Week 41 - ITF ($10K) - Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt - Hard

steven · Tennis legend

Week 41 - ITF ($10K) - Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt - Hard

paulisi · Tennis legend

the top seed in her quarter being the Spanish girl that Harriet thrashed in the final.

No reason why Harriet shouldn't go deep again.

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Our two representatives here finally get going in singles today, and, later in the week, will join forces in doubles.
R1: Dart/Silva (GBR/GBR) [2] vs. Bye
QF: Dart/Silva (GBR/GBR) [2] vs. Rohira/Samir (IND/EGY)

Because of Eid, matches are being played in the mornings, rather than the more usual late afternoon/evening schedule in Sharm that mitigated the effects of the heat.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Heat and Eid or not, Harriet's not letting up . . . leading 6-1 1-0

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

And the Italian girl has to retire . . .

L32: (6) Harriet Dart WR 606 def. (Q) Giulia Crescenzi (ITA) UNR 6-1 1-0 retired

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Eden dishes out a first set bagel, 6-0

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Oh, another retirement! (The third of the morning already in Sharm, it is punishingly hot there this morning)
L32: Eden SILVA (GBR) 789 defeated Chiara ICARDI (ITA) UNR 6-0 RET

And so the two Brits, and doubles partners this week, meet in the next round, both having had RET's.

L16: Eden Silva (GBR) 789 vs. Harriet DART (GBR) [6] 606
Senior H2H: 0-1 Sunderland, 2011, L32 Harriet won 0 & 3

paulisi · Tennis legend

Don't forget it's Wednesday and we only have two ladies left in all singles and they play each other tomorrow.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Funnily enough, the third retirement in Sharm was also an Italian girl.

It might be the heat but there's a good chance that the Italians all ate together last night and got some food poisoning bug or something like that - it's a bit of a coincidence that 3 out of 3 retirements were all Italian . .