Week 36 - ITF ($25K) - Barnstaple, UK Hard

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

RE: Week 36 - ITF ($25K) - Barnstaple, UK Hard

PockyTastic · Futures level

Back with a bang. During the coverage of Lucic-Halep match on Eurosport the other day Jo Durie did mention that Katy was keen to get back on court after a few injury niggles, but WOW!

indiana · Tennis legend

Great to see that Katy seems to have taken up where she left off, and then some !

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Her third best scalp, and what a way to do it.

Aimee lost 3-6 1-6
Natasha 3-6 *2-2

The Optimist · ATP qualifying

Wow!!! Fantastic result Miss Dunne. She seems to have so much self-belief at the moment - could it be from working with Miss Durie, some one who genuinely has been there, done it?

PaulM · Tennis legend

Great job katy

steven · Tennis legend

What a win for Katy. I notice Arvidsson has now lost 6 matches in a row so is clearly way off her best but Katy has been out for over a month herself and to then come back and beat a former top 30 player (even an out of form one) that convincingly is amazing

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Jodie having real trouble holding serve - she's been broken 3 times out of 3 so far.

Fran leads 4*-1

(Can't help thinking fran needs the points more, and had a great Sutton Tour event so must be in form - I'd like her to win)

Naomi is 2*-4 - tough match - but it looks pretty close so far from the scorecard.

Tara's just started

indiana · Tennis legend

The thing with Fran is that she has previously been close to the top 500 ( WR 518 over 2 years ago, at age 18 ), so while it is nice to be back playing, I am sure she sees herself as well capable of getting into the top 500 for starters, and it would be nice to see a real step up in form.

PaulM · Tennis legend

Naomi misses 3 break points at *4-3 and another 2 at *5-4 to lose the first set 6-4.

Tara having a shocker.

steven · Tennis legend

Katy: "I can definitely say I played pretty decent just then! I'll take that after 5 weeks!! Looking forward to tomo!! Ice bath in the sea later ;)"

Katy will play Klaartje Liebens in R2 - the Belgian she beat in straight sets in a final in Egypt late last year but lost in straight sets to in Gloucester in April.

Natasha lost 3 & 2 to Lim

Fran is a breadstick up but a break down against Jodie 6-1 1-2*

Naomi has just lost the 1st set to de Vroome (0/5 on bps to de Vroome's 1/5) - 4-6

Harriet was an early break up v Golubic but has since lost 4 of the last 5 games 3-4*

Tara has lost the 1st set to Paolini 3-6

PaulM · Tennis legend

Tara folds to a 63 61 exit.

Momentum keeps swinging in the second set of Fran vs Jodie, Jodie has just broken for a *6-5 lead.

Naomi and Harriet both a set and a break down.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Naomi lost 6-4 6-2

harriet lost 6-3 6-1

Manisha has lost the first set 6-1

4-4 in the third for fran and Jodie

steven · Tennis legend

Naomi lost 4 & 2 to de Vroome, though will of course be back on the WTA rankings on Monday week, courtesy of her R1 point

Having won the first 2 games of the match, Harriet only won 2 more, going out 3 & 1 to Golubic

Manisha has lost the 1st set 6-1 to Dodin

The matches we were vaguely hopeful for are not really going our way, are they

Tara's loss the biggest shocker, of course, but she doesn't seem to be in a good place at the moment, sadly.

Jodie is about to serve for the match against Fran.

Peter too · Tennis legend

R1: BURRAGE, Jodie Anna (GBR) Q UNR beat STEPHENSON, Francesca (GBR) WC 904 1-6 7-5 6-4

Fran was serving for the match at 5-4 in the 2nd.