Week 30 - ITF ($25K) - Roma, Italy Clay

Peter too · Tennis legend

Week 30 - ITF ($25K) - Roma, Italy Clay

Strongbow · All-time great

Amanda loses the first set 0-6 - only 9 points - more post-grass blues.

Strongbow · All-time great

And the second 3-6 cry

indiana · Tennis legend

With updated rankings :

R1: Tara Moore WR 362 vs (6) Anastasiya Kamardina (RUS) WR 280 (CH 279 last week, aged 18, JCH 15 )

R1: Amanda Carreras WR 329 lost to (Q) Anastasia Grymalska (ITA) WR 453 (CH 213 05/14) 6-0 6-3

Winners meet in R2, hopefully not Anastasiya vs Anastasia.

insomniacfolder · Challenger level

R1: Moore/Perrin (GBR/SUI) [1] defeated (WC) Ciccone/Giovanardi (ITA/ITA) 6-0 6-1

QF: Moore/Perrin (GBR/SUI) [1] vs. Di Giuseppe/Remondina (ITA/ITA)

insomniacfolder · Challenger level

R1: Tara MOORE (GBR) 362 lost to Anastasiya KAMARDINA (RUS) [6] 280 2-6 4-6

Seems an awfully large and barren wilderness Ms. Moore has stumbled into these past seasons.

scottie1 · Futures level

insomniacfolder wrote:
R1: Tara MOORE (GBR) 362 lost to Anastasiya KAMARDINA (RUS) [6] 280 2-6 4-6

Seems an awfully large and barren wilderness Ms. Moore has stumbled into these past seasons.

Why is Tara playing on clay surely she should be in USA on hard courts

Strongbow · All-time great

Amanda+ win their doubles. smile

QF: Carreras/Savoretti (GBR/ITA) 1247 v Lekaj/Njiric (CRO/CRO) 742

-- Edited by Strongbow on Tuesday 28th of July 2015 11:56:52 PM

PockyTastic · Futures level

scottie1 wrote:
insomniacfolder wrote:
R1: Tara MOORE (GBR) 362 lost to Anastasiya KAMARDINA (RUS) [6] 280 2-6 4-6

Seems an awfully large and barren wilderness Ms. Moore has stumbled into these past seasons.
Why is Tara playing on clay surely she should be in USA on hard courts

An interesting question. She has been playing predominantly on clay since late February (the grass court season aside). I presume this is a longer term strategy of her newish coaches, Chris Sordyl and Tony Lekic (who are also working with Tara's friend Malin Ulvefeldt according to the ITF)? Maybe it's to do with her serve, which she has been seemingly struggling with since her injury (?) - maybe she can focus on getting more in play on clay rather than trying to belt it as she would want to on a quicker surface?

vohor · Grand Slam Champion

Good point PT; here's hoping it pays dividends in due course :)

Strongbow · All-time great

Mandy+ lost their doubles on MTB cry

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

But Tara and Conny win theirs, in two sets, and into the semis

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

And Tara and Conny win their semi, 10-6 in the MTB, and march on into the finals

paulisi · Tennis legend

Will Tara turn into an out and out doubles specialist? It seems that is the way she is heading.

indiana · Tennis legend

paulisi wrote:
Will Tara turn into an out and out doubles specialist? It seems that is the way she is heading.

I see no real indication that that is any sort of aim for now, though the teaming up with Nik Slater was interesting.

But good to get wins and court time in doubles for now while her singles relatively struggles.

-- Edited by indiana on Thursday 30th of July 2015 04:30:14 PM