Week 9 - ITF ($25K) - Clare, Australia Hard

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Week 9 - ITF ($25K) - Clare, Australia Hard

Babfive · Satellite level

Katy loses 3-6 5-7

Gabi loses the first set 3-6

Babfive · Satellite level

Gabi loses 3-6 3-6

Peter too · Tennis legend

R1: CHRISTIE, Freya (GBR) 333 lost to HADDAD MAIA, Beatriz (BRA) 1 178 1-6 4-6
R1: DUNNE, Katy (GBR) 265 lost to AIAVA, Destanee (AUS) 8 253 3-6 5-7
R1: BOULTER, Katie (GBR) 348 def DART, Harriet (GBR) 340 6-2 6-2
R1: TAYLOR, Gabriella (GBR) Q 379 lost to BAI, Alison (AUS) WC 432 3-6 3-6

R2: BOULTER, Katie (GBR) 348 v LEE, Ya-Hsuan (TPE) 261 CH=186 11/4/16
H2H 1-0 18h Sarawak Chief Ministers Cup (Junior) 2011 7-5 6-3

-- Edited by Peter too on Wednesday 1st of March 2017 10:49:17 AM

paulisi · Tennis legend

Another disappointing week. Katy made such a good start as well to her match, but lost 6 of the next 7 games.

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

QF: Dart/Dunne (GBR/GBR) 781 lost to Bai/Sema (AUS/JPN) [3] 478 6-4 4-6 [6-10]

At this juncture, will settle for just any two singles wins in Mildura next week

The Optimist · ATP qualifying

paulisi wrote:
Another disappointing week. Katy made such a good start as well to her match, but lost 6 of the next 7 games.

To be fair to Katy, 16yo Destanee is a bit of a phenom and would be ranked higher if age restriction rules had allowed her to play full time in the seniors.

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Katie under way, 1-0*

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

was 3-0 up, but pulled back in, Katie, *3-3

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

But, back came Katie, all the way to the first set, 6-4

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Still nip and tuck, 6-4 *3-3
Katie's 1st serve very effective (84% won)

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

MP for Katie 6-4 5-4* AD...

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Done

Katie is 5-0 against higher ranked opposition this year!

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

R16: Katie BOULTER (GBR) 348 defeated Ya-Hsuan LEE (KOR) 261 6-4 6-4

QF: Katie BOULTER (GBR) 348 v. Marketa VONDROUSOVA (CZE) 269 (=CH, 17 yo, JCH 1)
> H2H 2-1* - Seniors 0-1
> 2017 Stuttgart-Mannheim, Germany - ITF $15K - Hard, Indoor - R16 - Vondrousova by 6-1 6-3
> 2014* Roehampton, UK - G1 - Grass - KB [12], MV [8] - R16 - Boulter by 6-2 3-6 6-1
> 2014* Nonthaburi, Thailand - G1 - Hard - KB [1], MV [12] - QF - Boulter by 7-6(5) 7-5
* Junior results

When they played in Stuttgart-Mannheim, back on the 19th January, Katie was WR 361, Vondrousova was WR 420.
Since then, the Czech has won a $15K (that German one), a $25K, and made the final of another $25K.
She is now WR 269, and the higher ranked player. Katie having improved 13 places in the same period, to Marketa's 151.

indiana · Tennis legend

Maybe a bit tough to mark Katie against Marketa

Anyway, as for Katie herself, with 9 points ( net 7 ) added here she is up to 115 points for the 20/03 post Indian Wells rankings with any further wins this week ( tough ! ) or next week adding to these points. 115 points should have her back to around her February 2015 CH 340 attained just after she began her injury period out, not playing ITFs for over a year from January 2015 to February 2016.

Now with a full year of ranking points, having started from scratch again pointswise, she has basically matched that total in the year before she was injured. Not all been smooth, but it's a pretty decent effort. I am pretty confident that if she stays injury free, and with good support, she can now push on and rise a lot further. Certainly she has had a number of very decent recent wins so encouraging stuff.