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

the addict · Tennis legend

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

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Elixane L (Sam's opponent) keeps a nice blog, and has been waxing lyrical about the wonderful facilities at Woking and Chiswick (don't think she's really used to 'private' tennis clubs that Britain specialises in).

She's 25 and was a big hope of French tennis (runner-up in the nationals at 17 or 18 and went to the elite NCT in Paris) but never really made the transition, and so left after 3 years and went to the States and got a degree.

She's now trying to make a go of it in tennis, but is borderline to managing. She plays team tennis (in France, Italy and Germany) and Grand Circuit money tournaments to make ends meet but says she'd rather not have to.

Sam leading *4-3

the addict · Tennis legend

Chiswick has really good facilities - she won't see many of that standard at this level

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Sam takes the first set 6-4 at the same time that Beth loses the first set to Blueberry George by the same score.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

R2: GREY, Sarah Beth (GBR) WC 831 lost to GEORGES, Myrtille (FRA) [5] 234 (CH=168 18/7/16) 4-6 0-6

Peter too · Tennis legend

Sam serving for the match, a few first serves in should do it.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

the addict wrote:
Chiswick has really good facilities - she won't see many of that standard at this level

Yes, and Woking is pretty lovely too. And both really accessible.

Bad choice by the LTA cry

Should have staged the event at some far-flung club in Cornwall or wherever - keep the peskies at bay !

BUT.....

Sam does it biggrin biggrin biggrin biggrin

6-4 7-5 !

Peter too · Tennis legend

Sam 6-4 7-5
Her next opponent is still playing

Peter too · Tennis legend

R2: BURRAGE, Jodie Anna (GBR) LL 704 lost to KERKHOVE, Lesley (NED) 4 180 1-6 2-6
R2: GREY, Sarah Beth (GBR) WC 831 lost to GEORGES, Myrtille (FRA) 5 234 4-6 0-6
R2: NICHOLLS, Olivia (GBR) Q 1145 lost to TEICHMANN, Jil (SUI) 3 190 0-6 0-6
R2: MURRAY, Samantha (GBR) WC 611 def LECHEMIA, Elixane (FRA) 390 6-4 7-5

QF: MURRAY, Samantha (GBR) WC 611 v KUZMOVA, Viktoria (SVK) 2 138 =CH

the addict · Tennis legend

I was going to post the WD QF scores, but they vanished off the ITF live scores before I could copy them

All eleven matches (singles and doubles) were straight sets today (one WD walkover), and the only tie-break was in the last match to finish, won by Sam +

Wins for Katy D +, and Sam +
Alicia and Eva lost

indiana · Tennis legend

22 of our top 26 ranked singles players were due to be in action in various places this week. And 19 were, with Gabi and Freya withdrawing before the off here and Katie B similarly from Landisville.

By Thursday there is but one. Go, Sam !

Mervatron2 · Challenger qualifying

Good to see Sam winning back to back matches.

the addict · Tennis legend

For the record
Doubles QF
Katy DUNNE (GBR) / Elitsa KOSTOVA (BUL) [1] 6-4 6-4 Nastja KOLAR (SLO) / Ani VANGELOVA (BUL)
Laura-Ioana ANDREI (ROU) / Julia WACHACZYK (GER) [3] 6-0 6-1 Alicia BARNETT (GBR) / Eva SISKA (USA)
Samantha MURRAY (GBR) / Julia TERZIYSKA (BUL) 6-4 7-6(9) Myrtille GEORGES (FRA) / Diana MARCINKEVICA (LAT) [2]

Semi-finals
Katy DUNNE (GBR) / Elitsa KOSTOVA (BUL) [1] v Mia Nicole EKLUND (FIN) / Tereza SVECOVA (CZE)
Laura-Ioana ANDREI (ROU) / Julia WACHACZYK (GER) [3] v Samantha MURRAY (GBR) / Julia TERZIYSKA (BUL)

blob · All-time great

Go Sam! 6-3

Babfive · Satellite level

4-4* in the second