Week 15 - ITF ($10K) - Gloucester, UK - Hard

PaulM · Tennis legend

RE: Week 15 - ITF ($10K) - Gloucester, UK - Hard

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Nicola had the stuffing out of her a little bit I guess by that first set, and loses: 5-7 2-6
certainly something to build on from the first set and the missed chance there.

Harriet is up on Georgina: 6-4 *5-2

Lucy up on Fran: 6-3 *4-4

Jasmine just got her first game, a break, needs to hold serve some though!: 0-6 *1-3

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Harriet beat Georgina: 6-4 6-3

Jasmine Amber lost to Pirazhenka: 0-6 2-6

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Fran levels her match against Lucy; one set each: 3-6 7-5

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Lauren could be headed towards a CH scalp.
Sadly the victim would be Katy Dunne, for whom the sudden drop in form seems to be continuing.
Lauren takes the first set: 6-2

Fran showing remarkable stamina in her second match back, she is now up on Lucy in set 3: 3-6 7-5 3-1*

Manisha level with Schuurs: *2-2

Jade well up on Farah: *4-1

steven · Tennis legend

Harriet plays Pirazhenka, whom she upset in the Azores last month, in R2

Lucy wins a very close match with Fran 6-3 5-7 6-4

Katy's 1st set loss to Lauren was a bit of a shock but she now seems to have woken up and is 5-0* up in the 2nd!

Jade took the 1st set against Farah 6-1 but is a break down in the 2nd

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Decent first steps back for Fran, and good to have her back.

Katy secured the second set to level the match: 2-6 6-0

-- Edited by AliBlahBlah on Tuesday 8th of April 2014 01:33:58 PM

steven · Tennis legend

10 games in a row for Katy, 2-6 6-0 *4-0

Manisha lost the 1st set 6-3 and is an early break down in the 2nd

Jade is serving for the match 6-1 *5-3

steven · Tennis legend

Jade broken serving for the match 6-1 5-4*

Katy now receiving for a double bagel (but a 3-set win)

steven · Tennis legend

Katy duly completes the merciless comeback 2-6 6-0 6-0!

Jade wins 1 & 4 - she lost half of her own service games (4/8) but won 8 out of 9 return games.

-- Edited by steven on Tuesday 8th of April 2014 02:01:57 PM

indiana · Tennis legend

Difficult to judge Fran's comeback, given that's Lucy's first point of the year. But does look pretty encouraging and one would imagine that she'll gradually step it up.

steven · Tennis legend

I forgot that Lucy hadn't picked up any points this year before today until I added her win to the T25 table. I still think it must be an encouraging week for Fran after having been out for more than 6 months though.

Manisha has lost 3 & 1 to slightly lower-ranked Schuurs

- however, the Dutch girl did beat Emily in the final to win a Sharm el Sheikh 10K last month.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

No 'real' surprises yet. But Katie B and Freya were always the two outsiders with the best chance of landing some big win so here's hoping . . .

TomTraubert · Futures level

as feared

rona went out whilst the girl she got the good win on to qualify got a point as a LL at the expense of Sara Beth

glad frans back

la boulter 6-3 *4-2 on the Finish girl
freya just starting against the belgiun girl

paulisi · Tennis legend

I'm not sure Katie B was an underdog. I expected her to win that match and she is a set and a break up. I think she will be top 500quickly when she goes full time on the senior tour.

Freya could be a difficult match to call if on top form.

So just Harriet, Katy, Lucy and Jade have won so far with Katie and Freya to finish and start respectively. I had six to go through, but that may be slightly optomistic.