Week 13 - ITF ($15K) - Istanbul, Turkey - Hard, Indoor

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Week 13 - ITF ($15K) - Istanbul, Turkey - Hard, Indoor

Strongbow · All-time great

QR2: Emilie LINDH GALLAGHER (GBR) UNRl lost io Anastasia BURSA (RUS) UNR (=CH, 18 yo, JCH 1053 Jan. 2015) 5-7 2-6 cry

-- Edited by Strongbow on Saturday 25th of March 2017 09:23:59 PM

Peter too · Tennis legend

R1: BOULTER, Katie (GBR) 1 297 v ZVONAREVA, Vera (RUS) WC UNR CH=2 2010
R!: CHRISTIE, Freya (GBR) 3 347 v MUNOZOVA, Anette (SWE) 791 CH=747 12/9/16

Not the sort of draw the top seed would be expecting in R1 of a $15K event

the addict · Tennis legend

Wow, thought Zvonareva had retired. But according to the ITF, she hasn't played at ITF or above for nearly two years.

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

the addict wrote:
Wow, thought Zvonareva had retired. But according to the ITF, she hasn't played at ITF or above for nearly two years.

This, from Aug. 2016, helps fill in the blanks: http://www.wtatennis.com/news/article/5850440/title/catching-up-with-vera-zvonareva
A rotten bit of luck for Katie, who might be wishing she'd stayed in Oz. Either she loses to a player who's hardly played in years, and everyone piles in, or she 'only' beats a player that's hardly played for two years, no big deal. She can't really win either way.

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Doubles
R16: Boulter/Christie (GBR/GBR) UNR (UNR + 350) v. Arshinkova/Vanlangendonck (BUL/BEL) 1789

Oakland2002 · All-time great

A very productive use of her time out! I do wonder what is on the curriculum of a Russian political science degree?

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Vera is known for being a 'swat', in the nicest sense, and an academic. Rather like Petkovic.

As it's a Master's degree, in Political Science, it should (hopefully) be international based i.e. only Russian insofar as it is taught there.

It's probably not as bad as one student I know who told me, with a straight face, that she has a BA Hons in Public Administration - from Greece !

Oakland2002 · All-time great

Do you mean by international based taught at the Russian university in Donetsk?

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

I meant the modules presumably will not be domestic Russian political science.

Oakland2002 · All-time great

Sorry being deliberately obtuse, but I do feel the Russians consider all things political in their neighbouring countries to be domestic political science.

the addict · Tennis legend

Thanks for all the info. I did see the article on WTA at the time, and knew she had married and had a baby - just was surprised to see her making a comeback.

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Team Bo-Tie lose the first set of their doubles, 4-6

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Bo-Tie smarten up and take it to the MTB 4-6 6-2 [4-4*]

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Eventually Bo-Tie get dressed for success!
R16: Boulter/Christie (GBR/GBR) UNR (UNR + 350) defeated Arshinkova/Vanlangendonck (BUL/BEL) 1789 4-6 6-2 [12-10]