Week 5 - ITF ($100K) - Midland, USA Hard

theemptyvessel · Club Coach

RE: Week 5 - ITF ($100K) - Midland, USA Hard

wimdledont · Challenger level

Doubles moved to an unstreamed court, and about to start...

insomniacfolder · Challenger level

At 4-5* Naomi & Shelby managed a break to stay in the set.
*5-5

insomniacfolder · Challenger level

Then promptly got broken again, and lost the set.
5-7

brendan · Strong Club Player

could potentially be the same opponents in the SF and F as in Landisville with Anderson winning her QF - what we wouldn't give for the same results

insomniacfolder · Challenger level

Clinched the second set, and into the MTB we go!
5-7 6-4

paulisi · Tennis legend

Monster MTB - led 9-7, but now 12-12

DF · Tennis legend

Yey!

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

And yet another well done to Ms. Broady (and partner)

insomniacfolder · Challenger level

3-3 at the first change
6-6 at the second change. Twice a mini-break up, twice a mini-break down.
7-6
8-6
8-7
9-7 and...
9-8 please?
9-9 at the third change

9-10
10-10 saved!
11-10 come on!
11-11 nope!
11-12
12-12 at the FOURTH change!
13-12 this time, for realsies?
Finally

QF: Broady/Rogers (GBR/USA) [2] defeated Weinhold/Whoriskey (USA/USA) 5-7 6-4 [14-12]

SF: Broady/Rogers (GBR/USA) [2] vs. Davis/Min (USA/USA)

DF · Tennis legend

14-12 to Naomi and Shelby biggrin

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Big congrats too to the American youngsters here.

In a 100K, 16 year-old Cici Bellis beat the 2nd seed, WR 68

Alex Sandford, age 17, made it through to the QFs and very nearly the SFs (Alex was the girl Katie just pipped in the junior event at the back end of last year)

17 year-old new up-and-coming star (who made the final of the 50k last week), Raveena Kingsley, beat the WTA WR 120 ...

It's a very exciting time for them.

indiana · Tennis legend

Interesting, thanks CD. Very good bunch of American youngsters. But I reckon our Katie will continue to hold her own over time against them, many of course who she knows very well.

Spectator · All-time great

Well done to Ms Broady and Ms Rogers.

Some very good prospects indeed in the US. Raveena Kingsley was, as noted in the university thread, down to go to university next year. But her performances this year have been exceptional - one wonders what will happen next.

According to Zootennis, Ingrid Neel (17) and Cici Bellis (16) have also made the SFs in the doubles.

-- Edited by Spectator on Saturday 6th of February 2016 03:36:43 AM

insomniacfolder · Challenger level

Coup Droit wrote:
Big congrats too to the American youngsters here.

In a 100K, 16 year-old Cici Bellis beat the 2nd seed, WR 68

Alex Sandford, age 17, made it through to the QFs and very nearly the SFs (Alex was the girl Katie just pipped in the junior event at the back end of last year)

17 year-old new up-and-coming star (who made the final of the 50k last week), Raveena Kingsley, beat the WTA WR 120 ...

It's a very exciting time for them.

Raveena Kingsley should have put Shelby away in comfortable straight sets. At a set and *4-1 up. But she then became very passive, stopped using the court and moving Shelby around, who took heart and with more time, started to hit out with enough success to prevail.
CiCi was good against 2 seed Maria, though Maria was very random. Bellis & Neel completely outfoxed the experience of Fichman/Crawford in their doubles.
Anderson/Sandford yesterday was one of those where both players never played well at the same time in the match. In the end, Anderson outlasted Sandford more than anything, closing on 3 hours.
Current NCAA singles champ, Jamie Loeb, and Louisa Chirico also impressed. Chirico should have beaten Hibi Mayo easily, she was great for a set and 2/3, and Loeb seemed to have Falconi's number last night until Falconi stated doing that junk balling thing she does, and that seemed to flummox Loeb.
Lots of young American promise on show this week; based on the covered matches in Midland, most need work on snuffing matches completely out.
Anderson & Loeb the picks from their Midland showing.