Week 30 - ITF($50,000) - Kentucky Bank Tennis Ch., Lexington, KY (USA) - Hard

DF · Tennis legend

RE: Week 30 - ITF($50,000) - Kentucky Bank Tennis Ch., Lexington, KY (USA) - Hard

PaulM · Tennis legend

Well done Katy

murrayman650 · ATP level

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6-4

GSM Dunne 6-4 6-4

tony_orient · ATP qualifying

Solid win for Katy. Laura's defeat today a lot more understandable and expected than her struggles in the earlier rounds - she can't keep on giving away double figures in double faults though.

the addict · Tennis legend

It is pretty much the result I was expecting, good win for Katy. But Laura's first serve percentage was a lot better, although the second serve was still poor - only won 6 points out of 21.

philwrig · Hall of fame

Straightforward, and hopefully a launch pad for Katy this week, as for Laura, watched her doubles last night, and she's lost so much mph on all her shots, but at least she's had a lot of court time this week. You do wonder how much longer Laura can carry on playing at this standard, without making a big decision.

jb288 · Satellite level

It's a psychological thing isn't it... If she continues like this week, she's playing the same kind of standard Tara and Naomi have played for most of their careers - it's whether she's willing to wait around for the big break like they have done after years of slogging away. I think it will take a lot more to deter her than this. We'll see :)

Peter too · Tennis legend

R1: DUNNE, Katy (GBR) LL 299 def ROBSON, Laura (GBR) LL 286 6-4 6-4
R1: WEBLEY-SMITH, Emily (GBR) LL 549 lost to ROGOWSKA, Olivia (AUS) Q 452 4-6 6-3 3-6

R2: DUNNE, Katy (GBR) LL 299 v KUWATA, Hiroko (JPN) 5 154 CH=150 9/5/16

indiana · Tennis legend

jb288 wrote:
It's a psychological thing isn't it... If she continues like this week, she's playing the same kind of standard Tara and Naomi have played for most of their careers - it's whether she's willing to wait around for the big break like they have done after years of slogging away. I think it will take a lot more to deter her than this. We'll see :)

Thing is I wouldn't think Laura would see it as a particularly big break to improve to be a top 200 player or maybe even top 100 player, real progress even as it would be. She will ultimately want more.

However, still in spite of everything, I am with you in that for some reason I don't see her going away anytime soon.

wimdledont · Challenger level

Laura should certainly carry on at this level and in 25ks - she'll be MD seeded next week. Competitive today, and more competitive v Bai in FQR than Oudin managed today in R1. She's had a reasonable week; and involved in competitive tennis matches for the first time since her comeback - most of her SR WTA matches were non-contests.

She's played 4 singles matches here - which was taking her a couple of months earlier in the year; and many of her current problems can only improve if she gets in a lot of court-time. She has 10x the YTD prizemoney of other competitors here to underwrite a sojourn at the lower levels, and invest in her tennis-playing career.

Spectator · All-time great

Agree that this has been a good week for her re-development. Well done, and keep on slogging. She has the gifts: it's getting matchplay and self-belief back.

Kounosuke · Intermediate Club Player

QF: An-Sophie MESTACH (BEL) [1] & Maria SANCHEZ (USA) [1] CR 140 (81+59) vs Mana AYUKAWA (JPN) & Katy DUNNE CR 607 (246+361)

QF: Riko SAWAYANAGI (JPN) [4] & Emily WEBLEY-SMITH [4] CR 402 (238+164) vs Sophie CHANG (USA) & Alexandra MUELLER (USA) CR 832 (249+583)

vohor · Grand Slam Champion

Well done Katy :D
And yes good matchcourt time for Laura this week to hopefully hold her in good stead for next week :)

Another very decent effort by Em for whom it's also been a useful week on the singles front.
With more to come in the dubs hopefully :)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Looks like Mike C knew what he was talking about....

Pleased for Katy.- I make that to be her second biggest pointing event of the year.

And, as people have said, looked at coolly and rationally, that's Laura's best week for a while - good, competitive scores; two wins; near misses. Whether she'll see it that way is another question, however.

vohor · Grand Slam Champion

All being well Mandy, Laura and Katy all being so close to each other in the rankings will act as a spur for all 3 in the "race" to be GB #5 :)