Week 46 - ITF ($15K) - Mumbai, India - Hard (Outdoor)

paulisi · Tennis legend

Week 46 - ITF ($15K) - Mumbai, India - Hard (Outdoor)

steven · Tennis legend

Edit above was just to put the title in the usual format.

Balu has a career high of 674 set in 2011. Zende is playing her first ITF (senior or junior)

There are 27 Indians, 2 Brits & 3 others in the draw - 2 of the "others" have been drawn together in the match that will decide Emily's R2 opponent should she get through R1.

PaulM · Tennis legend

Ems round 2 will be a very good junior who has struggled with the initial transition to the pros. Hsu the more dangerous I think.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Eden Silva & Ching-Wen Hsu def. S. Reddy & S. Chamarthi 6-4 0-6 10-6

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

L32: Emily Webley Smith (2) WR 428 def. (Q) Supriya Zende (IND) UNR Aged 16 6-0 6-0

L32: Eden Silva WR 1171 lost to Sharmada Balu (IND) WR 820 6-1 2-6 6-4

Shame for Eden but she can't have hoped for for a much better draw for a 15k and at least it was a very close score and a real match.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Hsu won her match 7-6 6-2 so that's next for Emily:

L16: Emily Webley Smith (2) WR 428 v Ching-Wen Hsu (TPE) WR 867

With the bizarre logic of the women's tennis scoring system, this second round match gets you 7 additional points (whereas winning the next one only gets you 3). So go for it, Em.

steven · Tennis legend

Emily dropped just 9 points in her win! The results up above still show old rankings (not that any of them have changed much, admittedly) - with new ones:

L32: Eden Silva WR 1170 lost to Sharmada Balu (IND) WR 826 (CH 674 in 2011) by 6-1 2-6 6-4

L32: (2) Emily Webley Smith WR 423 beat (Q) Supriya Zende (IND) UNR by 0 & 0

L16: (2) Emily Webley Smith WR 423 v Hsu Ching-Wen (TPE) WR 867 (CH 814 in Aug; junior WR 18 / CH 6)

PaulM · Tennis legend

Hsu is a potential banana skin, so Emily will need to play well.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

PaulM wrote:
Hsu is a potential banana skin, so Emily will need to play well.

The banana skin proved her worth cry :

L16: (2) Emily Webley Smith WR 423 lost to Hsu Ching-Wen (TPE) WR 867 7-6 3-6 6-1

PaulM · Tennis legend

Hsu is probably a better player than the majority of the seeds, but still disappointing given the points structure for these events (which is thankfully being corrected for 2014)

Jaggy1876 · Grand Slam Champion

Horrible result for Em let's hope she does better in the two weeks in Egypt minimum 10 points should be the target.

Jon · Junior player

What is the ranking point structure for the $15ks?

(Hi everyone - first post. I'm a lost stray from the GB Tennis Girls messageboard).

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Hi, you poor little waif and stray. For Mumbai, i.e this year, it's 1, 8, 11, 15, 20

See:

www.wtatennis.com/all-about-rankings

Doubles : Em and Bhargava win their QF dubs match 6-0 6-3

indiana · Tennis legend

Welcome, Jon.

Yes, logic and numerical series are not the WTA's strong points, though I hear they are changing quite a lot next year.

In this instance, all the more annoying for Emily of course.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Eden Silva, who very cannily teamed up with Ching-Wen Hsu, has just won her doubles QF : 6-7(1) 6-3 10-5, beating the number 2 seeds.