Week 11 - ITF ($25K+H) - Irapuato, Mexico - Hard

DF · Tennis legend

RE: Week 11 - ITF ($25K+H) - Irapuato, Mexico - Hard

Grachka · County player

First set sealed.

Q Carol Zhao CAN 2-6 *0-0 Katie Swan GBR

paulisi · Tennis legend

Gabi draw has opened up with the seed being replaced by a LL(Harmony Tan) - could be a re-match

Grachka · County player

And Tan is down 2-6 0-1* to a Mexican wildcard (Zarazua)

Q Carol Zhao CAN 2-6 *2-0 Katie Swan GBR

tony_orient · ATP qualifying

Katie gets her first break of the second set as Zhao was serving for it - 6-2 *4-5

Peter too · Tennis legend

R1: TAYLOR, Gabriella (GBR) Q 661 def KINGSLEY, raven (USA) Q 348 7-6(4) 7-6(5)
R1: SWAN, Katie (GBR) JE 513 de ZHAO, Carol (CAN) Q 326 6-2 7-6(2)

R2: TAYLOR, Gabriella (GBR) Q 661 v
R2: SWAN, Katie (GBR) JE 513 v HESSE, Amandine (FRA) 4 160 CH=157 19/10/15

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Well played, Katie - nice one !

tony_orient · ATP qualifying

Good win for Katie as she saves set points at 4-5 then dominates the tie-break. Will be a tougher challenge in R2.

WavenNarsam · Lower Club Player

Very commendable for Katie to take that second set and come back after a disastrous start. Despite the dominant tie-break, she won three fewer points than her opponent so she needed to grind it out and hang in there and wait for the opportunity. Just one more win saves all but one of the points won from her first ITF title last season as well. The French player looks an intimidating prospect but her record this season hasn't been particularly amazing. Only made the QF of a draw once this year, but that was at a 50k.

Great win for Gabi as well earlier and by the sounds of it, a good chance to take advantage of a dwindling difficulty half of the draw.

-- Edited by WavenNarsam on Wednesday 16th of March 2016 12:09:44 AM

WavenNarsam · Lower Club Player

Gabi and partner are 2-0 down already in the doubles.

insomniacfolder · Challenger level

Mexico continues to favour our ladies in the ITF, as it did on the WTA.
Two good wins today against very talented opposition, both dispatched with impressive efficiency.

Good test for Katie next, perhaps Coup Droit - vastly better informed generally, but doubly so about the French contingent - will disagree, but I find that Hesse despite high potential, has a game that can lack focus sometimes, and subsequently blows hot and cold. The hot is quite hot though.
Gabi today earned the seemingly good break in the form of the local wildcard for the next round.

insomniacfolder · Challenger level

WavenNarsam wrote:
Gabi and partner are 2-0 down already in the doubles.

But, recovered to take that first set. Currently, 6-3 *1-1

Taken into the MTB, 6-3 4-6

Which they duly win An even better day for Gabi, and makes up a little to her partner, for having knocked her out in qualifying!

R1: Taylor/Pribylova (GBR/RUS) defeated Flores/Urbina (MEX/MEX) 6-3 4-6 [10-7]
QF: Taylor/Pribylova (GBR/RUS) vs. Khromacheva/Lykina (RUS/RUS) [2]

-- Edited by insomniacfolder on Wednesday 16th of March 2016 01:52:22 AM

Oakland2002 · All-time great

Good result for Katie, particularly to win in two by playing every point in the second set and letting a poor start go. Psychologically easy to talk about doing, challenging to do and the sort of resilience that will allow her to be competitive against players ranked outside the top 80. Hesse took three sets to beat Zhao last week.

-- Edited by Oakland2002 on Wednesday 16th of March 2016 09:15:18 AM

paulisi · Tennis legend

I've not seen Hesse for a while, but Katie will have a decent chance.

paulisi · Tennis legend

Gabi has the Mexican youngster next

As it is a 25+H, it is 6pts for a first round win. Gabi also gets two points for qualifying.

Katie breaks into the top 500 alongside Laura R with Gabi and Lisa next in line.

-- Edited by paulisi on Wednesday 16th of March 2016 03:40:37 PM