Week 5 - ITF ($10K) - Glasgow, UK Hard

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

RE: Week 5 - ITF ($10K) - Glasgow, UK Hard

paulisi · Tennis legend

Katie B was a big favourite with the bookies surprisingly. Emily A is a big underdog and Maia was also a big favourite

insomniacfolder · Challenger level

The occasional Glasgow scoreboard deigns to grace us with another update!
Katie: 6-2 4-3*
Emily: in first game

Grachka · County player

Lisa Marie Huber GER 2-6 *5-6 WC Katie Boulter GBR

Klaartje Liebens BEL 3-2* WC Emily Appleton GBR

insomniacfolder · Challenger level

Another encouragingly straightforward win for Katie

GSM Boulter 6-2 7-5

vohor · Grand Slam Champion

Well done Katie B :D

insomniacfolder · Challenger level

Emily, 2-6 3-3*

insomniacfolder · Challenger level

Emily goes down 2-6 3-6
Maia vs. Manisha is underway, 1-1

paulisi · Tennis legend

Emily lost - good win for Katie B

2 in QF is better than expected. I expect at least 1 to make it to semi finals

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

The winner of Maia and Manisha will play Fiona Gervais, who is a 'standard' sort of French player, a bit better than her ranking because she didn't play much pro-tennis last year (doing other stuff, I believe, not because she was injured, although I might be wrong) - but then picked it up again in autumn, won a 10k and was thrilled as her team won the French Elite Tennis team championships (in December).

She's definitely very playable, but not quite as 'easy' as her ranking would indicate.

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Thursday 4th of February 2016 03:17:03 PM

insomniacfolder · Challenger level

Very competitive first set between Maia and Manisha, Maia always a nose ahead, and she took it, 6-3

wimdledont · Challenger level

When KatieB got injured, she was at a CH ranking of 340, and rising, with nothing to defend for a couple of months. Top seed this week was on a current ranking of 381; last remaining seed at 404.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

A good tribute to the usefulness of the British Tour events too - which Katie B played (not all that successfully in terms of absolute results but obviously very successfully in terms of getting herself match-ready for the ITFs).

paulisi · Tennis legend

Maia won in straight sets. With both the seeds in her half of the draw in trouble, the draw is really opening out.

insomniacfolder · Challenger level

R2: (WC) Maia LUMSDEN (GBR) 1037 defeated (Q) Manisha FOSTER (GBR) 1030 6-3 6-4

R2: (WC) Emily APPLETON (GBR) 970 lost to Klaartje LIEBENS (BEL) [5] 463 2-6 3-6

R2: (WC) Katie BOULTER (GBR) UNR defeated Luisa Marie HUBER (GER) 636 6-2 7-5

QF: (WC) Maia LUMSDEN (GBR) 1037 vs. Julie JERVAIS (FRA) 756 (= CH)
QF: (WC) Katie BOULTER (GBR) UNR vs. Klaartje LIEBENS (BEL) [5] 463 (CH 295 02/2015)
H2H* 1-1
(*from Junior matches, no senior meetings)
2012 10th SFAX ITF Junior Tournament, Tunisia - Hard - R32 - KL won 6-4 6-2
2010 Heiveld Graydon Junior Indoor Open, Belgium - Hard - R64 - KB won 6-4 7-6(3)