Week 18 - ITF ($10K) - Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt - Hard

steven · Tennis legend

Week 18 - ITF ($10K) - Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt - Hard

paulisi · Tennis legend

QR1: Aimee Gibson UNR bt Sofia Sabljarevic (SRB) UNR 6-1 6-2

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Eden quickly into a 4-0 lead

And Savannah holding her own against the top Q seed and top 1000 player - 2-2

Add:

6-0 to Eden

Savannah 2-4 down

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Monday 28th of April 2014 08:17:18 AM

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Two victories out of 5, but Savannah did well.

FQR: Savannah Sills UNR lost to (q1/wc) Ola Abou Zekry (EGY) WR 951 (CH 949 last month) 6-4 6-3

FQR: (q2) Eden Silva WR 1128 def. Disha Satish Agarwal (IND) UNR 6-0 6-0

FQR: Aimee Gibson lost to Nevena Selakovic (SRB) UNR (CH 878 in 2008) 6-1 6-1

FQR: Sabrina Bamburac UNR def Anastasia Tsyganova (RUS) UNR 6-2 6-3

FQR: Dominique Covington UNR lost to Milica Novakovic (SRB) UNR 6-3 6-4

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Monday 28th of April 2014 11:09:00 AM

The Optimist · ATP qualifying

Dominique must feel like she's banging her head against a brick wall - don't know how many pro tournaments she's tried, but still to get a point despite winning quite a few matches.

steven · Tennis legend

The Optimist wrote:
Dominique must feel like she's banging her head against a brick wall - don't know how many pro tournaments she's tried, but still to get a point despite winning quite a few matches.

I know what you mean - this is her 34th ITF Pro Circuit tournament, though there are plenty of players who have played a lot more events without getting a ranking point. She gets close enough to make you think she will get off the mark one day if she perseveres - whether it's worth the effort or not is something only she can decide.

steven · Tennis legend

L32: (Q) Eden Silva WR 1129 v Lara Rafful (ITA) WR 1036 (CH 651 in 2011)
L32: (8) Katie Boulter WR 772 v (WC) Alija Merdeeva (RUS) UNR
L32: (3) Katy Dunne WR 484 v Danielle Konotoptseva WR 775
L32: Harriet Dart WR 1004 v Anna Bogoslavets (UKR) WR 1078 (CH 1020 last Jun)
L32: (Q) Sabrina Bamburac WR 1265 v Alexandra Riley (USA) WR 860 (= CH)
L32: Francesca Stephenson WR 1089 v (Q) Ola Abou Zekry (EGY) WR 950 (CH 949 last month) *

* H2H 0-1 - Abou Zekry edged Fran 5-7 6-4 7-5 here last September

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Well, yet again, that's a pretty decent draw ! Of the 5 unseeded GB girls, only one draws a seed - and that's against Katy.

paulisi · Tennis legend

Agreed all but Dasha must have reasonable chances of picking up more points.

Jaggy1876 · Grand Slam Champion

I'd expect 3 to come through from that Katy and Katie with bakery products and Harriet. Eden and Fran 50/50.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

This week's installment of Britain in Egypt gets underway for today with Katy, as expected, taking no prisoners, up 4-0, and Sabrina being up 2-0 but now 2-1

Jaggy1876 · Grand Slam Champion

Well done to Dasha in avoiding the bakery 6-2 first set to Katy and some close gmaes towards the end, even better for Sabrina 5-2 up at present.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Sabrina gets the first set 6-3 :)

Katy making quick work of the second.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

L32: (3) Katy Dunne WR 484 def. Danielle Konotoptseva WR 775 6-2 6-0

Dasha was always going to be be the casualty of today (and one of them had to lose anyway). Let's hope Sabrina can keep it up in the second set.

RainDelay · Pro player

Sabrina is 3-3 in the second set. Bear in mind though that her opponent is a player that even Robyn Beddow has thrashed, so would expect Sabrina to win this.