Week 35 - ITF ($25K) - Barcelona, Spain Clay

Peter too · Tennis legend

Week 35 - ITF ($25K) - Barcelona, Spain Clay

DF · Tennis legend

Worthy Goldman lost in three sets 1-6 6-2 0-6

the addict · Tennis legend

A $25k seems a bit ambitious for someone without any apparent ITF tournament experience, senior or junior.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

the addict wrote:
A $25k seems a bit ambitious for someone without any apparent ITF tournament experience, senior or junior.

Well, I guess the same could be said of her opponent, who won.

Shame though - it's such a great name smile

I think Worthy is applying to US college for 2017 - she's got some real technical problems, though, when you look at her video.

the addict · Tennis legend

True, but her opponent has been trying some $10k's this summer. I will look a little further. Found Worthy in the LTA rankings in the end, at 160, not 63

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

This is her application video, posted in June 2016, for Fall entry of 2017:

www.youtube.com/watch

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Also, I think she might be based in Spain now, at the Bruguera academy, so I wouldn't expect the LTA ranking to be very relevant, and is probably one of the reasons she's playing this tournament.

Her domestic Spanish ranking may well be more useful.

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Saturday 27th of August 2016 01:09:56 PM

the addict · Tennis legend

Ty, interesting watch. A few points for a decent coach to work on there

WD40 · Club Coach

the addict wrote:
True, but her opponent has been trying some $10k's this summer. I will look a little further. Found Worthy in the LTA rankings in the end, at 160, not 63

63 is her National ITF ranking and 160 is her National LTA ranking........they are different things :)

the addict · Tennis legend

WD40 wrote:
the addict wrote:
True, but her opponent has been trying some $10k's this summer. I will look a little further. Found Worthy in the LTA rankings in the end, at 160, not 63
63 is her National ITF ranking and 160 is her National LTA ranking........they are different things :)

Thanks, I found the list eventually tucked away on the LTA website.

Peter too · Tennis legend

R1: CARRERAS, Amanda (GBR) 6 280 v Qualifier

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

R1: Amanda CARRERAS (GBR) [6] 280 v. (Q) Melanie STOKKE (NOR) 419 (CH 402, Nov. 2015)

Into a first set TB. 6-6

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

78 minute set wraps up as Mandy prevails from a tense lengthy TB, 7-6(10)

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

2h 47m in, they'll start the final set! Not sure whoever wins now will be in any shape for much more progress this week!
7-6(10) 5-7

Peter too · Tennis legend

Melanie takes the 2nd set 7-5 after Amanda saves 5 or 6 set points in the last game from 0-40* down. Match time now 2hrs 48mins.