Week 23 - WTA International ($250K) - Nottingham, UK - Grass

DF · Tennis legend

Week 23 - WTA International ($250K) - Nottingham, UK - Grass

DF · Tennis legend

She wins ! smile

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Wow!

Wonderful efforts from Katie & Tara.
Shame it's only for +4 points, as both seem more worthy results than that, but, in with a shot at the main draw.

Well done ladies!

wimdledont · Challenger level

She won 7-5, 7-6(5). Should now move up to around WR600, and GB14.

Very good day, with both lasses through to FQR.

Katie plays the top qualies seed, but she's Chinese, and there are now hordes of Chinese who have very flattering rankings, which don't hold up that well when they're playing away from valuable ITFs in China with 90% local fields.

Tara v Aoyama.

Mervatron · Masters Series Champion

Great stuff Katie. Stayed strong after the collapse from 5-2 up.

Tough FQR matches but winnable for both.

wimdledont · Challenger level

In addition to Tara and Katie, Jo and Freya ares scheduled to play tomorrow

indiana · Tennis legend

Mervatron wrote:
Katie DF's to hand the break back

7-5 5-5

Could be all over now.

Great to see another brit who can get into a winning position and then let it go.

I'm really not sure British payers have any particular relative propensity for that, and they're also probably I reckon relatively as good at finally getting it won or turning it round. So not unusual, particularly in the general women's game. British supporters though may have a relative propensity for thinking otherwise.

Well done, Tara and Katie

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Q2: (WC) Katie BOULTER (GBR) 741 defeated Olga SAVCHUK (UKR) 213 7-5 7-6(5)

Q2: (WC) Tara MOORE (GBR) 314 defeated Alla KUDRYAVTSEVA (RUS) [Q6] 151 4-6 6-0 6-3

FQ: (WC) Katie BOULTER (GBR) 741 v. Kai-Lin ZHANG (CHN) [Q1] 117 (= CH)
FQ: (WC) Tara MOORE (GBR) 314 v. Shuko AOYAMA (JPN) 246 (CH 182 Feb. 2015)
H2H 0-1 - 2012 Noto $25K Japan, Grass, Aoyama by 6-1 6-7(7) 6-2

philwrig · Hall of fame

Katie got mighty tight at the end of that match, but great to see her get over the line. She really does have game, but just got to find more consistency.

philwrig · Hall of fame

DF wrote:
I thought that Phil had announced that Naomi and Heather were teaming up over the grass season? It didn't last long!!!

I did, Naomi told me last week, I'm just assuming Hev only wanted to play singles this week.

philwrig · Hall of fame

Hev's mum looks like she's on coaching duties this week, and isn't a bad tennis player herself.

DF · Tennis legend

and no room for Tara and Connie

Kounosuke · Intermediate Club Player

DF wrote:
and no room for Tara and Connie

The last DA to the doubles main draw (as shown on the WTA dawsheet) was DAVIS/McHALE - 306, who have the same combined ranking as Tara and Connie (157+149), so I looked at the WTA rulebook for the tiebreaker, which says

Entry cutoffs and seeding will be determined by the highest combined ranking of the teams entered. If teams are tied, the tie-break procedure will be in the following order:

(a) Team with the greatest combined total points;

Davis and McHale have 333+683=1016 points, more than Tara and Connie with 444+473=917

indiana · Tennis legend

Kounosuke wrote:
DF wrote:
and no room for Tara and Connie
The last DA to the doubles main draw (as shown on the WTA dawsheet) was DAVIS/McHALE - 306, who have the same combined ranking as Tara and Connie (157+149), so I looked at the WTA rulebook for the tiebreaker, which says

Entry cutoffs and seeding will be determined by the highest combined ranking of the teams entered. If teams are tied, the tie-break procedure will be in the following order:
(a) Team with the greatest combined total points;
Davis and McHale have 333+683=1016 points, more than Tara and Connie with 444+473=917

Bah, I guessed that Taco had been edged out but didn't imagine sooo close Great that Tara has though already compensated by doing so well in singes, pity for Conny.

I really do hope that such a close miss doesn't adversely effect the chances of seeing Taco at Wimbledon. Say another 60 points for a R1 win wouldn't have done any harm

-- Edited by indiana on Sunday 5th of June 2016 06:46:33 PM

LordBrownof · Futures level

Zhang has almost exclusively played in east this year, and although she did win two rounds of qualies at the AO, nothing in her results suggests Katie doesn't have a chance here.