Boys & Girls: 57° Trofeo Bonfiglio, Italy, clay - Grade A (Week 20)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Boys & Girls: 57° Trofeo Bonfiglio, Italy, clay - Grade A (Week 20)

Deano13 · Social player

Katie is still on the entry list for Eastbourne 50k week beginning 30th May the same week as RG juniors - does anyone think she may choose to play here over RG juniors?

paulisi · Tennis legend

Katie is still entered in both. I'd expect her to play RG juniors.

Doubles isn't going great either. Alexis is struggling in his match and Katie and Emily are 5-3 down in the opener

vohor · Grand Slam Champion

Clay doesn't seem to suit Katie's game; personally, I'd like to see her choose Eastbourne over RG juniors

wimdledont · Challenger level

The girls squeaked through 10-8 in the MTB.

I'd like to see Katie playing more doubles on clay, as neither seems to suit her game. What doesn't kill her will make her stronger.

paulisi · Tennis legend

Katie got to a Grade A final on clay, so cannot be that bad on the surface.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

paulisi wrote:
Katie got to a Grade A final on clay, so cannot be that bad on the surface.

Exactly.

It seems far more likely that she simply isn't playing very well at the moment.

Which is hardly a major problem.

Constantly switching between adult and junior is not easy, both mentally and in terms of style of game. But she's not the only one doing it either, of course.

wimdledont · Challenger level

A Grade A singles final, and two Grade A doubles finals. But I don't thibk she sees it as a good surface for her, she's never entered a women's tournament on clay, and her doubles results in juniors have generally lagged her singles. Better, in my view, if she hones her skill set now, rather than in a crucial away Fed Cup tie in a few years time.

Both girls have 62.5 points to replace a 20; which in K's case would have been a replacement for 150 points gained here last year.

paulisi · Tennis legend

A few of the top girls from last year are due to drop down the rankings shortly after good result here last year and at the French, so chances for Katie, Emily and Jodie to climb even further up the rankings.

paulisi · Tennis legend

Jay has lost his doubles in a MTB
Ryan has lost his first set.

paulisi · Tennis legend

Ryan also lost in a MTB

WavenNarsam · Lower Club Player

Looks like a lot of the play today could be done indoors if this first match on the livescores is anything to go by.

wimdledont · Challenger level

Emily+Katie won again 6-3, 3-6, 10-5 and into a SF against the 1seeds...

Up to 100/4 points, a net gain of 80/4 for Emily, a net loss of 50/4 for Katie, so far...

philwrig · Hall of fame

I've also seen a recent picture of Katie with her right shoulder strapped, so that could be a niggle that's holding her back from her peak form.

vohor · Grand Slam Champion

It seemed to me in the match I saw last week that Katie's "winners" were coming back by reason of the slowness of the court, often more than once in a rally, and she was in danger of putting her shoulder out by going for too much too often. Short sharp rallies seem more of her forte (albeit, I acknowledge, she has clearly had some decent tournaments on clay). Glad to see Emily and Katie are through to the dubs QFs :D