Week 34 - ITF ($25K) - Woking, UK Hard

indiana · Tennis legend

RE: Week 34 - ITF ($25K) - Woking, UK Hard

paulisi · Tennis legend

Good to see Freya and Katy back on the winning trail. There are no seeds left in their half of the draw, so who knows. One more upset for each of the GB girls and we are guaranteed a finalist.......

Freya is one of the few GB girls outside the top 500 that has the potential to make a decent living from tennis. Katy should be ranked a lot higher, but has had a very disappointing season.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Various people (me included) have been saying for a while that Freya has very much an 'adult' tennis game, and that juniors is pretty irrelevant (not that she's done that badly there either).

Having been injured for two/three months this year too - especially sad as she had to miss Notts, and others - hasn't helped.

But, given she has played very few tournaments - only a stint out in Asia in spring and a few GB ones here and there, it's very exciting to see what the next year (and longer) will bring.

TennisLover · Strong Club Player

Coup Droit wrote:
Various people (me included) have been saying for a while that Freya has very much an 'adult' tennis game, and that juniors is pretty irrelevant (not that she's done that badly there either).

Having been injured for two/three months this year too - especially sad as she had to miss Notts, and others - hasn't helped.

But, given she has played very few tournaments - only a stint out in Asia in spring and a few GB ones here and there, it's very exciting to see what the next year (and longer) will bring.

Definitely vis-a-vis Junior tennis. Never been a fan of it . Not that there is anything wrong with it. As said several times before, with Freya and those juniors who play "adult" tennis, it's just a matter of time.

Also with Ms De Vroome, you can't win a match with 18 double faults and only 2 aces, especially playing someone like Freya.

indiana · Tennis legend

Yes, although Freya is threatening to cut a swathe through the GB rankings to the verge of the top 10, it is the bigger picture with her that much more excites.

The next year or so could be very interesting ...

TennisLover · Strong Club Player

indiana wrote:
Yes, although Freya is threatening to cut a swathe through the GB rankings to the verge of the top 10, it is the bigger picture with her that much more excites.

The next year or so could be very interesting ...

Indeed. Looking forward to what lies ahead.

vohor · Grand Slam Champion

Fantastic couple of wins there; well done Katy and Freya :D
Pity Emily couldn't make it 3 out of 3 but that was a very decent effort too :)

PockyTastic · Futures level

Katy and Freya are both back on court again.

Katy is 3-0 down against the Italian.

indiana · Tennis legend

No resting on their laurels.

Katy 0-4*
Freya *0-1

-- Edited by indiana on Thursday 27th of August 2015 04:21:55 PM

indiana · Tennis legend

Katy has got both breaks back, *3-4

Freya went a break down and has also got that back 2-2*

Spectator · All-time great

Two brilliant wins! Well done! And good luck in the current round.

And CD, have you ever considered a career in political spin? though I'm not sure the world of politics could cope with your type of ironic revisionism - those who engage in the activity politically (and it is the few bad eggs that spoil things for the many decent ones) tend to prefer doing so straight-faced.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Spectator wrote:
Two brilliant wins! Well done! And good luck in the current round.

And CD, have you ever considered a career in political spin? though I'm not sure the world of politics could cope with your type of ironic revisionism - those who engage in the activity politically (and it is the few bad eggs that spoil things for the many decent ones) tend to prefer doing so straight-faced.

Straight up, I still think the schedule is wrong. And will do so - and would say so to whoever was interested (not many smile ) - even if Freya or katy make the final.

But I appreciate the ideas on my career advancement - I'll amend the CV and send it out forthwith smile

Add: in the second singles of the day, play seems to have stopped with Katy losing 3-6 1-0

and Freya 3*-4 on serve

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Thursday 27th of August 2015 04:54:27 PM

TheTraveller2 · Lower Club Player

paulisi wrote:
Good to see Freya and Katy back on the winning trail. There are no seeds left in their half of the draw, so who knows. One more upset for each of the GB girls and we are guaranteed a finalist.......

Freya is one of the few GB girls outside the top 500 that has the potential to make a decent living from tennis. Katy should be ranked a lot higher, but has had a very disappointing season.

So in your opinion Paulisi, who else outside the top 500 might make a decent living from tennis? Always interested in hearing about who it is worth following more closely (of the less known girls.)

Oakland2002 · All-time great

Can't say I am quite so optimistic, there is a young lady ranked 622 who is nailed on to make a decent living out of tennis.

Peter too · Tennis legend

Oakland2002 wrote:
Can't say I am quite so optimistic, there is a young lady ranked 622 who is nailed on to make a decent living out of tennis.

The ones ranked 578 and 676 are also progressing quite nicely, never mind the one ranked 727. smile