Week 7 - ITF ($25K) - New Delhi, India (Hard)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Week 7 - ITF ($25K) - New Delhi, India (Hard)

steven · Tennis legend

H2H 0-1, 4&3, Lexington 2013

Kounosuke · Intermediate Club Player

Em+ are the 1st seeds here, let's hope they can take the title here then.

R1: Marina MELNIKOVA (RUS) [1] & Emily WEBLEY-SMITH [1] CR 272 (119+153) v Sabina SHARIPOVA (UZB) & Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND) CR 647 (390+257)

PaulM · Tennis legend

A set down to an old doubles nemisis. No Indian magic on display yet.

3-6 0-0*

PaulM · Tennis legend

A couple of close games where she missed break points aside, this was very one sided. A double fault on her only game point in the second set sums her day up.

Over and out 63 60.

Hopefully doubles gives her something to smile about. Singles continues to be rough going. Sad stuff

-- Edited by PaulM on Monday 15th of February 2016 07:08:40 AM

vohor · Grand Slam Champion

Yeah, fingers crossed for the dubs :)

Jaggy1876 · Grand Slam Champion

Time to give up singles not good enough for any more than 10ks. Do a Josanna etc, Doubles easier to make cash too ironically.

indiana · Tennis legend

Increasingly it seems to me that Emily's tournament choices are much more about doubles than singles, competing more often in higher level tournaments, but still say competing in singles qualifying at these.

Why does she still play singles? I would imagine because she really enjoys doing so and simply wants to. Defeats may lessen that in time, but clearly up to her.

I guess there is an argument for at least trying to establish a really regular doubles partnership, which could rather curtail her singles unless a very benevolent partner.

wimdledont · Challenger level

The doubles prize money is less than 1/4 that of singles, split between two = 1/8 = impossible to pay the bills unless you are regularly playing WTAs, or at least consistently making nearly every final at ITF 25k+ tournaments.

insomniacfolder · Challenger level

Emily & Marina comfortably took the first set in their doubles
6-1 2-1*

PaulM · Tennis legend

After going up 2-0 theyve lost 12 of the last 13 points. Whoever just tuned in please leave again...

vohor · Grand Slam Champion

'Twasn't me, your Honour, I can't get live scoring at the moment!

C'mon Em :)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Nor me, guv - I'm happily ensconced watching 12 year-olds in France !

Allez, Em (from afar....)

insomniacfolder · Challenger level

They had righted the ship, and looked to be steering it in to safe harbour, but blew their match point. Hope this doesn't leave them all at sea!
6-1 5-4*

PaulM · Tennis legend

Missed sudden death deuce match point and its level pegging.

8 points in a row take them down 0-4 in the TB. They lose it 7-2.

Now would be a good time to end a horror streak of MTB losses but there was a medical timeout according to the scores mid way through the second set.