Week 27 - ITF $10K - Amstelveen, Netherlands Clay

Peter too · Tennis legend

Week 27 - ITF $10K - Amstelveen, Netherlands Clay

Peter too · Tennis legend

R1: Askew(GBR)/Kairi(GRE) def Machalova(CZE)/Pektorova(CZE) 0-6 6-4 [10-8]

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Beth struggling, currently losing 1-6 0-3

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

R1: ASKEW, Sarah Beth (GBR) 791 lost to FOUROUCLAS, Natasha (RSA) 818 CH=474 2012 6-1 6-1

paulisi · Tennis legend

strange choice of events for Beth for her first trip overseas for while and on an unfamiliar surface.

TennisLover · Strong Club Player

paulisi wrote:
strange choice of events for Beth for her first trip overseas for while and on an unfamiliar surface.

Looks like Clay is a no go surface for her and perhaps to a limited extent with Fran.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

paulisi wrote:
strange choice of events for Beth for her first trip overseas for while and on an unfamiliar surface.

Yes, I thought so too.

Possible that she really dislikes the heat and wants to steer clear of all Southern European style places.

Or that maybe she's a very timid traveler and thought that Holland was a very 'safe' style of choice ....

But definitely a bit strange . . .

Jaggy1876 · Grand Slam Champion

Another player overranked along with Jazzamay and Laura D. Misleads players into trips like this. Sharm should be her best bet just now.

Strongbow · All-time great

Jaggy1876 wrote:
Another player overranked along with Jazzamay and Laura D. Misleads players into trips like this. Sharm should be her best bet just now.

What misleads people is the lack of GB 10ks.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Beth tweeted that clay was still a work in progress for her.

So it's possible she chose this for the clay court practice.

Although that doesn't really make sense - for someone of Beth's profile, a far better idea for clay court practice would be to organise a holiday for a couple of weeks at a clay court academy (in France or Spain), preferably when there was a decent clay court money tournament going on nearby at the same time (very easy, there's zillions).

Getting only one short singles match (always a big chance), and a bit of hitting time, is hardly a lot of practice.

TennisLover · Strong Club Player

Jaggy1876 wrote:
Another player overranked along with Jazzamay and Laura D. Misleads players into trips like this. Sharm should be her best bet just now.

Blame wild cards

Strongbow · All-time great

Jazzamay's ranking is only slightly flattered by 5pts at Surbiton. Laura D has earned all her pts. It would be a lot easier if there were more GB 10k/25k tournaments. Then the girls wouldn't have to go globetrotting. Also, we could use the wildcards to help our own players like every other country does - obviously the LTA knows better. disbelief