Week 36 - WTA ($125K) - Dalian, China - Hard

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Week 36 - WTA ($125K) - Dalian, China - Hard

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

QR1: Emily WEBLEY-SMITH (GBR) 483 lost to Aleksandrina NAYDENOVA (BUL) [q5] 257 2-6 1-6

Kounosuke · Intermediate Club Player

I presume the plan was to play doubles with Nao here, but she's still in the USO Doubles despite Hev's best efforts.

PaulM · Tennis legend

Thought she'd win a few more games than that

Oh, she was serving at 30%. That might explain that. Never mind! She only snuck into singles at the last minute when those still active in New York were automatically pulled out at the sign in deadline. So even though she qualified here last year the $400 she's picked up feels more like a bonus.

Wonder who she will play doubles with.

-- Edited by PaulM on Sunday 4th of September 2016 12:42:58 PM

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Winners of Jossanna's match might meet the top seeds in the second round. Emily faces her singles conqueror again, and has found a good substitute for Nao.

R1: Jocelyn RAE/Anna SMITH (GBR/GBR) 220 v. Nicha LERTPITAKSINCHAI/Jessy ROMPIES (THA/INA) 566
R1: Emily WEBLEY-SMITH/Chin-Wei CHAN (GBR/TPE) 302 v. Jessica MOORE/Aleksandra NAYDENOVA (AUS/BUL) 205

Peter too · Tennis legend

Both pairs are playing 3rd after a 1pm start, so around 9am (UK time) tomorrow.

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Emily's match has started, and, in a bonus for Emily fans, there is a stream available. *1-0

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Emily/Chin Wei 5-5*
Jossanna couldn't recover from a 0-3 start in set 1, 3-6

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

First set secure for Emily/Chin-Wei, 7-6(2)
Jossanna 3-6 2-1*

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Naydenova, then Moore, argued a point with the umpire for 5 minutes at *40-40 on Emily's serve, and after the delay Emily DF to be broken, but they shook it off and broke right back, 7-6(2) *2-2
Jossanna keep losing the first couple of points of their services, adn are scrambling to hang in there; levelling up twice from a break down in set 2, they'll need to do it a third time 3-6 4-5*

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Disappointing day for Joss & Anna, well beaten, 3 & 4

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Emily was pretty good today

R1: Jocelyn RAE/Anna SMITH (GBR/GBR) 220 lost to Nicha LERTPITAKSINCHAI/Jessy ROMPIES (THA/INA) 566 3-6 4-6
R1: Emily WEBLEY-SMITH/Chin-Wei CHAN (GBR/TPE) 302 defeated Jessica MOORE/Aleksandra NAYDENOVA (AUS/BUL) 205 7-6(2) 6-4

PaulM · Tennis legend

Frustrating from Joss and Anna after a good week last week.

Good win for Team EWSCWC. Important one for Em to defend her points from last year. I only saw a few games during first set and their opponents were targeting Em mercilessly, but she was holding her ground to the best of her ability. They saved 13 of 17 break points, coming through a whole heap of service games on sudden death deuces under pressure, really good to see that. Winning in straight sets despite winning less points overall, doesn't happen all that often!

I thought Moore was poor for someone who won a WTA International not that long ago.

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Emily & Chin-Wei looking like an MTB 7-5 0-3*

PaulM · Tennis legend

Having recovered from a break down to take the first set 7-5, the girls lose a run of tight deuce games to go down *0-4 in the second against Plipeuch/Omae, who got a walkover.