Week 5 - ITF ($25K) - Glasgow, UK, Hard

paulisi · Tennis legend

RE: Week 5 - ITF ($25K) - Glasgow, UK, Hard

paulisi · Tennis legend

Katy was 3-1 up when the scores disappeared.

steven · Tennis legend

Katy wins again

L16: Katy Dunne WR 295 beat Pernilla Mendesova (CZE) WR 288 (= CH) by 5 & 4

L16: (3) Naomi Broady WR 170 beat Marta Sirotkina (RUS) WR 255 (CH 115 in 2013) by 4 & 1

L16: (WC) Freya Christie WR 995 lost to (2) Kristyna Pliskova (CZE) WR 142 (CH 86 in 2013) by 5 & 5

QF: Katy Dunne WR 295 v (7) Ana Bogdan (ROU) WR 199 (= CH) *
QF: (3) Naomi Broady WR 170 v (5) Ysaline Bonaventure (BEL) WR 200 (CH 194 in Nov)

* H2H 1-0 - Katy won 3 & 5 in Loughborough in 2013 - a big win at the time

Jaggy1876 · Grand Slam Champion

Katy wins 7-5 6-4 moving nicely up the rankings now into the low 280s. I think I'm right in saying if she somehow won here its be the golden 250 position

vohor · Grand Slam Champion

Great job Katy :)

Bad luck, Freya, very good fight though :)

indiana · Tennis legend

Yes, it certainly looks as if Katy would go top 250 on Monday week if she won the title here.

I understand though that the LTA have indicated that their golden Wimbledon MD WC recommendations will now be based on top 200.

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Two good results there.
Sirotkina. like Pirazhenka, is a frequent visitor t these shores and perennial Brit Basher. Naomi's overturned a bad H2H, despite the rankings, there.
Good to see both her and Katy pick up a little bit, hopefully at least one of them can make it to the weekend at least.

ricardo89 · Junior player

Indiana i saw that statement in the Daily Mail about the wildcard recommendations, i dont know if i believe it, as long as our top girls are pushing for that top 230-250 then i think they should be given a wildcard. Dont get me wrong i kind of agree we need to set a bench mark but i think its good at the minute.

Congrats to Naomi and Katy

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Tara and Conny have won their doubles QF (against Freya and partner), 6-2 6-4 (Tara and Conny play together often in French league tennis).

TennisLover · Strong Club Player

Stumbled across this forum.

As a tennis enthusiast and follower of juniors transitioning into senior game, I must say I am impressed with the progress of some of our juniors mentioned here. Have come across Freya and how she plays. Good steady progress from her. She has a big game with lots of potential.

Shhh · Challenger level

Welcome Tennis Lover, hope that you stick around

emma · Strong Club Player

yes, welcome TL

and well done to Katy and Naomi today.

PaulM · Tennis legend

Naomi was night and day from yesterday, played well especially in the period of games to come back and take he first set. She came through a couple of really long games in the second and ended quite easily.

Freya could easily have won today, played well but then tightened horrible at 5-5 particularly in the second set where she was 40-15 up then hit 4 poor shots. She battled hard in the last game saving 3 match points against a Pliskovas who was terrified of the finish line, but couldn't break.

Katy was outstanding. Her opponent started poorly but played her way into the match, and a Katy had to really dig in deep. Looks like letting it slip but played a very nice game at 5-4 to close out.

I'm sure you will be interested to know that the infamous Mamma Julie isn't here, and Jeremy and David Felgate were around either today, so Katy's cheering squad consisted of me.

I can't go tomorrow so if she looses it's clearly because I am her lucky charm.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Well done PaulM !!! Sounds like your cheering made all the difference. :)

Good to hear your run-down again. Tx.

Jan · Hall of fame

Yes - thanks PaulM, and well-cheered!