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

Peter too · Tennis legend

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

philwrig · Hall of fame

Laura looks to be edging towards much better form, this one always looked like a decent stepup, but still serve is crucial (velocity/ball toss/avoiding double faults).

indiana · Tennis legend

Certainly worth confirming Katy & Julia's doubles SF result and the rather tough looking final that awaits.

SF: Katy Dunne & Julia Glushko (ISR) CR 529 (376+153) beat Monique Adamczak & Junri Namigata (AUS/JPN) CR 420 (181+239) 6-4 7-6(4)

F: Katy Dunne & Julia Glushko (ISR) CR 529 (376+153) vs (1) Eri Hozumi & Miyu Kato (JPN/JPN) CR 76 (37+39)

Hozumi & Kato did have a bit of a struggle in their SF, finally winning the MTB 10-8. Katy & Julia saw off the #2 seeds ( albeit quite a lot lower ranked than the #1 seeds ) in their QF so really good on that and carrying on into the final.

And being an 80K the ranking points are relatively substantial and a useful few dollars I imagine.

Just reaching the doubles final will take Katy up over 100 places to about WR 270, well past her CH 345 from March and from GB #11 to GB #7/8 level on points with Laura and ahead of EWS. A final win, clearly tremendous in itself, would take her up to about WR 235 and GB #6, then ahead of Tara and Laura.

While clearly singles is where Katy would really like to make a big mark, pushing up her doubles ranking so much at this time, with time and probably grass court opportunities to push it on higher, may have useful effects with Wimbledon almost on the horizon.

PockyTastic · Futures level

indiana wrote:
Certainly worth confirming Katy & Julia's doubles SF result and the rather tough looking final that awaits.

SF: Katy Dunne & Julia Glushko (ISR) CR 529 (376+153) beat Monique Adamczak & Junri Namigata (AUS/JPN) CR 420 (181+239) 6-4 7-6(4)

F: Katy Dunne & Julia Glushko (ISR) CR 529 (376+153) vs (1) Eri Hozumi & Miyu Kato (JPN/JPN) CR 76 (37+39)

Hozumi & Kato did have a bit of a struggle in their SF, finally winning the MTB 10-8. Katy & Julia saw off the #2 seeds ( albeit quite a lot lower ranked than the #1 seeds ) in their QF so really good on that and carrying on into the final.

And being an 80K the ranking points are relatively substantial and a useful few dollars I imagine.

Just reaching the doubles final will take Katy up over 100 places to about WR 270, well past her CH 345 from March and from GB #11 to GB #7/8 level on points with Laura and ahead of EWS. A final win, clearly tremendous in itself, would take her up to about WR 235 and GB #6, then ahead of Tara and Laura.
While clearly singles is where Katy would really like to make a big mark, pushing up her doubles ranking so much at this time, with time and probably grass court opportunities to push it on higher, may have useful effects with Wimbledon almost on the horizon.

Thank you for this. It's interesting to see how much of big leap this run will give her. It's a shame that Julia is not playing the other ITFs in Japan as it would have been interesting to see how they got on if they maintained their partnership. The final looks very tough and pits Katy against her kryptonite opponent Eri Hozumi.

goldfish · Futures qualifying

Katy's final seems to have come to a halt on ITF scores. Currently 4-6 *2-0 on point by point score with Katy's pairing next to serve.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

I think Katy and Julia lost 6-4 6-2

Congrats on getting to the final, though, both.

indiana · Tennis legend

Yes, I'm afraid confirmed on ITF so you can take my 'just' reaching the final rankings scenario from my above post, but certainly indeed congratulation on reaching that final.

F: Katy Dunne & Julia Glushko (ISR) CR 529 (376+153) lost to (1) Eri Hozumi & Miyu Kato (JPN/JPN) CR 76 (37+39) 6-4 6-2

goldfish · Futures qualifying

Thanks CD and Indiana. Looks like Hozumi and Kato woke up after my post. Numerous breaks of serve by both teams prior to that then 6 straight games won. Good effort for the tournament though.