Week 26 - ITF ($15K) - Anning, China - Clay

Michael D · All-time great

Week 26 - ITF ($15K) - Anning, China - Clay

DF · Tennis legend

Suzy wins 7-6(2) 1-6 6-4 against a qualifier

The third seed has gone out to another qualifier and the seventh seed is down 0-6 0-2 (now ret) to another qualifier

so she did well to win!

Michael D · All-time great

Yes, Susy's opponent was an 18 year old qualifier who has reached a JCH of 142 in Jan this year and can obviously play some. Suzy won despite losing 94-100 on points and 5-6 on breaks won. Her reward is not to get an even younger player - a 16 yr old ranked 1163 and with a JCH of 87 this Jan!

Peter too · Tennis legend

R1: LARKIN, Suzy (GBR) 8 632 def HE, Jiaying (CHN) Q UNR 7-6(2) 1-6 6-4

R2: LARKIN, Suzy (GBR) 8 632 v NI MA, Zhuoma(CHN) WC 1163 =CH 16yo JCH=87

DF · Tennis legend

Suzy and her Australian partner lost their doubles 3-6 2-6

Michael D · All-time great

And Suzy did get taken out in the singles by the youngster.

R2: LARKIN, Suzy (GBR) 8 632 lost to NI MA, Zhuoma(CHN) WC 1163 =CH 16yo JCH=87 4-6 1-6

paulisi · Tennis legend

As stated Suzy is a reasonable 15k player, but doesn't have the power of game yet to step up. She uses her court craft to be competitive, but will get found out against better players.
We have seen this with several players - Njoze, Deigman, Grey etc who do well initially at this level and then get stuck.

Strongbow · All-time great

Stepping up from 30+ points to 50+ seems very difficult - many fail at this level - special coaching for these girls from the LTA might be an answer - if they keep on playing at the same level they almost invariably get injured. No doubt the LTA would like to buy some furniture - or get some highly paid consultant wink

typo

-- Edited by Strongbow on Thursday 29th of June 2017 09:29:20 PM