Week 23 - ITF ($50K) - Surbiton, UK Grass

vohor · Grand Slam Champion

RE: Week 23 - ITF ($50K) - Surbiton, UK Grass

Long time reader · Lower Club Player

Good to see Naomi's improvement this week after a slow start.

Either Diatchenko or Paszek in the semi both of whom she beat last year due to retirements.

Peter too · Tennis legend

QF: BROADY, Naomi (GBR) 224 def CARRERAS, Amanda (GBR) 319 6-1 6-4

SF: BROADY, Naomi (GBR) 224 v DIATCHENKO, Vitalia (RUS) 1 86 CH=71 17/11/14
H2H 1-2
Wimbledon 2009 6-7(5) 4-6
Sharm El Sheikh 2014 6-2 3-0 Ret
Sharm El Sheikh 2014 6-3 4-6 1-6

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

SF: Tara Moore & Nicola Slater CR 560 (322+228) defeated (2) Verónica Cepede & Mandy Minella (PAR/LUX) CR 220 (139+81) by 4 & 3 biggrin

*****

Final: (1) Lyudmyla Kichenok & Xenia Knoll (UKR/SUI) CR 222 (62+160) vs Tara Moore & Nicola Slater CR 560 (322+228)

indiana · Tennis legend

Very well done and the final should be nae bother, the no 1 seeds have a higher CR than the no 2 seeds

Babfive · Satellite level

Well done Naomi and Tara and Nik. Great to see them all getting good runs of wins here. biggrin

-- Edited by Babfive on Friday 12th of June 2015 07:04:39 PM

Strongbow · All-time great

Babfive wrote:
Well done Naomi and Tara and Nik. Great to see them all getting good runs of wins here.

-- Edited by Babfive on Friday 12th of June 2015 07:04:39 PM

Just add my name to the congrats for the above - also Harriet who really played well - and Amanda - new CH and CB win on grass!!! biggrin

A much better week than expected.

-- Edited by Strongbow on Friday 12th of June 2015 10:42:19 PM

Oakland2002 · All-time great

Well done Naomi, what a boost in the run up to Wimbledon. Given her performance at Wimbledon ie on grass lat year it must give her a great lift.

More fuel to the fire as to the positive value of wild cards in GS, they allow, and this is probably stretching it a bit for Naomi, the organizing committee to insure the very best players on a specific surface to compete at the elite event on that surface, particularly valid at RG and Wimbledon given the unique surfaces for GS at both.

I also liked the historical precedent of Wimbledon seeding specifically on likely performance on grass as opposed to confounding the seeding by using ATP ranking based predominantly on performances on surfaces other than grass.

Not meaning to digress but what a great week so far for the British ladies, indeed a number experiencing the ' good life' in the burbs.

Peter too · Tennis legend

Naomi is now on court for her SF.

vohor · Grand Slam Champion

First set went by too quickly but Naomi has a foothold in the second
1-6; 2*-3

vohor · Grand Slam Champion

Naomi broken but breaks back :)
Only held twice so far though
1-6; 3*-4

vohor · Grand Slam Champion

Naomi loses 1&3 :(

Peter too · Tennis legend

SF: BROADY, Naomi (GBR) 224 lost to DIATCHENKO, Vitalia (RUS) 1 86 1-6 3-6

kundalini · Specialist Reporter + Intermediate Club Player

What a depressing score-line ! I'd expect Naomi to hold serve most of the time on grass against all but the very best returners.

indiana · Tennis legend

Don't know how Naomi served today, but while of course on song her serve is a great weapon with stats to back that up, it is also frustratingly inconsistent, and to my mind always has been.

Great pity, and I think how on or off it is feeds into the rest of her game.

If she wasn't getting that many "free" points then realistically the scoreline against a generally better player was no great surprise.

Generally Surbiton has been good for our players in grass court time and ranking points ( and dosh ). Certainly has been for Naomi.