Week 44 - ITF ($15K) - Loughborough, UK Hard

indiana · Tennis legend

RE: Week 44 - ITF ($15K) - Loughborough, UK Hard

vohor · Grand Slam Champion

Bad luck Freya

Tara starts with a break and a hold :)
2-0*

vohor · Grand Slam Champion

Tara racing ahead :)
5*-0

Not sure who awaits in the SFs...the match between the 1st and 5th seeds looks like it ended with a retirement but by whom is not clear from Live Scores

vohor · Grand Slam Champion

Tara wins by retirement having taken the first set 6-0

indiana · Tennis legend

Another retirement. Heat ?

Still, well done Tara

DF · Tennis legend

Emily and Izzy take the first set 6-2 in their SF

vohor · Grand Slam Champion

Live Scores now has top seed Fett awaiting Tara in the SFs...having won 6-3 7-6 in an unlikely 58 minutes (think ump's machine must've been on the blink).
GL Tara :)

paulisi · Tennis legend

Emily and Izzy fell just short losing 10-7 in the MTB

The other match is into a second set tie break
I was hoping for a Emily v Lisa final to determine the best doubles player as they won their last two tournaments together and then split up - alas not to be.

-- Edited by paulisi on Thursday 5th of November 2015 04:48:25 PM

paulisi · Tennis legend

Lisa and Freya make the final

Peter too · Tennis legend

QF: MOORE, Tara (GBR) 6 352 def EKLUND, Mia Nicole (FIN) Q 1136 6-0 Ret.
QF: CHRISTIE, Freya (GBR) 541 lost to FERRANDO, Cristiana (ITA) 8 388 5-7 7-5 3-6

SF: MOORE, Tara (GBR) 6 352 v FETT, Jana (CRO) 1 240 CH=227 14/9/15

PockyTastic · Futures level

Play is under way with Tara down a set (6-2 to Fett).

PockyTastic · Futures level

Tara goes down 6-2 6-1 to Fett.

paulisi · Tennis legend

Tara lost 6-2 6-1

We have a lot of players in that category where they are ready to move up from 10K's but are struggling to be successful at the next level up (there are very few 15k's)

vohor · Grand Slam Champion

Was hoping for something closer :(

indiana · Tennis legend

paulisi wrote:
Tara lost 6-2 6-1

We have a lot of players in that category where they are ready to move up from 10K's but are struggling to be successful at the next level up (there are very few 15k's)

Tara though is one player who has previously shown that she is certainly more than capable of competing well at above 10K/15K level. For whatever reasons she hasn't though of late. Katy Dunne is another. So hope they at least can much more find again their best level in the new year.

Overall been very disappointing so little general progress this year in these ranked behind the 'big 3' ( Katy D, Amanda, Emily, Tara, Harriet, plus the retired Cav and the injured Katie B )

The current figures re say number of top 300ers and top 500ers are very poor. But I do continue to be optimistic about our younger players progress, currently led rankingswise by Katie Swan and Freya, and how the situation may look in two or three years. I just hope their junior to senior progress goes well.

And would be great to have Robbo properly back on the scene plus a few more of the recently injured / relatively short term injured / long term injured.

-- Edited by indiana on Friday 6th of November 2015 02:23:46 PM