Week 5 - ITF ($10K) - Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Hard

Peter too · Tennis legend

Week 5 - ITF ($10K) - Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Hard

paulisi · Tennis legend

Q2: SILVA, Eden (GBR) 11 1201 lost to DU, Rui (CHN) UNR 3-6 1-6

steven · Tennis legend

It's not often you get this strong a field for a 10K in Sharm - no doubt it's because there isn't much else on offer this week. Emily has a very kind R1 draw though - Manchanda has played 20 singles sets on the ITF Pro Tour and lost the lot, averaging less than 1 game per set!

L32: Emily Webley-Smith WR 410 v (WC) Shivani Manchanda (IND) UNR

PockyTastic · Futures level

steven wrote:
It's not often you get this strong a field for a 10K in Sharm - no doubt it's because there isn't much else on offer this week. Emily has a very kind R1 draw though - Manchanda has played 20 singles sets on the ITF Pro Tour and lost the lot, averaging less than 1 game per set!

L32: Emily Webley-Smith WR 410 v (WC) Shivani Manchanda (IND) UNR

Yes, much tougher than July-December 2013 series of events (though I think some of the earlier ones in 2013 were of a higher standard). After a gentle opener (which Em will hopefully come through barring some catastrophe) she does have the likely opponent of Kalabina who reached the SF of the 75K held in Sharm at the end of 2013, so that will be a good clue to as to how Em is playing at the moment.

The Optimist · ATP qualifying

Eden must feel really miffed at seeing a player like Manchanda straight into the MD with a WC, esp as she is not Egyptian, while she herself has had 3 tough weeks in qualifying and not yet come through.

steven · Tennis legend

The least surprising set score of the day so far - Emily gets a bagel in the 1st set

steven · Tennis legend

Shocking - Emily has lost a game!

Still 6-0 *4-1 up though

steven · Tennis legend

L32: Emily Webley-Smith WR 410 beat (WC) Shivani Manchanda (IND) UNR by 0 & 1

steven · Tennis legend

L16: Emily Webley-Smith WR 410 v Gai Ao (CHN) WR 609 (CH 581 in Sep)

Gai upset the 3rd seed today and has reached semis here before so this could be a tricky one.

steven · Tennis legend

Emily has won the 1st set 7-5

paulisi · Tennis legend

but is 5-1 down in the second set

wolf · Tennis legend

Emily now 5-3 up in the 3rd. She has served 24 aces and her opponent 10. Are conditions here normally ultra quick???

Peter too · Tennis legend

R2: WEBLEY-SMITH, Emily (GBR) 410 beat AO, Gai (CHN) 609 7-5 1-6 6-3

QF: WEBLEY-SMITH, Emily (GBR) 410 v LEYKINA, Polina (RUS) 414 (CH=402 Dec 2013)

PaulM · Tennis legend

wolf wrote:
Emily now 5-3 up in the 3rd. She has served 24 aces and her opponent 10. Are conditions here normally ultra quick???

I remember when Em was playing in the event here that was streamed that they seemed to be logging service winners as aces.

PockyTastic · Futures level

Sadly Em's run came to an end in straight sets against the diminutive Russian. She had 11 BP chances but only took 2. Still a solid-ish start to the year, and chance to build on this performance next week.