Week 10 - ITF ($10K) - Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Hard

Peter too · Tennis legend

Week 10 - ITF ($10K) - Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Hard

Mervatron · Masters Series Champion

Keep up the good work Katie

vohor · Grand Slam Champion

Yep, here's hoping Katie can add to her points tally this week :)
Thankfully she's in the section of the qseed #3 ranked 1024 rather than the top 2 qseeds who presumably just showed up for the sign-in ranked 312 and 419 which would've been unfortunate; saying that, fingers crossed 15 years old Gracheva isn't the next wunderkind!

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Not completely straight-forward....

Q2: BOULTER, Katie (GBR) UNR def. GRACHEVA, Varvara (RUS) WC UNR 7-6(5) 7-5

Peter too · Tennis legend

Q3: BOULTER, Katie (GBR) UNR v BIENKOWSKA, Agata Jadwiga (POL) 3 1024 CH=1012 21/12/15

vohor · Grand Slam Champion

Had a funny feeling that was a potential banana skin; hopefully Q3 will be somewhat easier...

wimdledont · Challenger level

Katie won 6-2, 6-3 and qualifies.

Peter too · Tennis legend

Q3: BOULTER, Katie (GBR) UNR def BIENKOWSKA, Agata Jadwiga (POL) 3 1024 6-2 6-3

R1: DEIGMAN, Laura (GBR) 721 v YASHINA, Ekaterina (RUS) 8 431 CH=376 2012
R1: BOULTER, Katie (GBR) Q UNR v AL NABHANI, Fatma (OMA) 6 380 CH=362 2010

Strongbow · All-time great

Tough draw for both cry

The Optimist · ATP qualifying

Strongbow wrote:
Tough draw for both

Not so sure.....isn't Miss Boulter's opponent the young lady Maia thumped in Glasgow?

Strongbow · All-time great

The Optimist wrote:
Strongbow wrote:
Tough draw for both
Not so sure.....isn't Miss Boulter's opponent the young lady Maia thumped in Glasgow?

True enough, but her ranking and the fact she has 8 10k titles mean that she doesn't get thumped like that very often.

cwej · Lower Club Player

She certainly does in any WTA match she's in!

Grachka · County player

Her titles are mainly in reasonably weak $10Ks...so she's a decent draw for a seed.

indiana · Tennis legend

Strongbow wrote:
The Optimist wrote:
Strongbow wrote:
Tough draw for both
Not so sure.....isn't Miss Boulter's opponent the young lady Maia thumped in Glasgow?
True enough, but her ranking and the fact she has 8 10k titles mean that she doesn't get thumped like that very often.

That Glasgow match, which I sat and watched, was a bit weird. Maia was very consistent, which is all she really needed to be against an on the day long, wide and pretty hapless Al Nabhani. Did look very much less than fully focussed and quite clearly must be able to play much better than that. If she doesn't Katie should thump her too.

Assuming though that she plays much more to her capabilities, it looks a rather tougher but still very winnable match for Katie.

-- Edited by indiana on Tuesday 8th of March 2016 02:27:44 AM

vohor · Grand Slam Champion

Just dubs today for Laura and Katie, playing together.