Week 5 - ITF ($10K) - El Kantaoui, Tunisia - Hard

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

RE: Week 5 - ITF ($10K) - El Kantaoui, Tunisia - Hard

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Coup Droit wrote:
The magic seems a little lacking this morning.... lost the first set 1-6 rather quickly ....

Despite the scoreline, the stats were far more even than you'd project, and MJ up a break up in set 2 for the second time, 1-6 *3-2

I'm sensing Hev/Katy like instincts today....

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Aw, shucks. Mirabelle loses 6-4 in the second.

Maybe she felt flat after the high of yesterday, maybe (like me) she always feels a bit down on her birthday, or maybe the young Italian girl is a promising player, under-ranked and on her way up, and she simply played better.

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Shows what I know!

R2: (Q) Mirabelle NJOZE (GBR) lost to (Q) Deborah CHIESA (ITA) 713 1-6 4-6

Still, another thoroughly well earned point and good signs for sure.

vohor · Grand Slam Champion

I was going to say maybe she can get started on her party now but I see she's got a dubs MTB still to play held over from yesterday...

Yesterday's career best win will hold her in good stead in the weeks ahead :)

steven · Tennis legend

Coup Droit wrote:
Aw, shucks. Mirabelle loses 6-4 in the second.

Maybe she felt flat after the high of yesterday, maybe (like me) she always feels a bit down on her birthday, or maybe the young Italian girl is a promising player, under-ranked and on her way up, and she simply played better.

Chiesa is 18 too, junior CH 82 in 2013, so I didn't think this would be a foregone conclusion by any means, though I did hope Mirabelle would win. Still, R1 was a pretty good way to end her 18th year!

wimdledont · Challenger level

Chiesa and partner double-party-poop, winning the doubles MTB 10-7.

The Optimist · ATP qualifying

steven wrote:
Coup Droit wrote:
Aw, shucks. Mirabelle loses 6-4 in the second.

Maybe she felt flat after the high of yesterday, maybe (like me) she always feels a bit down on her birthday, or maybe the young Italian girl is a promising player, under-ranked and on her way up, and she simply played better.
Chiesa is 18 too, junior CH 82 in 2013, so I didn't think this would be a foregone conclusion by any means, though I did hope Mirabelle would win. Still, R1 was a pretty good way to end her 18th year!

Think she's just starting her 18th year ...?

steven · Tennis legend

The Optimist wrote:
steven wrote:
Coup Droit wrote:
Aw, shucks. Mirabelle loses 6-4 in the second.

Maybe she felt flat after the high of yesterday, maybe (like me) she always feels a bit down on her birthday, or maybe the young Italian girl is a promising player, under-ranked and on her way up, and she simply played better.
Chiesa is 18 too, junior CH 82 in 2013, so I didn't think this would be a foregone conclusion by any means, though I did hope Mirabelle would win. Still, R1 was a pretty good way to end her 18th year!
Think she's just starting her 18th year ...?

You celebrate your 18th birthday at the end of your 18th year, not the start wink

The Optimist · ATP qualifying

steven wrote:
The Optimist wrote:
steven wrote:
Coup Droit wrote:
Aw, shucks. Mirabelle loses 6-4 in the second.

Maybe she felt flat after the high of yesterday, maybe (like me) she always feels a bit down on her birthday, or maybe the young Italian girl is a promising player, under-ranked and on her way up, and she simply played better.
Chiesa is 18 too, junior CH 82 in 2013, so I didn't think this would be a foregone conclusion by any means, though I did hope Mirabelle would win. Still, R1 was a pretty good way to end her 18th year!
Think she's just starting her 18th year ...?
You celebrate your 18th birthday at the end of your 18th year, not the start

Shoulda known better than to question Steven where numbers are concerned ......

TennisLover · Strong Club Player

The Optimist wrote:
steven wrote:
The Optimist wrote:
steven wrote:
Coup Droit wrote:
Aw, shucks. Mirabelle loses 6-4 in the second.

Maybe she felt flat after the high of yesterday, maybe (like me) she always feels a bit down on her birthday, or maybe the young Italian girl is a promising player, under-ranked and on her way up, and she simply played better.
Chiesa is 18 too, junior CH 82 in 2013, so I didn't think this would be a foregone conclusion by any means, though I did hope Mirabelle would win. Still, R1 was a pretty good way to end her 18th year!
Think she's just starting her 18th year ...?
You celebrate your 18th birthday at the end of your 18th year, not the start
Shoulda known better than to question Steven where numbers are concerned ......

Not trying to be pedantic (as a newbie) but shouldn't it be "pretty good way to end her 17th year!" ITF profile shows DOB 05/02/1997. Optimist I presume was alluding to the fact that she is starting her 18th year - on the 5th.

-- Edited by TennisLover on Thursday 5th of February 2015 07:18:15 PM

Josh · Challenger level

No - the end of her 1st year was 05/02/1998, so the end of her 3rd year was 05/02/2000. Add on 15 years to now, so 05/02/2015 is the end of her 18th year.

indiana · Tennis legend

Yep, 18 years completed, 05/02/97 to 05/02/15. Mirabelle now starts her 19th year on this planet and that year will be completed by her 19th birthday on 05/02/16.

Welcome, Tennislover, take on Steven at your peril :) Though don't be put off, he is known to be wrong.

TennisLover · Strong Club Player

Yep. Got it and good baptism. Keep up the good posting.

Hope to contribute some inside info from my travels.