Week 25 - ITF ($10K) - Cantanhede, Portugal Carpet

Strongbow · All-time great

RE: Week 25 - ITF ($10K) - Cantanhede, Portugal Carpet

paulisi · Tennis legend

Good win over Miss moody.

Peter too · Tennis legend

R2: SILVA, Eden (GBR) Q 1250 def MARTINEZ MARTINEZ, Maria (ESAP) 8 776 3-6 6-4 7-6(4)
R2: GREY, Sarah Beth (GBR) 927 def EKLUND, Mia Nicole (FIN) 928 6-3 6-3

QF: SILVA, Eden (GBR) Q 1250 v BOSIO, Victoria (ARG) 1 452 CH=342 23/3/15
QF: GREY, Sarah Beth (GBR) 927 v VALE COSTA, Joana (POR) 881 CH=782 2013

paulisi · Tennis legend

Winner play each other - Beth's match looks winnable

The Optimist · ATP qualifying

Joanna VC plays #1 at LSU and has a strong college record....

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Eden has lost the first set 5-7 against the top seed.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Eden lost 7-5 6-1

BUT (and shame about the retirement but it was at the end of the first set after all)

Beth wins through to the semifinal !!!

QF: SILVA, Eden (GBR) Q 1250 lost to BOSIO, Victoria (ARG) 1 452 7-5 6-1

QF: GREY, Sarah Beth (GBR) 927 def. VALE COSTA, Joana (POR) 881 7-5 retired

AND two of the Irish girls made it through to the semis too - including the real youngster from Sutton. Well done, them. (And will play each other so have a guaranteed finalist)

Strongbow · All-time great

Some very handy points for Sarah Beth. Two retirements in the QFs ???

Peter too · Tennis legend

SF: GREY, Sarah Beth (GBR) 927 v BOSIO, Victoria (ARG) 1 452

PockyTastic · Futures level

Shame for Eden, but she's slowly getting some more wins which is positive at this early stage of a come back.

Yay for Sarah Beth, yes her opponent retired but it's good to see her going deeper in events. Just spotted on her ITF page that she's ambidextrous and plays with a doubled handed forehand! I had no idea about this having never seen her play.

paulisi · Tennis legend

Strongbow wrote:
Some very handy points for Sarah Beth. Two retirements in the QFs ???

there was a tweet from Soto earlier in the week saying it was 40 degrees, so I expect heat was the issue

paulisi · Tennis legend

PockyTastic wrote:
Shame for Eden, but she's slowly getting some more wins which is positive at this early stage of a come back.

Yay for Sarah Beth, yes her opponent retired but it's good to see her going deeper in events. Just spotted on her ITF page that she's ambidextrous and plays with a doubled handed forehand! I had no idea about this having never seen her play.

I've seen her a couple of times and I don't think she had an unconventional style i.e a double handed forehand

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Beth ?

No, definitely a normal forehand.

Powerful legs and core. Correct technique.

Used to play way too centrally and one-dimensional.

Now is more aggressive and fitter - takes the ball a little earlier, goes for the lines a bit more, moves the ball about a bit more. Not trail-blazing but all going the right way.

PockyTastic · Futures level

Ok, thanks for clearing that up guys smile

Clearly something has gone a bit weird on her ITF page: www.itftennis.com/procircuit/players/player/profile.aspx

Unless it's a ruse to confuse the strategy of her opponents who have never played her?? Weird.

-- Edited by PockyTastic on Friday 24th of June 2016 02:01:33 PM

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Decent effort (although lots of doubles faults from Beth today):

SF: GREY, Sarah Beth (GBR) WR 927 lost to BOSIO, Victoria (ARG) (1) WR 452 6-3 6-4