Week 17 - WTA International ($250K) - Rabat, Morocco - Clay

tony_orient · ATP qualifying

Week 17 - WTA International ($250K) - Rabat, Morocco - Clay

insomniacfolder · Challenger level

tony_orient wrote:
Does anyone know who the last British Woman was to win a tour level match in Africa? I haven't found one, though I don't have an efficient way of searching!

The last person to win one was the last person to play one, well, in singes, anyway*.

Annie K played the Moroccan tournament in 2010, when it was held in Fes.
She beat Julie Coin in R1, 6-3 0-6 6-4, and Carla Suarez Navarro in R2, 5-6 RET, before losing to Alizé Cornet in the QF, 5-7 2-6
She also made QF of the doubles with Jarmila Gajdosova/Groth/Gajdosova/Wolfe.

*Strictly speaking, the last Brits to play a tour level match in Africa were Joss & Anna last year in Marrakech, but they lost in the first round of the doubles.

Edit: minor changes for clarity

-- Edited by insomniacfolder on Tuesday 26th of April 2016 10:58:30 PM

tony_orient · ATP qualifying

insomniacfolder wrote:
tony_orient wrote:
Does anyone know who the last British Woman was to win a tour level match in Africa? I haven't found one, though I don't have an efficient way of searching!
The last person to win one was the last person to play one, well, in singes, anyway*.
Annie K played the Moroccan tournament in 2010, when it was held in Fes.
She beat Julie Coin in R1, 6-3 0-6 6-4, and Carla Suarez Navarro in R2, 5-6 RET, before losing to Alizé Cornet in the QF, 5-7 2-6
She also made QF of the doubles with Jarmila Gajdosova/Groth/Gajdosova/Wolfe.

*Strictly speaking, the last Brits to play a tour level match in Africa were Joss & Anna last year in Marrakech, but they lost in the first round of the doubles.
Edit: minor changes for clarity

-- Edited by insomniacfolder on Tuesday 26th of April 2016 10:58:30 PM

Thanks - typically I checked pretty much all of the likely candidates except Anne!

insomniacfolder · Challenger level

Bacsinszky finally labours past Kozlova, so this is your Laura alarm.

insomniacfolder · Challenger level

And... play!
Best of luck.

Grachka · County player

After ceding a break from 40-0 up, Laura is struggling to get into gear now.

Laura Robson GBR *1-4 [5] Timea Babos HUN

kundalini · Specialist Reporter + Intermediate Club Player

Could have been a break up, instead a break down. Failed to attack the net when in control on bp then went to pieces from 40-0 to lose her serve. *1-4

insomniacfolder · Challenger level

Agreed. Failed to break at 1-1* 40-15*, and next game failed to hold from *40-0. She was striking the ball quite nicely until that point.

kundalini · Specialist Reporter + Intermediate Club Player

Laura's got no confidence at all. Long discussion at the end of the set.

Jan · Hall of fame

Pep talk from her coach - hope it's been useful.

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Not really useful.. He should have concentrated more on relaxing her instead of 'getting on her case'. A bit of humour or more 'warmth' of manner would have helped much more.

Kounosuke · Intermediate Club Player

Laura gets a break shortly after being broken, this 2nd set should be more competitive.

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Poor Laura she's so locked up now it must feel horrible.

Hopefully she'll get a bit of luck that will relax her so she can play more freely.

-- Edited by Julia Carrot on Wednesday 27th of April 2016 04:33:46 PM

kundalini · Specialist Reporter + Intermediate Club Player

Julia Carrot wrote:
Not really useful.. He should have concentrated more on relaxing her instead of 'getting on her case'. A bit of humour or more 'warmth' of manner would have helped much more.

Agree. You only had to look at her face or hear the sound of her voice to realise how depressed she was.

philwrig · Hall of fame

Commentator also mentioned that Laura was shaking her wrist, fair to say it's difficult to see any positives coming out of that match.