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

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

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

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

A new day of the british tournament in Egypt has started:

a break a piece for Katie and Eden 1-1

Harriet the bookies favourite in the Katy/H match.

The Optimist · ATP qualifying

Coup Droit wrote:
www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/tennis/10799113/Rising-Stars-Young-British-tennis-players-have-been-criticised-for-being-soft-and-lazy-not-Katie-Boulter.html

Nice story about Katie - didn't realise the poor girl was in the toilets vomiting during her last final !! (But I'm sure she's right - she;d have won it all the same if it hadn't been her first final)

The (in my view) daft comments from Downey still rile but they're only requoted, and take nothing away from the good article about Katie.

I can't find the thread, but I seem to remember it being reported that Katie lost surprisingly in a couple of top junior matches due to vomiting just before the match. Seems a bit odd. Nerves?

seagull · Hall of fame

Katie B beat Eden 7-5, 6-3

seagull · Hall of fame

Katy D won first set 6-3 but Harriet has taken the second 6-1

Jaggy1876 · Grand Slam Champion

Edens score shows improvement at her end given how much better a player Katie B is. Short steps for her but current form makes her a top 1000 player now hopefully she can push on. Excited about Harriet and Katie in thr coming months think we ll see them both top 500 before long.

steven · Tennis legend

Katy v Harriet is incredibly close - Katy broke for *6-5 in the 3rd and had match points when she served for the match but Harriet managed to break back. Tiebreak.

steven · Tennis legend

Btw there have been 17 breaks in 28 games, so getting broken back when serving for the match wasn't a complete shocker ...

Katy goes into the changeover 4-2* up but Harriet gets the mini-break back (maybe we should be talking about mini-holds here, I'm not sure!)

-- Edited by steven on Friday 2nd of May 2014 11:12:44 AM

steven · Tennis legend

Anyway, from the changeover, Katy's score first:

*4-2
4-3* m/b Harriet
5-3* m/b Katy
*6-3 m/b Katy

QF: (8) Katie Boulter WR 772 beat (Q) Eden Silva WR 1129 by 5 & 3
QF: (3) Katy Dunne WR 484 beat Harriet Dart WR 1004 by 6-3 1-6 7-6(3)

SF: (3) Katy Dunne WR 484 v (8) Katie Boulter WR 772

H2H 1-0 - Katy won 1 & 2 in Gloucester last month. Who'll be Top Kat (the indisputable leader of the gang? .. igmc) this time?

-- Edited by steven on Friday 2nd of May 2014 11:22:55 AM

paulisi · Tennis legend

The Optimist wrote:
Coup Droit wrote:
www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/tennis/10799113/Rising-Stars-Young-British-tennis-players-have-been-criticised-for-being-soft-and-lazy-not-Katie-Boulter.html

Nice story about Katie - didn't realise the poor girl was in the toilets vomiting during her last final !! (But I'm sure she's right - she;d have won it all the same if it hadn't been her first final)

The (in my view) daft comments from Downey still rile but they're only requoted, and take nothing away from the good article about Katie.
I can't find the thread, but I seem to remember it being reported that Katie lost surprisingly in a couple of top junior matches due to vomiting just before the match. Seems a bit odd. Nerves?

Not necessarily. I've seen it a lot with certain athletes where when they push themselves too far they throw up. I'm even aware of some high profile athletes who throw up after every race.

paulisi · Tennis legend

Katie B has made the doubles final via a retirement

However Katy and Harriet are struggling to join them and it's not suprising after their early match.

indiana · Tennis legend

Laura Trott famously has a bucket at the side of the track ready to vomit into when she concludes her races. Nice !

I believe with her it is associated with some medical condirion.

Peter too · Tennis legend

SF: BOULTER, Katie (GBR) 8 772 beat DUNNE, Katy (GBR) 3 484 7-6(2) 6-4

F: BOULTER, Katie (GBR) 8 772 v STOJANOVIC, Nina (SRB) 996 (=CH, Age 17)

steven · Tennis legend

Peter too wrote:
SF: BOULTER, Katie (GBR) 8 772 beat DUNNE, Katy (GBR) 3 484 7-6(2) 6-4

F: BOULTER, Katie (GBR) 8 772 v STOJANOVIC, Nina (SRB) 996 (=CH, Age 17)

Quite a reversal given that Katie only took 3 games off Katy in Gloucester last month! Katie's opponent in the Final (and doubles partner this week)was a top 20 junior a year ago and Katie has played her twice in juniors, winning in 3 sets in Gallipoli in 2011 and 3 & 6 in Manila last year.

steven · Tennis legend

Katie: "Won today 6 and 4 played pretty well... Second in a row 10k final tomorrow, and final of doubles today 💪👍 #excited"