Week 18 - ITF ($75K+H) - Gifu, Japan Hard

Peter too · Tennis legend

Week 18 - ITF ($75K+H) - Gifu, Japan Hard

PaulM · Tennis legend

Over and out 61 76(5)

Had a set point at *5-3 40-30.

Big doubles week needed. Finalist last year.

DF · Tennis legend

Katy+ just lost against the no 1 seeds in the doubles 4-6 6-4 8-10 cry

Kounosuke · Intermediate Club Player

DF wrote:
Katy+ just lost against the no 1 seeds in the doubles 4-6 6-4 8-10

This was in the rare event known as doubles qualifying, the MD is out now. Em+ get a terrible draw in the doubles, Katy's draw not the easiest but looks reasonable for this level.

R1: Na-Lae HAN (KOR) WR 243 (CH 225 in August) vs Katy DUNNE WR 324

R1: Ksenia LYKINA (RUS) & Emily WEBLEY-SMITH CR 330 (171+159) vs [2] Shuko AOYAMA (JPN) & Makoto NINOMIYA (JPN) CR 181 (83+98)

-- Edited by Kounosuke on Wednesday 4th of May 2016 06:57:24 AM

Kounosuke · Intermediate Club Player

R1: Katy DUNNE WR 325 lost to Na-Lae HAN (KOR) WR 242 (CH 225 in August) 6-2 3-6 1-6 cry

R1: Ksenia LYKINA (RUS) & Emily WEBLEY-SMITH CR 330 (171+159) defeated [2] Shuko AOYAMA (JPN) & Makoto NINOMIYA (JPN) CR 181 (83+98) 7-5 6-1 biggrin biggrin biggrin biggrin

QF: Ksenia LYKINA (RUS) & Emily WEBLEY-SMITH CR 330 (171+159) vs Riko SAWAYANAGI (JPN) & Lin ZHU (CHN) CR 413 (220+193)

edit: typo fixed and updated rankings

-- Edited by Kounosuke on Wednesday 4th of May 2016 12:45:05 PM

Etienne · Club Coach

Dunne lost in 3 after a bright start, but EWS+ won well in straight sets.

The Optimist · ATP qualifying

Kounosuke wrote:
R1: Katy DUNNE WR 325 lost to Na-Lae HAN (KOR) WR 242 (CH 225 in August) 6-2 3-6 3-1
-- Edited by Kounosuke on Wednesday 4th of May 2016 06:56:47 AM

Did Katy retire or is the 3-1 final set just a typo?

Etienne · Club Coach

Typo. It was 1-6.

The Optimist · ATP qualifying

Oh, I suppose that's better than a retirement, but possibly not that much better smile

Spectator · All-time great

Well done to Ms W-S and Ms Lykina. Great win.

Peter too · Tennis legend

R1: DUNNE, Katy (GBR) 324 lost to HAN, Na-Lae (KOR) 243 6-2 3-6 1-6

Mervatron · Masters Series Champion

Hmm. Not really been clicking for Katy much recently.

The Optimist · ATP qualifying

Neither Katy nor Harriet have done particularly well since they moved to Goslings. Got a few wins certainly, but largely seem to be treading water. Not sure if Goslings have caused the stagnation or whether they moved there because they thought they were getting stuck and the Goslings' training scheme has failed to re-ignite things.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Based on several small things, all pretty insignificant on their own, but they add up, I haven't been impressed with Gosling, what I've heard and what the results seem to be....

However, it's obviously horses for courses and all that so presumably it works for some....

wimdledont · Challenger level

Em+ are warming up.

Their opponents have played over 6 hours of singles between them earlier today.