Week 27 - ITF $10K - Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Hard

Peter too · Tennis legend

Week 27 - ITF $10K - Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Hard

Strongbow · All-time great

R1: GIBSON, Aimee (GBR) WC UNR v PROZOROVA, Ekaterina (RUS) UNR Q no recent form but won a 10k doubles in 2009.

R1: DIXON, Grace (GBR) WC UNR v BHUNU, Valeria (ZIM) 1228 CH=1018 27/4/15 JCH 214 (17/10/2011)

-- Edited by Strongbow on Monday 6th of July 2015 11:48:28 PM

Strongbow · All-time great

Grace+ win their doubles so have another 2 doubles pts biggrin

Should be her doubles ranking.

paulisi · Tennis legend

Both girls on court at present. Aimee serving to force a first set tie break. Grace 3-5 down.

Peter too · Tennis legend

R1: GIBSON, Aimee (GBR) WC UNR lost to PROZOROVA, Ekaterina (RUS) Q UNR 6-7(5) 6-2 4-6
R1: DIXON, Grace (GBR) WC UNR lost to BHUNU, Valeria (ZIM) 1228 3-6 6-7(6)

Strongbow · All-time great

cry

PaulM · Tennis legend

Quite disappointing results

Strongbow · All-time great

Grace+ win theirdoubles, beating the top seeds, in a tie-break 6-4 3-6 10-7 biggrin

4 pts and a SF for Grace+

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Ouch ! SO SO close to a final . . .

SF: Varvara KUZNETSOVA (RUS) / Katya MALIKOVA (UKR) [3] def. Grace DIXON (GBR) / Maria ZOTOVA (RUS) 4-6 7-6(4) [11-9]

The Optimist · ATP qualifying

PaulM wrote:
Quite disappointing results

Can't comment on Aimee's match, but saw Valeria once as a junior and felt she was a particularly strong player, hard-hitting and attacking, so felt she might have a bit much firepower for Grace