Week 36 - ITF ($15K) - Hammamet, Tunisia Clay

KK · Club Coach

RE: Week 36 - ITF ($15K) - Hammamet, Tunisia Clay

indiana · Tennis legend

Fran 6-3 *2-2

Her second serve stats are remarkable. Now 10/14 (71%), which with 4 DFs means 100% when it drops in. Or conversely Emily's taking advantage of second serves is awful.

indiana · Tennis legend

Jinxed that, she dropped one. Now 11/17 (65%) with 5 DFs.

By the way 5 DFs in 7 service games is not far of the rate that had Tara described elsewhere as showing "horrible form".

6-3 3-2*

Michael D · All-time great

A big fall off from the first set where Fran only had 1 DF. She has perhaps tensed up more this set, and Emily now has her first break, so 6-3 3-4* to Fran. Three sets looking more likely now.

indiana · Tennis legend

Is Fran a player known to rather go for her second serve? The stats today would still have her overall looking pretty good for second serve points won % in spite of her DFs.

Michael D · All-time great

Now it gets interesting, Emily broken back whilst serving for the set, 6-3 5-5 to Fran now

Babfive · Satellite level

Emily took the second set 7-5

the addict · Tennis legend

3-3 in the third - all breaks of serve

Michael D · All-time great

Have just looked again and now it is a completely different match to the first set. Serving stats for both players have fallen through the roof and thus far in the third set there have been 6 service breaks and no holds! 6-3 5-7 3-3 overall, Fran first. First hold may indeed win it.

Michael D · All-time great

Still no holds, both players having won only 5 points on their serve in this set. Emily serving again 3-4* up

Michael D · All-time great

Finally a hold to Emily, *3-5 up in the third. Will that be enough?

Michael D · All-time great

It is, three holds to finish and congratulations to both Emily as winner, and Fran for a fantastic match and tournament too

F: Emily ARBUTHNOTT (8) 767 beat Francesca JONES 1092 3-6 7-5 6-4 smile smile

-- Edited by Michael D on Sunday 10th of September 2017 11:53:22 AM

blob · All-time great

Very well done to Emily on her second pro singles title
Commiserations to Fran; a third seed of the week just a little too much to overcome. A wonderful tournament nonetheless, and hopefully her first title will not be long in coming.

And that caps the best week of the year for the GB ladies by a wide distance.

Well done all.
Now... let's have another just like it!

Oakland2002 · All-time great

Excellent win for Emily. The close result emphasises how good Fran is at 16 ie. easily on a par with a top 100 US college player, in my opinion because of the vagaries of the college ranking system and the depth at Stanford probably on a par with a player ranked about 50. .

indiana · Tennis legend

Well done to Emily for the title and indeed well done to Fran for such a week. Pity her serve level dropped ( though both did to an extent ), though while falling from its early very high level her second serves won % still ended the one stat in which she was ahead.

Fran started the week by beating the WR 303 top seed ( WR 133 at the start of the year ) and finished with such a competitive match with Emily. Emily is clearly ( and still will be after these title points are added ) very underranked, such is her limited schedule, and as Oakland points to seems to be underranked in college terms too.