Week 21 - ITF ($10K) - Ramle, Israel - Hard

steven · Tennis legend

Week 21 - ITF ($10K) - Ramle, Israel - Hard

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Anna Bogo is the girl harriet Dart thrashed 1 &0 a couple of weeks back.

Hopefully,, Manisha can do something like the same.

If so, she gets a Q or a 16 year old Israeli WC in the next.

Sounds good on paper . . .

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Doubles:

R1: Mariam BOLKVADZE (GEO) / Manisha FOSTER (GBR) 6-3 6-1 Inbar COHEN (ISR) / Sean LODZKI (ISR)

Jon · Junior player

For those of you wanting to follow it, Manisha has not long started her first round match. Currently 2-2 in the first set, one break each.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Manisha got the first set 6-3

steven · Tennis legend

Manisha started serving for a 2nd set bagel at least 20 minutes ago, saving at least 9 break points (probably more) and having a few match points (at least one of which was double faulted away) before Bogoslavets did finally get the break

6-3 5-1*

steven · Tennis legend

... thankfully Manisha then broke again to finish the match!

L32: (7) Manisha Foster WR 687 beat Anna Bogoslavets (UKR) UNR (16yo; CH 1020 last Jun) by 3 & 1

L16: (7) Manisha Foster WR 687 v (WC) May Kimhi (ISR) UNR (16yo top 400 junior)

Reeltime · Satellite level

Looks like a nice bit of tournament selection by Manisha. Hopefully she can take advantage

Jon · Junior player

Manisha just lost the first set 5-7, having had at least one set point on the Kimhi serve at 5-4.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Off to a flyer though in the second. 3-0 up.

Last year, manisha was the queen of the three-setter, so hopefully there'll be a bit of that coming :)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Manisha rips through the second set 6-0

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Manisha decides to stop 'messing around' and wins the third set 6-0 too :::)))

steven · Tennis legend

L16: (7) Manisha Foster WR 687 beat (WC) May Kimhi (ISR) UNR (16yo top 400 junior) by 5-7 6-0 6-0

QF: (7) Manisha Foster WR 687 v (3) Barbora Stefkova (CZE) WR 605 (= CH)

paulisi · Tennis legend

Stefkova may be a bit tougher, but i wouldn't rule Manisha out. It's been a while since her opponent got past the QF.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Manisha and Mariam get a nice 6-4 6-2 win against the number three seeds in the doubles. Into the semis.

Good luck to Manisha in the singles tomorrow. She's only made one quarter-final this year, and has three quarters from last year on her book at 12 points, which now, in effect, are only worth 6. But obviously playing well :)