Week 31 - ITF ($15K) - Porto, Portugal Clay

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Week 31 - ITF ($15K) - Porto, Portugal Clay

blob · All-time great

Continued GB interest in the singles is looking unlikely, with Emily down, 2-6 2-4*

the addict · Tennis legend

Have faith ! Em is a tough one. From *1-4 she only drops 10 points in the next five games to take the second set 6-4

blob · All-time great

Cracking effort that. Keep it up!

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Peter too wrote:
QF: ARBUTHNOTT, Emily (GBR) 669 v SANESI, Gaia (ITA) 5 517 CH=294 2014
H2H 1-0 De Haan 2017 3-6 6-3 6-3

and practically the same score as last time ! smile

Emily wins 2-6 6-4 6-3

Lovely result biggrin

the addict · Tennis legend

And indeed Emily does keep going and wins 2-6 6-4 6-3.
Another good performance. The points will help keep her ranking up, as she has 17 points dropping off in the next month or so, and presumably will be back off to college soon.

Next up - Michaela Honcova of Slovakia - the top seed, ranked 316

Peter too · Tennis legend

QF: ARBUTHNOTT, Emily (GBR) 669 def SANESI, Gaia (ITA) 5 517 2-6 6-4 6-3

SF: ARBUTHNOTT, Emily (GBR) 669 v HONCOVA, Michaela (SVK) 1 316 CH=235 2013

vohor · Grand Slam Champion

blob wrote:
Continued GB interest in the singles is looking unlikely, with Emily down, 2-6 2-4*

Excellent jinxing of the 5th seed there blob biggrin

Oh, and a great fight back by Emily too biggrin biggrin

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Emily and Emilie make the doubles final too

with a 7-5 3-6 10-6 win

the addict · Tennis legend

Wonderful news !

blob · All-time great

vohor wrote:
blob wrote:
Continued GB interest in the singles is looking unlikely, with Emily down, 2-6 2-4*
Excellent jinxing of the 5th seed there blob

Why, thank you. One does what one can.

Oakland2002 · All-time great

So Francesca Di Lorenzo was the number 1 seed for the NCAA women's singles tournament and is ranked 360 (but down to 287 in July) a 1997 er (JCH 11) and is probably the strongest player in women's college tennis at the moment.

A good performance here against Michaela Honcova who is around about the equivalent rank at 316 (but as low as 235 in 2013) would be a boost prior to the start of Emily's sophomore year. Great to see Emily win through to the weekend regardless.

-- Edited by Oakland2002 on Friday 4th of August 2017 10:41:28 PM

blob · All-time great

#2 seed Cakarevicawaits in the final.
5 breaks in the 7 games thus far.
Emily, 3-4*

blob · All-time great

Emily comes on strong to take the set

6-4

the addict · Tennis legend

Fingers crossed. 6-4 *0-0