Week 48 - ITF ($10K) - Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt - Hard

paulisi · Tennis legend

RE: Week 48 - ITF ($10K) - Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt - Hard

Peter too · Tennis legend

R2: BOULTER, Katie (GBR) 855 v CADAR, Elena-Teodora (ROU) 6 578 (CH=552 Aug 2013)
R2: FOSTER, Manisha (GBR) 817 v VASILYEVA, Liudmila (RUS) 756 (=CH)
R2: WEBLEY-SMITH, Emily (GBR) 2 431 v HEINOVA, Simona (CZE) Q UNR

indiana · Tennis legend

There must be quite a lot of exasperated ( or more ! ) punters if bets are declared null and void if a player retires anywhere near the end of a beating.

paulisi · Tennis legend

All three have very tough matches. I'm guessing Manisha would have the best chance, followed by Em and then Katie. Em is incorrectly priced with the bookies, I have it as a 50/50 match.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

If today's programme is anything to go by, Katie B and Em's matches should be streamed tomorrow.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Katie B, quite deservedly (from the latter bit I've seen) wins the first set 7-5 against the WR 578

Go on , Katie !

Manisha has lost the first set of hers 6-3

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Katie played a sloppy game and lost her forehand a bit (slip in concentration after winning the tight first set ?). 0-3 down. But lots to like . . .

DWH · Club Coach

Weird the scoreboard is recording aces that haven't happened. I'm not sure she's served even half as many as it says.

7-5 1-6...

Don't think Cadar played much better than in the first set but Katie played worse. Time to pick it up again. smile

-- Edited by DWH on Thursday 28th of November 2013 09:17:56 AM

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

DWH wrote:
Weird the scoreboard is recording aces that haven't happened. I'm not sure she's served even half as many as it says.

I thought that too ! I definitely saw one service winner that suddenly clicked up as an ace. I reckon the umpire is just hitting the ace button on his gizmo for all the service winners . . .

It was a poor set from Katie but that's experience for you - she's got some lovely tennis. Manisha seems to be having a real ding-dong though - was a break down and got it back - long games, now 3-3

DWH · Club Coach

Yup indeed she has. Better concentration and consistency will come in time you'd think with her still being only 17.

3 breaks in a row in the decider 1-2*

Come on Katie. Come on Manisha.

Edit: 5 breaks in a row 2-3*

Manisha *5-5

-- Edited by DWH on Thursday 28th of November 2013 09:43:29 AM

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Brilliant scrapping from Manisha to take the second set 7-5

katie having trouble with her regular ground strokes, especially on the FH side but hitting some great attacking shots and still right in there - 3-4* to Cadar

DWH · Club Coach

Katie broke back to make it 4-4 but got re-broken

Cadar served for it had a match point but Katie saves it and breaks for 5-5.

But Cadar breaks again and will serve for it again 5-6*

PaulM · Tennis legend

Katie :(

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

It was terribly close but, overall, I think ET just about deserved it - her gameplan was more established (no surprise that she won the MP serving yet another wide swinging leftie serve that katie had had huge trouble with all match).
Katie will be very disappointed but it's still very clearly a 'work in progress' - lots of things to work on. Huge well done to her though - she played some great stuff.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Our youngest woman on tour has given it her best shot; now it's up to our oldest woman on tour !

(Sorry, Em, sounds horrid but there's something to be proud of there !).

2-1* up and streamed.

PS don't think Freya counts as 'on tour' - mind you, not sure Katie B does either. But it sounds better that way :)