Week 16 - ITF ($25K) - Nanning, China Hard

Peter too · Tennis legend

Week 16 - ITF ($25K) - Nanning, China Hard

PaulM · Tennis legend

Em likely to play the Japanese girl she lost to a few weeks ago. If she survives an underranked top 100 junior awaits. Probably needed a bit more help from the draw gods.

Katie in the same section as Tang, who could be tricky. Think she'll be ok though.

WavenNarsam · Lower Club Player

Em is on at 3am with Katie immediately following. Not ideal for any live reports. :P

indiana · Tennis legend

Q2: (q2) Emily Webley-Smith WR 455 vs Kotomi Takahata (JPN) WR 803 (CH 562 25/10/10)
Q2: (q4) Katie Swan WR 466 vs Siyu Chen (CHN) UNR ( Chen said byee to Tang )

-- Edited by indiana on Sunday 17th of April 2016 01:05:34 PM

Mervatron · Masters Series Champion

Here's hoping for a good week for both.

PaulM · Tennis legend

The Tang I was referring to survived in 3

indiana · Tennis legend

Ah yes that looks the rather better Tang

insomniacfolder · Challenger level

Not, sadly, on the streamed courts.
After a very soporific 70 minutes, Emily finally gets a second break point, and a first conversion to, at least, level the second set.
2-6 *3-3

On serve thereafter, until.. a SP for Em at 40-30* in game 10...
But it passed by, and three points later, Takahata-chan levelled it up.
2-6 *5-5

And so, we'll do the TB dance.
It's a good job this is qualifying, as Emily hasn't won a TB in a MD since 2014!
2-6 6-6

*0-0
0-1*
0-2*
*0-3
*1-3
2-3*
2-4*
*3-4
*4-4 yes...
4-5* no....
5-5* yes...
*5-6 no, no, no...
*5-7 Oh no!

Emily loses, 2-6 6-7(5)

Katie up next on this court.

-- Edited by insomniacfolder on Monday 18th of April 2016 04:09:14 AM

PaulM · Tennis legend

Sigh. Pretty much a carbon copy of last time. She's not in a good place.

insomniacfolder · Challenger level

Katie not hanging around.
4-0*

Saved a BP in the final game to close out an otherwise efficient set.
6-2

Nice and efficient
GSM Katie 6-2 6-2

-- Edited by insomniacfolder on Monday 18th of April 2016 05:41:25 AM

insomniacfolder · Challenger level

QR2: Emily WEBLEY-SMITH (GBR) [q2] 479 lost to Kotomi TAKAHATA (JPN) 782 2-6 6-7(5)

QR2: Katie SWAN (GBR) [q4] 461 defeated Siyu CHEN (CHN) UNR 6-2 6-2

FQR: Katie SWAN (GBR) [q4] 461 vs. Hao Chen TANG (CHN) 1137 (CH 371 12/2014 - JCH 12)
Tang is a dangerous ringer, coming back from injury. She was out Mar to Nov of 2015, and the first 3 months of 2016. She thrashed the WR 681 q15 seed, 0&1 in the last round.

Jan · Hall of fame

Thanks ISF

PaulM · Tennis legend

Em and Lykina are top seeds but their opponents contain the highest ranked doubles player in the draw

WavenNarsam · Lower Club Player

Katie is on fire (figuratively of course). A complete domination to take the first set 6-0.

Some key points about that first set:

Katie won the first two points in every game, putting Tang under pressure and also not giving much of a look in.
Katie only missed three first serves, two of which were in the final game.
Tang only had one game point in the entire set.

-- Edited by WavenNarsam on Tuesday 19th of April 2016 03:39:53 AM

WavenNarsam · Lower Club Player

Katie wins 6-0 6-2

It was such a bizarre start to the second set. Katie breaks to love, proceeds to lose the next seven points, then win the next eight. After that, it was normal service really. Katie on top throughout and deserving the big margin of victory.

It took Tang seven service games to hold, so a poor day at the office for her. Katie was ruthless and gets that single ranking point, which is nice isn't it.