Week 7 - ITF ($15K) - Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Hard

Peter too · Tennis legend

Week 7 - ITF ($15K) - Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Hard

vohor · Grand Slam Champion

Good luck Em :)

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Emily has had a professional ranking for more total weeks than any other British player since Virginia Wade.

indiana · Tennis legend

Good stuff

I do think it good that we have one player who has kept going into her thirties, most get nowhere near, and with the enthusiasm she continues to show.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

And on the other end of the spectrum:

Well done to real tiddler, Salma Djoubri (FRA) - born December 2002 !!! - who has just made the main draw in Egypt, beating the WR 886 and WR 1065 (CH 629) en route.

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Monday 13th of February 2017 10:26:34 PM

tharris · Intermediate Club Player

Our Holly Fischer has played Djoubri 3 times (that I know of), winning twice.

PaulM · Tennis legend

Em gets into a kerfuffle from 40-0 up, eventually holds after saving two break points

2-2*

PaulM · Tennis legend

Em holds from 0-40

*5-3

Gets a set point, missed. Another. Missed. Another

First set Em 6-3

PaulM · Tennis legend

Broken from 40-15 at the start of the second

*0-1

Saves multiple game points and breaks back

*1-1

PaulM · Tennis legend

Lots of tight games in this set

3-2*

PaulM · Tennis legend

Em misses three break points (one saved with an ace)

*3-3

A couple of doubles in that game but she manages to hold to 40

4-3*

PaulM · Tennis legend

Em gets the break to 15

*5-3

40-0
40-15
40-30

Game, set and match Em 6-3 6-3

YAY!!

Babfive · Satellite level

Good to see Em get a singles win. :)

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

R32: Emily WEBLEY-SMITH (GBR) 710 defeated (Q) Sofya GOLUBOVSKAYA (RUS) 821 6-3 6-3

R16: Emily WEBLEY-SMITH (GBR) 710 v. (Q) Margarita Skryabina (RUS) 882 (CH 811, Oct. 2016)
Despite no Junior record (just 1 event, when 14), 17 yo Skryabina defeated 7th seed, WR 595, Valeria Bhunu, in R32.

PaulM · Tennis legend

Skyrabina is definitely underranked, only has a handful of events in her counters including two SF and a QF having not played after May last year. Has a win over Manisha.

A good doubles performance this afternoon, progressing 61 62 over a pair which included one of last week's titlists (the other half of that pairing they'll play in the quarters on Thursday).

-- Edited by PaulM on Tuesday 14th of February 2017 02:36:29 PM