Week 36 - ITF ($10K) - Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal Hard

Etienne · Club Coach

Week 36 - ITF ($10K) - Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal Hard

indiana · Tennis legend

Eleanor ( and Alicia and Lisa ) are in the quarter of the top seed ( the first seed they are due to meet is #8 ). As I suggested the draw was the danger of being so positive about at least a SF for Eleanor, though to be fair on rankings here that top seed doesn't really stand out.

The top seed is 'only' WR 650 ( and indeed as the addict pointed out there is not very much in ranking terms among the top 4 seeds ) and from what Eleanor has shown already on the British Tour ( apart from her past ) that looks within her compass. Will be interesting if it is a QF clash.

-- Edited by indiana on Sunday 4th of September 2016 02:52:02 PM

the addict · Tennis legend

Well that is a really disappointing draw. Three girls in the same section, and not good for the others either.

But it does look promising for Ellie nevertheless

-- Edited by the addict on Sunday 4th of September 2016 03:02:13 PM

Peter too · Tennis legend

Q1: BARNETT, Alicia (GBR) UNR def GARNACHO, Djasmine (POR) UNR 6-0 6-0
Q1: DEAN, Eleanor (GBR) UNR v Bye

R1: BARNETT, Alicia (GBR) Q UNR v DEAN, Eleanor (GBR) Q UNR
R1: PHILLIPS, Lisa (GBR) UNR v GUTIERREZ CARRASCO, Maria (ESP) 949 CH=848 20/6/168, 18yo JCH=212
R1: HURST, Emma (GBR) 1042 v MARTINEZ, Mikaela (USA) Q UNR
R1: DREW, Jazzamay (GBR) 979 v MURTA, Ines (POR) 2 688 CH=676 15/8/16

the addict · Tennis legend

BTW, the following week's entry list (on the ITF website) is almost identical, not surprisingly

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

In the only pro match for a Brit lady today, Emma lost out in doubles.
R1: Hurst/Santos (GBR/POR) lost to Carillo Marin/Gutierrez Carrasco (ESP/ESP) 4-6 2-6

Peter too · Tennis legend

Q1: BARNETT, Alicia (GBR) UNR def GARNACHO, Djasmine (POR) UNR 6-0 6-0
Q1: DEAN, Eleanor (GBR) UNR v Bye

R1: BARNETT, Alicia (GBR) Q UNR v DEAN, Eleanor (GBR) Q UNR
R1: PHILLIPS, Lisa (GBR) UNR v GUTIERREZ CARRASCO, Maria (ESP) 949 CH=848 20/6/168 18yo JCH=212
R1: HURST, Emma (GBR) 1042 v MARTINEZ, Mikaela (USA) Q UNR
R1: DREW, Jazzamay (GBR) 979 v MURTA, Ines (POR) 2 688 CH=676 15/8/16

Emma is *5-0

paulisi · Tennis legend

Is Alicia giving the tour a proper go? She was a US college student I believe.

Next few weeks should see some of the girls with no ranking or a minimal ranking push on with weakish draws and domestic 10K's coming up.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Emma is 6-0 2-0 up.....

the addict · Tennis legend

Emma 6-0 2-0*

I believe Alicia is giving it a go, certainly signing up for a few tournaments right now, but might not quite get into qualies at Nottingham. She has a really tough draw here though, and I would be surprised if she gets any change from Eleanor (I saw both these two play at Sutton recently)

the addict · Tennis legend

R1: HURST, Emma (GBR) 1042 def MARTINEZ, Mikaela (USA) Q UNR 6-0 6-1

The Optimist · ATP qualifying

paulisi wrote:
Is Alicia giving the tour a proper go? She was a US college student I believe.

Next few weeks should see some of the girls with no ranking or a minimal ranking push on with weakish draws and domestic 10K's coming up.

This article from the local paper covering Northwestern sports gives a round up of Alicia's college career, some personal insights and at the end states her intention to go for professional tennis

http://dailynorthwestern.com/2016/05/05/sports/curtain-call-alicia-barnett-finds-lifes-escape-in-tennis/

the addict · Tennis legend

R1: DREW, Jazzamay (GBR) 979 def MURTA, Ines (POR) 2 688 CH=676 15/8/16 6-2 6-3
Nice win :)

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Whenever Murta has played a Brit, it's always been the better ranked player that has lost. The only time the Portuguese has won is when she beat Mirabelle, who had a superior ranking at the time. She has suffered ranking reverses, though, to Harriet, Laura S. and now Jazz

the addict · Tennis legend

The Optimist wrote:
paulisi wrote:
Is Alicia giving the tour a proper go? She was a US college student I believe.

Next few weeks should see some of the girls with no ranking or a minimal ranking push on with weakish draws and domestic 10K's coming up.
This article from the local paper covering Northwestern sports gives a round up of Alicia's college career, some personal insights and at the end states her intention to go for professional tennis
http://dailynorthwestern.com/2016/05/05/sports/curtain-call-alicia-barnett-finds-lifes-escape-in-tennis/

Interesting article, confirms what we thought. Alicia is currently 16th alt for Nottingham, but the list is still changing, even though the withdrawal deadline has passed.