Week 32 - ITF ($25K) - Chiswick, UK Hard

indiana · Tennis legend

Week 32 - ITF ($25K) - Chiswick, UK Hard

steven · Tennis legend

indiana wrote:
Very well done Olivia, wins 4-6 6-3 6-4
Her 6 points ( so far ) will take her to a big CH inside the top 1000 and provisionally onto the top 25 table ( bringing the top 25 all back within the top 1000 ).
Also beating WR 465 is apparently a CH win, beating a victory over WR 493 last year.

Just came on to post the ranking implications (and scalp) after posting them on Twitter only to find you had it all covered a quarter of an hour ago This really is becoming quite a week for Olivia and the Brit she beat in the FQR won too

So overall it seems a bit better than R1 in Woking so far (though it's still hard to see any Brits getting past R2) - Beth did have a decent draw, though I'm not sure I'd have made her the favourite for it and certainly didn't expect a scoreline as emphatic as 2 & 2

A pity neither Harriet nor Katy could eke out a win but they both had tough draws - Harriet playing a seed and while Katy's opponent Diatchenko is unseeded, she is a former top 75 player who made the SFs in Woking last week and whose current ranking isn't based on that many tournaments.

steven · Tennis legend

Sam took the 1st set tiebreak 7-5

& is 4-3* up in the 2nd

Peter too · Tennis legend

R1: SILVA, Eden (GBR) Q 580 lost to KOZLOVA, Kateryna (UKR) 1 116 0-6 4-6
R1: DUNNE, Katy (GBR) 280 lost to DIATCHENKO, Vitalia (RUS) 354 3-6 6-1 5-7
R1: DART, Harriet (GBR) 302 lost to KOSTOVA, Elitsa (BUL) 6 244 6-7(1) 6-3 1-6
R1: BURRAGE, Jodie Anna (GBR) LL 704 def WACHACZYK , Julia (GER) 396 6-3 6-2
R1: DEIGMAN, Laura (GBR) WC 1030 lost to TORRO-FLOR, Maria-Teresa (ESP) 7 253 5-7 1-6
R1: BARNETT, Alicia (GBR) WC 797 lost to GEORGES, Myrtille (FRA) 5 234 6-7(5) 1-6
R1: GREY, Sarah Beth (GBR) WC 831 def MIYAZAKI, Yuriko Lily (JPN) Q 1139 6-2 6-2
R1: NICHOLLS, Olivia (GBR) Q 1145 def CAREGARO, Martina (ITA) 455 4-6 6-3 6-4
R1: MURRAY, Samantha (GBR) WC 611 def KOLAR, Nastja (SLO) Q 600 7-6(5) 6-4

R2: BURRAGE, Jodie Anna (GBR) LL 704 v KERKHOVE, Lesley (NED) 4 180 CH=163 6/3/17
R2: GREY, Sarah Beth (GBR) WC 831 v GEORGES, Myrtille (FRA) 5 234 CH=168 18/7/16
R2: NICHOLLS, Olivia (GBR) Q 1145 v TEICHMANN, Jil (SUI) 3 190 CH=140 15/5/17
R2: MURRAY, Samantha (GBR) WC 611 v LECHEMIA, Elixane (FRA) 390 CH=343 3/4/17
H2H 1-0 Bath 2012 6-2 6-4

PaulM · Tennis legend

Didn't manage to catch any of the streaming today but some good performances

the addict · Tennis legend

Unfortunately work defeated me today, and I didn't get out of my meeting until 2pm, so it was too late to go down and watch - would have missed pretty well all the singles.
Great to see four go through, and some close matches by our top girls against tough opposition.

Peter too · Tennis legend

Sam looks to have the best chance of making it through to the next round. It just depends on whether she can recover more of her past form.

vohor · Grand Slam Champion

4 excellent wins today; Jodie's a real bonus :D

the addict · Tennis legend

Doubles results

Katy DUNNE (GBR) / Elitsa KOSTOVA (BUL) [1] def Emily APPLETON (GBR) / Jodie Anna BURRAGE (GBR) 4-3 Retired
Nastja KOLAR (SLO) / Ani VANGELOVA (BUL) def Martina PALADINI JENNINGS (GBR) / Marianna ZAKARLYUK (UKR) 1-6 6-2 [11-9]

Jil TEICHMANN (SUI) / Maria-Teresa TORRO-FLOR (ESP) [4] def Lily GHODRATI (GBR) / Taro KEENS (GBR) 6-0 6-0
Mia Nicole EKLUND (FIN) / Tereza SVECOVA (CZE) def Lauren BISHOP (GBR) / Anna POPESCU (GBR) 6-1 6-2

Alicia BARNETT (GBR) / Eva SISKA (USA) def Mathilde ARMITANO (FRA) / Elixane LECHEMIA (FRA) 3-6 6-1 [11-9]
[NON-GB] ANDREI (ROU) / WACHACZYK (GER) [3] def Pemra OZGEN (TUR) / Ana VRLJIC (CRO) 5-7 6-2 [11-9]

Samantha MURRAY (GBR) / Julia TERZIYSKA (BUL) def Sarah Beth GREY (GBR) / Olivia NICHOLLS (GBR) 3-6 7-5 [10-5]
Myrtille GEORGES (FRA) / Diana MARCINKEVICA (LAT) [2] def Emma HURST (GBR) / Yuriko Lily MIYAZAKI (JPN) 7-6(4) 6-3

the addict · Tennis legend

Quarter Final Draw

Katy DUNNE (GBR) / Elitsa KOSTOVA (BUL) [1] v Nastja KOLAR (SLO) / Ani VANGELOVA (BUL)
Jil TEICHMANN (SUI) / Maria-Teresa TORRO-FLOR (ESP) [4] v Mia Nicole EKLUND (FIN) / Tereza SVECOVA (CZE)
Alicia BARNETT (GBR) / Eva SISKA (USA) v ANDREI (ROU) / WACHACZYK (GER) [3]
Samantha MURRAY (GBR) / Julia TERZIYSKA (BUL) v Myrtille GEORGES (FRA) / Diana MARCINKEVICA (LAT) [2]

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Re Olivia Nicholls, from Loughborough Uni, this is from the recent article about the upcoming World University Games (see general tennis section):

"Olivia is one of six pro-player coaches, a dual career initiative supported by the Tennis Foundation, the LTA and TASS.

Speaking about the programme, Olivia said; I wanted to play tennis full-time - Id played tennis at university for three years and captained the first team in my final year - but I realised I needed some support.

As soon as you graduate its difficult to find places to train and to tap into a ready-made support network. As a former TASS athlete I know all about the difference they can make and as soon as I knew they were involved in the Pro Player-Coach Programme it was a no-brainer."

More about the programme (which also has Jonny Binding) can be found on:

www.tass.gov.uk/2017/05/05/tennis-programme-combines/

wimdledont · Challenger level

All of the singles matches involving Brits are due to be sreamed via...

offsidetv.com/

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

From Spectator on the US college thread:

"This may already have been mentioned elsewhere - and may not be reliable (though the source is generally very reliable) but the US tweeter @Parsa_Nemati is reporting that both Ms Burrage and Ms Appleton have decided to play professionally rather than attending university."

Namely:

Parsa @Parsa_Nemati 9h9 hours ago

18-year-old Brit @jodieburrage has decommitted from Florida & has decided to turn pro. Current WTA singles ranking of #704/former ITF Jr #14 at Barnes Tennis Center

So these points and matches this summer for Jodie are rather more important.....

(And also: Parsa @Parsa_Nemati 9h9 hours ago

17-year-old Brit Emily Appleton (@ejappleton14) has decommitted from Vanderbilt and has decided to turn pro. WTA singles ranking of #786. at Barnes Tennis Center)

the addict · Tennis legend

wimdledont wrote:
All of the singles matches involving Brits are due to be sreamed via...

offsidetv.com/

I'm in South Kensington right now, and it is chucking it down. The forecast is for rain most of the day, so they might move the matches indoors.

telstar · Strong Club Player

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