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

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

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

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

0-1
1-1
2-1
3-1
4-1
5-1
5-2
5-3
6-3...

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Eden wins!

Everybody wins!

Well done GB!

DF · Tennis legend

Well done Eden!

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

R16: Eden SILVA (GBR) 741 defeated Sadafmoh TOLIBOVA (BLR) 706 4-6 6-4 7-6(3)

Her QF will be against the winner of the R16 match tomorrow that includes Manisha.

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

R16: Nicholls/Sainsbury (GBR/GBR) 1452 defeated Gaspar/Oliveira (POR/POR) UNR (UNR + 1038) 6-1 6-2

R16: Foster/Scholsen (GBR/BEL) 1771 defeated Cabaj Awad/Fernandez-Rabener (SWE/ESP) 1102 6-3 6-4

QF: Nicholls/Sainsbury (GBR/GBR) 1452 v. Perez Rojas/Remondina (ARG/ITA) [2] 1046
QF: Foster/Scholsen (GBR/BEL) 1771 v. (WC) Cortez Llorca/Vicens Mas (ESP/ESP) UNR (UNR + UNR)

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

4 matches featuring Brits today in Portugal; 2 singles, 2 doubles.
The first of those, Laura S' singles, is now under way, against the top seed, 1-1*

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Laura, angling to improve her CH rankings win by 250 places, has the first set off the top seed, Tan, 6-3

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Go, Laura !

But now's the moment to tough it out.....

Harmony is really not that great (do I sound like a stuck record???).
BUT she is quite dogged and solid - she won't give it to you (unless she's over-tennised from last week???....in which case, go Laura again !).

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Having lost the second set, 2-6, Laura is now serving the match (gulp!) at 5-3 in the third....

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

And, my goodness, she does it on the first MP !!!!!!!!!!!

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

R16: (Q) Laura SAINSBURY (GBR) 931 def. Harmony TAN (FRA) [1] 366 (CH 364, Mar. 2017) 6-3 2-6 6-3 biggrin biggrin biggrin

(If anyone had any money on her, or money against Harmony, whichever way you want to look at it, well done !)

PaulM · Tennis legend

Woop!

Etienne · Club Coach

Looks like she is scheduled to play her QF today as well, after a couple of hours break. Pretty unfair, as her opponent Dentoni hasn't played today.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Etienne wrote:
Looks like she is scheduled to play her QF today as well, after a couple of hours break. Pretty unfair, as her opponent Dentoni hasn't played today.

Yes. And it means if she loses that one, she'll only have had a couple of hours to enjoy the euphoria of such a great win. And barely had time to do that even for the couple of hours, what with warming down, eating etc. etc. Which is a shame.

So best of luck, Laura - and great day, whatever happens.