Week 12 - ITF ($10K) - Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Hard

Peter too · Tennis legend

Week 12 - ITF ($10K) - Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Hard

paulisi · Tennis legend

Nice GB entry - with two wildcards. Even though there was only 1 match qualifying competition due to lack of entries.

GB no.1 doubles player to be(Naomi) is just playing singles this week.

-- Edited by paulisi on Monday 17th of March 2014 12:02:03 PM

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Peter too wrote:
R1: BROADY, Naomi (GBR) 1 224 v DANCETOVIC, Emilija (SRB) Q UNR
R1: DEIGMAN, Laura (GBR) WC 771 v MELICHARKOVA, Tereza (CZE) WC UNR
R1: KONOTOPTSEVA, Danielle (GBR) 802 v LAINE, Emma (FIN) Q 981
R1: WEBLEY-SMITH, Emily (GBR) 5 417 v ANDRADY, Arantxa (IND) Q UNR
R1: ABDELAZIZ, Farah (GBR) WC UNR v NJUKI, Brenda (SWE) 1053

Well, that's pretty good. smile

I expect Steven's got all the career highs up his sleeve which does make a slight difference though - Emma being the ex-WR 50 (!) is significant even though it's a while back now. I don't fancy Dasha's chances. Andrady was ranked quite recently too though nothing amazing. It's a good chance for some points . . . .

paulisi · Tennis legend

Should get three first round winners - Farah won't win and Dasha will struggle.

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Laura *5-5
Danielle 3-4*

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

First set to Laura 7-5

Danielle lost her first set 3-6

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Not surprisingly:

R1: KONOTOPTSEVA, Danielle (GBR) 802 lost to LAINE, Emma (FIN) Q 981 6-3 6-0

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

R1: DEIGMAN, Laura (GBR) WR 771 def. MELICHARKOVA, Tereza (CZE) WC UNR 7-5 6-2

TomTraubert · Futures level

farah/laura take 1st set in a TB 7-6(2)

dani w/ njuki up against it 1-6 2-5*

TomTraubert · Futures level

dani (& njuki) lost in dubs 1-6 2-6

laura & farah into MTB 7-6(2) 3-6 [*3-5]

TomTraubert · Futures level

laura & farah just edged out in the MTB [7-10]

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Only one game lost a piece:

R1: BROADY, Naomi (GBR) 1 224 def. DANCETOVIC, Emilija (SRB) Q UNR 6-0 6-1

R1: WEBLEY-SMITH, Emily (GBR) 5 417 def. ANDRADY, Arantxa (IND) Q UNR 6-1 6-0

steven · Tennis legend

Farah was 1-1 after 2 games. The next time I look though, it was all over

Full rundown:

L32: (1) Naomi Broady WR 224 beat (Q) Emilija Dancetovic (SRB) UNR (16yo junior WR 1269) by 0 & 1
L32: (WC) Laura Deigman WR 771 beat (WC) Tereza Melichárková (CZE) UNR by 5 & 2
L32: Danielle Konotoptseva WR 802 lost to (Q) Emma Laine (FIN) WR 981 (CH 50 in 2006) by 3 & 0 *
L32: (5) Emily Webley-Smith WR 417 beat (Q) Arantxa Andrady (IND) UNR (CH 1136 in Dec) by 1 & 0
L32: (WC) Farah Abdelaziz UNR lost to Brenda Njuki (SWE) WR 1053 (CH 994 in Nov) by 1 & 1

L16: (1) Naomi Broady WR 224 v (WC) Laura Deigman WR 771
L16: (5) Emily Webley-Smith WR 417 v Brenda Njuki (SWE) WR 1053 (CH 994 in Nov)

* is more than a bit harsh given Laine's past ranking, I know!

TomTraubert · Futures level

emi-ly and emma-laine won 6-2 6-0 in dubs

Spectator · All-time great

Ms Webley-Smith and Ms Laine is an interesting pairing ... one wonders whether it might have potential beyond this tournament. Congratulations to Ms Broady and Ms W-S on the (not unexpected) wins thus far.