Week 13 - ITF ($50K) - Croissy-Beaubourg, France Hard

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Week 13 - ITF ($50K) - Croissy-Beaubourg, France Hard

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Freya plays the Greek girl who won the battle of possibly the longest combined surname match in history: Andrianjafitrimo vs. Grammatikopoulou
Imagine commentating on the rallies in that one!

Oakland2002 · All-time great

DF · Tennis legend

Tara has started on her match. Hope she follows Freya's lead! smile

Started well. 2-0

DF · Tennis legend

Tara takes the first set 6-2

DF · Tennis legend

Match now level at one set each. GL Tara in the final set. Can her serve hold up?

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

I guess it went without saying that Tara would double-fault on her first MP.

However, her opponent had double-faulted on BP of the previous game.

And, frankly, their serve stats are identical.

So, was 5-1. Broken.

Tara now receiving for the match at 5-2

DF · Tennis legend

Tara wins 6-2 4-6 6-2

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Which is always easier

Tara wins 6-2 in the third.

Brilliant day for the girls in France !

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Good job Tara!

A further strengthening of the shoots of her gradual recovery.

insomniacfolder · Challenger level

Très Bien en Croissy!
Q1: Tara MOORE (GBR) 315 defeated Isabella SHINIKOVA (BUL) [q2] 242 6-2 4-6 6-2

Q1: Freya CHRISTIE (GBR) 376 defeated Aryna SABALENKA (BLR) [q4] 255 6-4 6-4

Q2: Tara MOORE (GBR) 315 vs. (WC) Manon LEONARD (FRA) UNR (=CH 15 yo, JCH 756 03/2016 - over to CD for a report

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Q2: Freya CHRISTIE (GBR) 376 vs. Valentini GRAMMATIKOPOULOU (GRE) 337 (=CH 19yo, JCH 190 03/2013)

indiana · Tennis legend

Very good

We need girls to break at least into the top 300 for starters and Tara and Freya can do that and are top 200 capable. Well Tara has been there already.

Freya is defending 2 points this week then nothing further until 2 points in August and really nothing particularly consequential until September.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

For you, ISF

Manon is most certainly someone I've never heard of - she's only 15, ranked -2/6 (which is OK - roughly the level of some of our better, but not best, juniors), and has a pretty average results sheet (4 wins above her ranking, 26 wins in total, 11 losses, but nothing that stands out).

It's her first win in adults and obviously a huge one, putting out the WR 344 Slovak, and not surprisingly, there's a nice little write-up about her win today,

www.leparisien.fr/sports/iledefrance/tennis-manon-leonard-premiere-sensation-de-l-engie-open-de-seine-et-marne-26-03-2016-5663297.php

But it certainly looks a pretty flukey win.

Tara should restore order....

Mervatron · Masters Series Champion

Good win from Freya there.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Freya off to a slow start.....