Week 37 - ITF ($50K) - Atlanta, USA - Hard

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Week 37 - ITF ($50K) - Atlanta, USA - Hard

vohor · Grand Slam Champion

Laura #13 on the MD list; be great if she could follow up her 25k title (and getting through USO qualies) with a good run here :)

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

I am Ingrid! Neel before me! And in set 1, Rebecca kinda, hadda, did. 0-6

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Decent showing in the second set, especially after the first.
QR1: Rebecca SMALLER (GBR) UNR lost to Ingrid NEEL (USA) [q4] 709 0-6 5-7

Strongbow · All-time great

Nice bio for Rebecca at

http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=4200&ATCLID=209614654

Peter too · Tennis legend

R1: ROBSON, Laura (GBR) 232 v ELBABA, Julia (USA) WC 659 =CH
H2H 1-0 Landsville 2016 6-0 6-0

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Peter too wrote:
R1: ROBSON, Laura (GBR) 232 v ELBABA, Julia (USA) WC 659 =CH
H2H 1-0 Landsville 2016 6-0 6-0

Not too bad a draw then biggrin

the addict · Tennis legend

Julia Carrot wrote:
Peter too wrote:
R1: ROBSON, Laura (GBR) 232 v ELBABA, Julia (USA) WC 659 =CH
H2H 1-0 Landsville 2016 6-0 6-0
Not too bad a draw then

Well, fingers crossed, that last meeting was in the final !

Spectator · All-time great

Hmm. Don't know what happened to Elbaba that day, but she's better than that.

philwrig · Hall of fame

I think it'll be much closer this time, but Julia must have a few scars after that one, not a bad draw overall either, don't want to look too far ahead but Townsend in the semis would be great to see.

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

I'll be really happy if she can start where she left off. She's not playing until Wednesday it seems.

vohor · Grand Slam Champion

Yep, a very decent draw for Laura with, if she wins her R1, a likely R2 against the 6th seed Gonzalez PAR ranked 150. GL Laura :)

tony_orient · ATP qualifying

Their last match in the final is recorded on YouTube, and I'm sure the background research will make far more pleasant viewing for Laura than for Julia.
I expect it to be a fair bit closer this time, but the first few games will be key as if Laura can stamp her authority early on her opponent might well start thinking back to the previous match.

philwrig · Hall of fame

vohor wrote:
Yep, a very decent draw for Laura with, if she wins her R1, a likely R2 against the 6th seed Gonzalez PAR ranked 150. GL Laura :)

Gonzalez did really well at the US open as well, in fact she made to round 2 where she lost to Pliskova and stretched her to 7-5 in a set, so that will be very tricky assuming nothing untoward happens today.

DF · Tennis legend

Laura starting well up 4-1