Week 13 - ITF ($15K) - Obidos, Portugal Carpet

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Week 13 - ITF ($15K) - Obidos, Portugal Carpet

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

6-2 6-7(3)
MTO...

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

They resume, and Eden goes up a break in the decider, 6-2 6-7(3) *2-0
Like Sam Murray's return this week, already plenty to be pleased about, can we get the cherry on top that the other cake did not get, 'W'?

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

What an amazing, magnificent effort on return; to hit the ground running in such a manner, in a long match against an opponent ranked higher than Eden has ever been!

R32: Eden SILVA (GBR) 741 defeated Ines MURTA (POR) 581 6-2 6-7(3) 6-0

R16: Eden SILVA (GBR) 741 v. Sadafmoh TOLIBOVA (BLR) 706 (CH 542, Nov. 2015
Tolibova got through after the 5th seed retired.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Manisha has the first set 6-4

Laura currently 4-4

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Manisha going well 6-4 *4-2

Laura S is into a TB 6-6 [*2-3]

DF · Tennis legend

Manisha won 6-4 6-2

-- Edited by DF on Thursday 30th of March 2017 10:18:38 AM

DF · Tennis legend

Laura wins too 7-6(5) 7-5

PaulM · Tennis legend

Well done girls!

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Eden a set down, 4-6 1-0*

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Three players in the points here
Manisha has a potentially very tricky draw against a talented player on the comeback trail after injury and other problems.
Laura has an equally tricky assignment, against Coup Droit's favourite.

R32: (Q) Manisha FOSTER (GBR) 830 defeated Andrea KA (CAM) 600 6-4 6-2
R32: (Q) Laura SAINSBURY (GBR) 931 defeated (Q) Mathilde ARMITANO (FRA) 1138 7-6(5) 7-5

R16: (Q) Laura SAINSBURY (GBR) 931 v. Harmony TAN (FRA) [1] 366 (CH 364, Mar. 2017)
> H2H 0-1
> 2016 Madrid, Spain - ITF $10K - Clay - LS(Q), HT[4] - R16 - Tan by 6-3 6-4

R16 (Q) Manisha FOSTER (GBR) 830 v. (WC) Maria Joao KOEHLER (POR) 763 (CH 102, Feb. 2013)

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Eden takes her match into the decider

4-6 6-4

Olivia and Laura S well in charge in the first set of their doubles, *5-1

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Harmony even won the title last week - hmmmm

So, credit where credit's due

Eden has evened it up at one set all....

And Olivia and Laura have taken the first set 6-1

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Nicholls & Sainsbury wrap up their match, 6-1 6-2

Defending champs from last week (well, Tuesday this week by the time they got done!), Manisha & Helene up next on the same court

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

From 5-2* up in the decider, Eden is now back on serve, 5-4*