Week 7 - ITF ($10K) - Palmanova, Spain Clay

Peter too · Tennis legend

Week 7 - ITF ($10K) - Palmanova, Spain Clay

The Optimist · ATP qualifying

Tanysha might be younger than her opponent. I haven't seen her for a couple of years on the junior circuit here and she can't have been much more than 10 or 11 when I did see her. Very slight build but hit a good ball. Sticks in my mind because there was always massive dramas and arguments whenever she took to the court!!

indiana · Tennis legend

I've not been aware of her but yes she is just 14, dob 07/10/2001. Googling, it appears she had a dedicated website, tanysha.co.uk when aged 11. It is no longer operational though.

-- Edited by indiana on Friday 12th of February 2016 10:46:57 PM

Strongbow · All-time great

From what I can see on the LTA site Tanysha seems to be based in Spain playing in Junior events (U14 and U16) - so Palmanova is a reasonable choice to test the waters. She is on gofundme.com/766577d4 .

Miss Sutar seems to be based in the UK - but is playing in Spain presumably because of the lack of accessable UK 10ks.

-- Edited by Strongbow on Saturday 13th of February 2016 01:41:25 AM

-- Edited by Strongbow on Saturday 13th of February 2016 01:42:47 AM

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Crystal Sutar did a crowdfunding thingy to go to one of the Spanish academies for 6 weeks, in January.

This tournament must be part of that plan.

www.crowdfunder.co.uk/the-tennis-dream

insomniacfolder · Challenger level

Crystal lost 1-6 0-6

wimdledont · Challenger level

Tanysha is on Sunday's OOP.

Strongbow · All-time great

Q1: SUTAR, Crystal (GBR) UNR lost to GARCIA FERNANDEZ, Andrea (ESP) UNR 17yo JCH=346 1-6 0-6

Q1: DISSANAYAKE, Tanysha (GBR) UNR def. LANTIGUA DE LA NUEZ, Ana (ESP) UNR 15yo JCH=960 4-6 ret.

Q2: DISSANAYAKE, Tanysha (GBR) UNR v NOEL, Mallaurie (FRA) [14] 1101= CH=1101 (08/02/2016)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Q2: DISSANAYAKE, Tanysha (GBR) UNR lost to NOEL, Mallaurie (FRA) [14] 1101= CH=1101 (08/02/2016) 7-6(4) 6-2

indiana · Tennis legend

That looks a very encouraging performance from Tanysha.

A quick look at Noel's results suggests that she has earned her 7 ranking points to date and has been competitive in other decent match-ups.

steven · Tennis legend

Mandy is the top seed and defending champ here (*), but has managed to draw a former top 100 player in R1!

L32: (1) Amanda Carreras WR 321 v Valeria Savinykh (RUS) WR 682 (CH 99 in 2012)
L32: (WC) Ceire Mullins UNR v Camelia-Elena Hristea (ROU) WR 778 (CH 579 in 2011)
L32: Gabriella Taylor WR 698 v Alice Bacquie (FRA) WR 729 (CH 631 last Jun)

(*) In fact, these tournaments are slightly out of sync this year, but given that Amanda won both Palmanova 1 (which was held a week earlier last year) and Palmanova 2 (which was held in the corresponding week to this week in 2015), I think it's fair to call her the defending champ! Obviously that also means 24 points (almost 1/5th of her total) due off the next two Mondays, so she could do with a good run here.

insomniacfolder · Challenger level

In singles, Gabi could potentially face our former Izzy in R2.

Doubles
R1: Carreras/Savoretti (GBR/ITA) [2] vs. Canero-Perez/Hristea (ESP/ROU)

steven · Tennis legend

insomniacfolder wrote:
In singles, Gabi could potentially face our former Izzy in R2.

Izzy's doing her best to make this happen - already a set up against the 2nd seed.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Both Gabi and Ceire have lost their first sets

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Ceire lost 6-3 6-3

Gabi has won the second set 6-4, having lost the first 4-6