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Post Info TOPIC: Week 12 - ITF ($25K) - Canberra, Australia Clay


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Week 12 - ITF ($25K) - Canberra, Australia Clay


Q1: WHYBOURN, Lisa (GBR) 749 v CVETICANIN, Aleksa (AUS) UNR 16yo JCH=265 



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Hopefully Lisa will prove to be top dog in that encounter....

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She has to get past Bains and Konig to qualify which is a bit tougher than the last few weeks.

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paulisi wrote:

She has to get past Bains and Konig to qualify which is a bit tougher than the last few weeks.


 

Yes, though Lisa trounced Bains two weeks ago, and beat Konig in three sets a month ago.

 



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Lisa won 6-0 6-2

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Ms Whybourn is doing brilliantly well, but her schedule does feel relentless with all the qualifying. Good luck to her, and hope that she can soon get to the point where she has a few more days off.

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This is her last week in Aus.I'm sure she will have a break, but I wonder what her plans will be. A trip to Egypt to pick up some easy points and then back on 25k qualifying?

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That sounds like a reasonable schedule to me. Followed by the grass season where by then she'll hopefully be back in the 300's.

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I think it's worked out very well.

After all, you have to make the final of a 10k to get 6 points, which is what she made from winning one round in the 25k.

So she's played the same number of matches either way (whether 25k qualis + one match, or 10k 4 rounds to the final)

So, in many ways, the easy points are not so easy.

But at least she'll be seeded now for 10ks so it would make far more sense, if she wanted to.

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I think both points are valid.
It has been a very long block of back to back tournaments. This will be her seventh consecutive week.
She's played 25 matches so far, 20 singles, 5 doubles - in a way she's lucky she hasn't won any doubles matches at all yet on this trip!
Not including the 10,700 mile, 25 hour journey out, there's also a lot of travelling despite events doubling in some locations for a second week.
It's probably about 3,800 miles of travelling within Australia
[Launceston to Perth: 1,800 miles, 6 hours (direct flight); Perth to Port Pirie: 1,300 miles, 5 hours (direct flight); Port Pirie to Mildura: 300 miles, 5 hours (overland); Mildura to Canberra: 400 miles, 3 hours (direct flight)]
That all adds up to a heavy toll, from any angle.

However, its not as though ladies plying their trade on the ITF are currently spoiled for choice; which applies doubly so if you are looking to a level above $10K.
So, this arduous schedule is probably a worthwhile investment given the alternatives - South/Central America, as with Tara, or scratch around in various European $10K's.
I'd expect, and hope, a good rest is in order after next week! Maybe at least 3 or 4 weeks.

There's a good sequence of $25K, and higher, European events starting on 25th April, with a choice between Germany or Switzerland, which all leads quite nicely to to the Eastbourne $50K at the end of May.
This could be the next target for someone of Lisa's talent, ranking and ambition.

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Q1: WHYBOURN, Lisa (GBR) 749 def CVETICANIN, Aleksa (AUS) UNR 6-0 6-2

Q2: WHYBOURN, Lisa (GBR) 749 v BAINS, Naiktha (AUS) 9 557 CH=553 8/2/16 18yo JCH=17
H2H 1-0
Mildura 2016 6-4 6-1

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Tougher this time but Whybourn wins in 3.

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Yep, battling 5-7, 7-5, 6-3 win; 4th qseed Konig AUT ranked 448 in FQR.
Keep going Lisa :)

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So nice to read these tweets

lisa whybourn @lisawhybourn 7h7 hours ago Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

"3 hrs 40 later finally got the win 5.7 7.5 6.3, special shout of to @katydunne for sitting there the whole time and supporting me."



lisa whybourn @lisawhybourn 7h7 hours ago Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

"Makes the absolute world of difference when you are travelling on your own and on week 8 tournament in a row!! Top gal @katydunne"



dunne_katy @katydunne 7h7 hours ago

@lisawhybourn anytime


dunne_katy @katydunne 9h9 hours ago

"8th tourny for @lisawhybourn lost the 1st in 1hr15, no1 watching and she's still putting everything out there. That is not easy. #respect


dunne_katy @katydunne 9h9 hours ago

"@lisawhybourn creaming a forehand to go 3-3 in the 2nd 2hrs down, more to go... #fight"
dunne_katy @katydunne 8h8 hours ago



2hrs40 set all!!!!! I need the loo&food.







-- Edited by Coup Droit on Sunday 20th of March 2016 10:04:12 AM

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Q2: WHYBOURN, Lisa (GBR) 749 def BAINS, Naiktha (AUS) 9 557 5-7 7-5 6-3

Q3: WHYBOURN, Lisa (GBR) 749 v KONIG, Pia (AUT) 4 448 CH=306 21/9/15
H2H 1-0
Perth 2016 2-6 6-1 6-2



-- Edited by Peter too on Sunday 20th of March 2016 12:52:38 PM

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