Week 45 - ITF ($25K) - Bath, UK Hard

paulisi · Tennis legend

Week 45 - ITF ($25K) - Bath, UK Hard

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Yeah. Not too optimistic.

We are seeded to get a qualifier through at the bottom of the draw, with Beth being 8th seed, and the Mexican player 12th seed. Serena Nash is also in that little section so a good chance for Britain there.

Difficult to see where it's going to come from otherwise. But we love surprises !

Peter too · Tennis legend

Q1: VAN HEUVELEN, Elise (GBR) WC UNR v OYEN, Sofie (BEL) 1 451 CH=403 2010
Q1: SMITH, Mia (GBR) UNR v ASGHAR, Jasmine Amber (GBR) 13 1080
Q1: NICHOLLS, Olivia (GBR) v MINNEN, Greet (BEL) 2 458 =CH, 18yo JCH=28
Q1: APPLETON, Emily (GBR) WC UNR v SILLS, Savannah (GBR) WC 15 1141
Q1: GRIFFITHS, Ellie-Rose (GBR) WC UNR v BARBAT, Karen (DEN) 3 470 CH=467 26/10/15
Q1: BAMBURAC, Sabrina (GBR) 1260 v SMITH, Kristina N (USA) 9 868 CH=830 10/8/15
Q1: CROUCH, Mollie (GBR) UNR v PIRAZHENKA, Sviatlana (BLR) 4 472 CH=371 2014
Q1: DIXON, Grace (GBR) UNR v EKLUND, Mia Nicole (FIN) 14 1136 CH=896 2013
Q1: ABBOTT, Florence (GBR) WC UNR v BOLKVADZE, Mariam (GEO) 5 579 CH=534 18/5/15, 17yo JCH=925
Q1: HUTCHINSON, Holly (GBR) UNR v BONIC, Barbara (SRB) 6 642 CH=342 2014
Q1: COVINGTON, Dominique (GBR) UNR v CARRUTHERS, Steffi (SAM) 10 874 CH=662 2014
Q1: PHILLIPS, Lisa (GBR) UNR v NIEDMERS, Nora (GER) 7 691 CH=682 5/10/15
Q1: ASKEW, Sarah Beth (GBR) 8 771 v HURST, Emma (GBR) 1260
Q1: NASH, Serena (GBR) UNR v LEON, Sabastiani (MEX) 12 996 =CH
H2H 1-0
Loughborough 2015 3-6 6-0 6-3

paulisi · Tennis legend

Florence's scores seem to have disappeared, but she was a set down last time I saw

Serena is in a real ding dong battle with the Mexican

Emma and Beth just started.

Peter too · Tennis legend

Florence lost 2-6 2-6
Sarah Beth 6-4 1-1
Serena Nash 6-7(4) *1-0
Ellie-Rose 0-3*

steven · Tennis legend

A big career best scalp of University of Bath student Emma Hurst, who comes from a set down and *1-4 down in the 3rd to upset 8th Q seed (and only Brit seeded to qualify) Beth Askew, 495 places above her, 4-6 6-3 7-5!

Sabrina lost the battle between two players on losing streaks to 9th Q seed Smith (USA) 3 & 1

Serena was edged out by 12th Q seed León (MEX) in two tiebreaks, 7-6(4) 7-6(4)

Ellie-Rose was double-bagelled by 3rd Q seed Barbat (DEN)

Savannah has taken the 1st set v Emily 7-5 and is a break up in the 2nd

DF · Tennis legend

Mollie Crouch is doing well against the no4 seed -3 and 3-0 in the second set

vohor · Grand Slam Champion

YAY; great win for Mollie 6-3, 6-4 :D

paulisi · Tennis legend

As expected a pretty awful set of results bar Mollie, however she has another difficult task to get past Eklund

Shrewsbury is even stronger next week - I see very little hope for any of our girls again. Can the LTA justify giving qualifying wildcards?

new to it · Social player

How else are the girls supposed to get a go at this level if lta dont give wildcards....

indiana · Tennis legend

The results are hardly "awful" given the ranking differences ( indeed many of our players unranked ).

What is maybe rather more "awful" is that there aren"t more home 10Ks, better for many of these players.

Though I believe that bit is looking a bit better for next year.

They are no doubt giving of their best in the circumstances and hopefully take lessons away.

-- Edited by indiana on Monday 9th of November 2015 04:48:23 PM

paulisi · Tennis legend

new to it wrote:
How else are the girls supposed to get a go at this level if lta dont give wildcards....

I'm not saying don't give them wildcards, but most the girls at way out of their depth playing 25K qualifying. The LTA should and will be putting on more 10K next year to help out these girls where they have a better chance of being competitive and getting on to the ladder

I know you have a vested interest, but the lack of depth within the 200-700 range is terrible and some of these are not even supporting their home tournaments due to injury or incorrect surface or wanting to play overseas.

I'm sure Freya, Lisa and Emily W will all get main draw wildcards again next week if they haven't used their allocation, but there are only 4 or 5 other ranked players on the entry list next week.

paulisi · Tennis legend

Holly Hutchinson is a set and a break up. Can she keep her levels up, she struggled after being in a similar situation last week

vohor · Grand Slam Champion

Holly wins 6-1, 6-3; a great result against the 6th qseed :D

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Lovely to see the results from Holly and Mollie (now that's got legs for puns on words......)

And completely agree with the comments above (and made before) about the farce and waste of money of organising tournaments SO clearly at the wrong level for the majority of our players. Hopefully young players like Mollie and Holly, though, (and others, Serena, et al), will reap the benefit of the experience of these events next year, even if they don't end up with much net tangible benefit this time round (although here's hoping they go far, of course

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