Week 18 - ITF ($80K) - Gifu, Japan - Hard

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Week 18 - ITF ($80K) - Gifu, Japan - Hard

DF · Tennis legend

Katy is 2-5 down.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Katy lost 6-3 6-4

DF · Tennis legend

So the no 2 seed -Katy- followed the no 3 , 5 and 7 seeds out of the tournament

Emily now meets the conqueror of the no 3 seed. Good luck Em!

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Emily's second match of the day is under way, *2-1

PaulM · Tennis legend

Katy bemuses me.

Em served for the set at *5-4 and again at *6-5 (one set point the second try) but into a breaker.

DF · Tennis legend

Emily took the first set 7-6(6) but is having difficulties in the second

1-4

PockyTastic · Futures level

Not sure why they have to play 2 rounds in one day - seems to be the norm for £80Ks as the same happened in the Ozzie tournaments in Feb. Don't think it would have necessarily changed the outcome of Katy's match as her 1st match was short but could be a factor in Em's. Really like both so hoping for a good couple of weeks in Asia for them.

PaulM · Tennis legend

Em had a couple of break points to level the second from a double break down, but couldn't take them

7-6(6) 4-6 *0-0

the addict · Tennis legend

They have to get seven rounds (Q & MD) in, so as they started Sunday rather than Saturday, they need to squeeze in an extra round somewhere. Mind you, they were using 8 courts today, so they ought to be able to play the whole of MD R1 on one day rather than two

PaulM · Tennis legend

Ran out of gas and lost 61 in the third.

Shame to spend so long on court and only one point to show for it.

But she's at another level in singles from this time last year. Big doubles points to save though, hopefully can have a good week.

the addict · Tennis legend

Over five hours on court is an awful lot of tennis. But Arakawa also had a long first match.

PaulM · Tennis legend

Apparently they moved the match indoors after the first set even though it wasn't raining.

Which is odd. And obviously it killed a bit of momentum and didn't suit Em as well conditions wise.

Annoying!

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

PaulM wrote:
Apparently they moved the match indoors after the first set even though it wasn't raining.

Which is odd. And obviously it killed a bit of momentum and didn't suit Em as well conditions wise.

Annoying!

I saw on the OOP they'd be shifted to Court C10, and checked on Google Maps whether they had clay courts (they don't), and 'C' stood for clay. That really would have annoyed Emily.

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Kimiko Date is making another comeback here, 16 months since her last match, and at the age of 46½.

Last time Laura met Lykina in R32, she went on to claim the title.
R32: Laura ROBSON (GBR) 212 v. Ksenia LYKINA (RUS) [6] 182 (CH 171, Apr. 2010)
> H2H 1-0
> 2016 Landisville, USA - ITF $25K - Hard - R32 - Robson by 3-6 7-6(4) 6-1