Week 51 - ITF ($25K) - Navi Mumbai, India - Hard

PaulM · Tennis legend

RE: Week 51 - ITF ($25K) - Navi Mumbai, India - Hard

PaulM · Tennis legend

Em breaks back to 15, and holds to 30

2-1

PaulM · Tennis legend

Still on serve, Em up 3-2

indiana · Tennis legend

C'mon err both. Well done, the winner.

Would have probably supported Katy in a match vs Emily, just really to help boost her end to the year. But I detect less needed ( though all wins are welcome ) by Katie and I just so admire Emily.

PaulM · Tennis legend

Still on serve, Emily leading 5-4

-- Edited by PaulM on Wednesday 17th of December 2014 11:32:48 AM

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

indiana wrote:
C'mon err both. Well done, the winner.

Would have probably supported Katy in a match vs Emily, just really to help boost her end to the year. But I detect less needed ( though all wins are welcome ) by Katie and I just so admire Emily.

Yes, tricky.

But it is wonderful that Emily will end the year as British number 4, possibly top 300 . . . and at age 30 (which is not so amazing as all that, worldwide, but seems to be a miracle for GB tennis - barely a female player over 25 cry )

indiana · Tennis legend

5-5.

As Paul said, this had the look of being a close match and so it is proving.

PaulM · Tennis legend

6-5 to Em

PaulM · Tennis legend

Easy hold for Katie so tiebreak it is. I have no idea how this one will go.

6-6

PaulM · Tennis legend

Emily-Katie

1-0*

*3-0

4-1*

*4-3

5-4*

6-4*

*6-5

GSM Em 64 76(5). Yippee!!

-- Edited by PaulM on Wednesday 17th of December 2014 11:54:16 AM

indiana · Tennis legend

Well done the winner, Emily !

If she was to win, might as well avoid a third set.

paulisi · Tennis legend

Well there is no 2nd seed in EWS' quarter, so a decent chance to progress again.

steven · Tennis legend

L16: (6) Emily Webley-Smith WR 317 beat Katie Boulter WR 358 by 6-4 7-6(5)

QF: (6) Emily Webley-Smith WR 317 v (Q) Nina Stojanovic (SRB) WR 454 (= CH; 18yo junior CH 17)

PaulM · Tennis legend

Bit of an unknown quantity next, never really know what these kinds of top juniors will do on the day. Tough to call.

indiana · Tennis legend

All the best to Emily.

And while I had no particular favourite in her match vs Katie, the more Emily's recent upturn again ( not deliberately for it is just Emily doing what she loves to do, play and win tennis matches ) ****s a snook at the over ageist policies of the LTA, and even some on this forum who have "retired" her in the past, the better.