Members Login
Username 
 
Password 
    Remember Me  
Link Back -> Andrew Murray message board -> British women discussion section -> Week 29 - ITF ($15K) - Don Benito (Badajoz), Spain Carpet
Post Info TOPIC: Week 29 - ITF ($15K) - Don Benito (Badajoz), Spain Carpet
blob


All-time great

Status: Offline
Posts: 5110
Date:
Week 29 - ITF ($15K) - Don Benito (Badajoz), Spain Carpet
Permalink  

A win for Gabi in the doubles too; teaming up as #3 seeds, with Mia Eklund of Finland to move into the SF, 6-3 6-3
I'm going to stick my neck out and suggest that it's the first time ever a GB/Finland team has played a Japan/Malta alliance.

They play the Spanish/Swiss #2 seeds for a place in the final.

__________________

Data I post, opinions I offer, 'facts' I assert, are almost certainly all stupidly wrong.
blob


All-time great

Status: Offline
Posts: 5110
Date:
Permalink  

Gabi comfortable enough so far, 6-2 *4-3

__________________

Data I post, opinions I offer, 'facts' I assert, are almost certainly all stupidly wrong.
Michael D


All-time great

Status: Offline
Posts: 7055
Date:
Permalink  

A comfortable win for Gabi as she should. Still broken a couple of times though...

R2: TAYLOR, Gabriella (GBR) 1 310 beat MASINI, Maria (ITA) 918 CH=903 12/6/17 6-2 6-3

__________________
Coup Droit


Tennis legend

Status: Offline
Posts: 55451
Date:
Permalink  

Michael D wrote:
indiana wrote:

I can certainly see a reason for Freya. She is lacking wins and probably confidence.

 I think Gabi's own confidence took a knock at the end of the grass court season. She had two big defeats to higher ranked players, including of course her q1 loss at Wimbledon. In addition this is a hard court, so I think she's adjusting to the change of surfaces now for the hard court season. Along with Katie B, Harriet - and Mandy C at the moment - she is entered into the Woking 25k hard court event at the end of this month. So this is some advance hard court practice, with the aim being some confidence rebuilding matches too I suspect.

 

Gabi also has strong connections to Spain, where she lived and trained for a long time.

So I imagine she speaks Spanish and is very 'at home' over there.

The other seed in her quarter was knocked out and there's nothing, on paper, very scary about the two players who are now into a third set to determine her next opponent.



__________________
blob


All-time great

Status: Offline
Posts: 5110
Date:
Permalink  

Laura D's on, 1-2*

__________________

Data I post, opinions I offer, 'facts' I assert, are almost certainly all stupidly wrong.
blob


All-time great

Status: Offline
Posts: 5110
Date:
Permalink  

Laura D's off, 3-6 2-6

__________________

Data I post, opinions I offer, 'facts' I assert, are almost certainly all stupidly wrong.
blob


All-time great

Status: Offline
Posts: 5110
Date:
Permalink  

Gabi & Mia power in to the final of the doubles, 3 & 4
In that final, they will play a pair that includes the lady that Gabi beat today in the singles.

__________________

Data I post, opinions I offer, 'facts' I assert, are almost certainly all stupidly wrong.
Peter too


Tennis legend

Status: Offline
Posts: 18101
Date:
Permalink  

R2: TAYLOR, Gabriella (GBR) 1 310 def MASINI, Maria (ITA) 918 6-2 6-3
R2: DEIGMAN, Laura (GBR) 990 lost to KOEHLER, Maria Joao (POR) 5 708 3-6 2-6

QF: TAYLOR, Gabriella (GBR) 1 310 v DANIEL, Kana (JPN) Q UNR CH=799 2013

__________________
Michael D


All-time great

Status: Offline
Posts: 7055
Date:
Permalink  

Gabi's match has started now. 3-3 with 1 break each. Gabi's opponent may be unranked but she clearly knows her way round a tennis court. Checking Kana's record, I see she played no competitive tennis for 4 years between April 2013 and June 2017. She's only 21 now, so maybe was studying. In her first tournament back in June 17 she reached the SF of a 15k in Victoria, BC. This is just her second return tournament. Gabi is going to have a tough match, and whatever Kana's recent history she clearly has the ability to climb quickly in the ranks and way beyond her four year old CH.

__________________
Michael D


All-time great

Status: Offline
Posts: 7055
Date:
Permalink  

A critical 8th and 9th game in the first set. Gabi saved 2BPs on her serve, then broke in the next game and held serve to win the first set 6-4

__________________
Coup Droit


Tennis legend

Status: Offline
Posts: 55451
Date:
Permalink  

According to Google, Kana Daniel has been at Penn and just graduated this year.
But her hometown is listed as Valencia ... and her aim is to 'work in finance in a big city' and become an entrepreneur !

__________________
Michael D


All-time great

Status: Offline
Posts: 7055
Date:
Permalink  

Ha! In that case it doesn't sound like her return to the Futures circuit will be a long one!!!

Her first serve has fallen away in the second set too, perhaps because Gabi is chasing her serve much more now... Gabi serving at 6-4 3-0

__________________
Michael D


All-time great

Status: Offline
Posts: 7055
Date:
Permalink  

A comfortable if competitive 6-4 6-2 victory for Gabi in the end.

I see that one of her potential SF opponents is Sinead Lohan, who beat Alicia Barnett in the final of the 15k in Portugal last week. Sinead will have to overcome the 3rd seed first though later on today.

__________________
blob


All-time great

Status: Offline
Posts: 5110
Date:
Permalink  

Sinead Lohan did not come through, instead, Gabi will play third seed, Luque Moreno WR625

Meanwhile, the doubles final is under way, with Gabi going for just her second ever doubles title - the other was also in Spain.
Gabi & Mia are 2-2* against Parres Azcoitia/Masini

__________________

Data I post, opinions I offer, 'facts' I assert, are almost certainly all stupidly wrong.
Etienne


Club Coach

Status: Offline
Posts: 685
Date:
Permalink  

A lack of updates is rarely good news and Gabi+ lost 3&3.

__________________
«First  <  1 2 3  >  Last»  | Page of 3  sorted by
 
Quick Reply

Please log in to post quick replies.
Link Back -> Andrew Murray message board -> British women discussion section -> Week 29 - ITF ($15K) - Don Benito (Badajoz), Spain Carpet
Tweet this page Post to Digg Post to Del.icio.us


Create your own FREE Forum
Report Abuse 		Powered by ActiveBoard