [3] v. Monique ADAMCZAK (AUS) / Olivia ROGOWSKA (AUS) [2]

In the singles semis, Brengle has won 9 of the first 10 games against Anderson.