Week 9 - ITF ($25K) - Mildura, Australia Grass

Peter too · Tennis legend

Week 9 - ITF ($25K) - Mildura, Australia Grass

paulisi · Tennis legend

Three rounds again, but not a bad draw for Lisa and a good chance to qualify.

DF · Tennis legend

Lisa won 6-0 6-0 against Taylah Melczarek

Playing Alexandra Walters a 23 yr old Aussie next on the OOP

DF · Tennis legend

Lisa won 6-2 6-2

paulisi · Tennis legend

I'd expect Lisa to come through against Palha from India

Meanwhile Freya has drawn the second seed from UZB and Katy the third seed, Reix

Miriambee · Futures level

DF wrote:
Lisa won 6-2 6-2

just to clarify, against Alexandra Walters, and is now into FQR against Natasha Palha, 7th seed.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

As said on the Kaohsiung thread a couple of weeks back, Reix is in pretty poor form - the start of the year has been really tough (although she made a few QFs in 25ks last autumn).

Emily WS lost 5-7 5-7 against her.

Still not the nicest draw for Katy, obviously.

Freya's opponent, the second seed from UZB, is the player that katy lost to in that really tight match last week.

Peter too · Tennis legend

Q1: WHYBOURN, Lisa (GBR) 15 751 def MIELCZARK, Taylah (AUS) UNR 15yo 6-0 6-0

Q2: WHYBOURN, Lisa (GBR) 15 751 def WALTERS, Alexandra (AUS) 1246 6-2 6-2

Q3: WHYBOURN, Lisa (GBR) 15 751 v PALHA, Natasha (IND) 7 532 CH=492 2014,

Peter too · Tennis legend

R1: DUNNE, Katy (GBR) 337 v REIX, Sherazad (FRA) 3 242 CH=229 28/9/15
R1: CHRISTIE, Freya (GBR) 401 v ABDURAIMOVA, Nigina (UZB) 2 217 CH=144 2014

Not the most generous of draws cry

vohor · Grand Slam Champion

Keep going Lisa; a couple of Q v Q slots in R1 so fingers crossed Lisa gets luckier than of late and can have a decent trot here :)

Mervatron · Masters Series Champion

Freya has had some bad draws this trip.

indiana · Tennis legend

Mervatron wrote:
Freya has had some bad draws this trip.

Indeed yet been so competitive and come out not too bad so far, but yes better draws and she might really have had an even better trip ranking pointswise. I hadn't really picked up how consistently bad they'ed been.

That's the third time out of four she's drawn the second seed in R1 ( stands 1 match all and 3 sets to 2 up against two players in the top 200 ). And last week met the third seed in R2 after Naiktha Bains in R1.

Hope she is at least very competitive again and better still gets through a round or two.

-- Edited by indiana on Sunday 28th of February 2016 04:55:47 PM

cwej · Lower Club Player

They've been playing for 34 minutes in the final round of qualifying and it's still 2-1 in the first set. RIDICULOUS number of points in each game!!

cwej · Lower Club Player

36 minutes in and Palha gets the break on her 6th try... 3-1 to Palha.

cwej · Lower Club Player

The girls earn their second sit down after 44 minutes... Unfortunately Whybourn now 4-1 down, despite having 8 break points so far.