British Tour 2018

the addict · Tennis legend

British Tour 2018

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

She's entered in the Wimbledon Juniors so certainly won't be playing British Tour those weeks.
She might be on the red button though.

the addict · Tennis legend

QF results from Friday:-

Joanna Garland [1] def Sally Pethybridge 6-1 6-1
Martina Paladini Jennings [5] def Erika Batista Dodridge 6-4 6-1

Holly Hutchinson [3] def Tamara Malazonia [7] 7-63(3) 6-0
Laura Sainsbury [2] def Jodie Annie Lawrence-Taylor [8] 6-2 6-1

No SF results posted yet, even though the matches were scheduled to start seven hours ago

Edit - still no results available - final due to start in just over an hour

-- Edited by the addict on Saturday 30th of June 2018 11:02:49 AM

Oakland2002 · All-time great

I fancy the pride of Stevenage to win this. Would love to see a GBR after her name and she would have been a shoe in for a Wimbledon QWC. Some stiff competition for Emma I think would drive them both on.

the addict · Tennis legend

Yestrday's SF results

Joanna Garland [1] def Martina Paladini Jennings [5] 6-3 6-2
Laura Sainsbury [2] def Holly Hutchinson [3] 6-4 5-7 6-3

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Oakland2002 wrote:
I fancy the pride of Stevenage to win this. Would love to see a GBR after her name and she would have been a shoe in for a Wimbledon QWC. Some stiff competition for Emma I think would drive them both on.

Which tells you something - the fact that she chooses not to play for GBR even though she could, and would get the perks attached with it.

It's obviously deliberate, would be interesting to know her reasons.

Sheddie · administrator

As a side point, I have a slightly random connection to Jo.

When I was a kid, her dad used to run the junior coaching sessions at my local club. He was a pretty decent player himself, big serve and great volleys - if my memory serves me right, he was top 100 in the national rankings for U45 players.

When I was 14, he gave me an absolute drubbing in a tournament match on a very fast artificial grass court - the kind where the ball never gets above ankle height. My favourite surface was always clay, and he gave me a total schooling in how to play on a quicker court. My abiding memory of the match was that as a rather tempestuous junior, I lost my temper pretty early on and finished the contest in a pique of racket smashing. He was definitely less than impressed.

Anyway, I remember seeing Joanna hitting at the club a few years later. She must have only been 8 or 9 at the time, but everyone was saying she had a lot of talent. Amazing how far it's already taken her. I've seen some of the British Tour videos on YouTube. I can say from experience, she has her dad's heavy groundstrokes ;)

Unfortunately, having not been back to the club for 8 years, I have no info regarding how someone who grew up firmly associated with Herts tennis, now represents Chinese Taipei!! Would be fascinating to know!

the addict · Tennis legend

Well, the result of the final has been posted, some hours after it finished. You'll be pleased to hear that Joanna is in fine form indeed.

Joanna Garland [1] def Laura Sainsbury [2] 6-1 6-1

the addict · Tennis legend

Frinton Tier 1 tournament this week

QF results from this mornng:

Holly Hutchinson [1] def Tamara Malazonia [8] 6-0 2-6 7-6(2)
Amy Partridge def Kimberly Alinafe Mpukusa [2] 6-3 2-6 6-3
Lauren Alter def Charlotte Howard [4] 5-7 6-4 7-6(4)
Camille Verden-Anderson def Aleksandra Topalovic 6-3 6-2

SF results from this afternoon: -

Holly Hutchinson [1] def Lauren Alter (WC) 6-2 6-2
Amy Partridge (Q) def Camille Verden-Anderson 6-3 7-5

I was going to go this morning, but was called to a meeting at the last minute.

Edit: - SF results added

-- Edited by the addict on Friday 6th of July 2018 04:07:39 PM

the addict · Tennis legend

Final result from Frinton

Holly Hutchinson [1] def Amy Partridge (Q) 6-1 6-4

A good win for Holly over Amy, and it is worth making a comparison.

Amy has been away from the British Tour for a couple of years, hardly playing. But she is an Oxford Blue and aged 24, she is due to graduate this summer in medicine. She had to come through two rounds of qualifying, and beat two seeds in her six match winning streak. Unfortunately her ranking is too low to avoid qualifying.

Holly, as reported in the college thread elsewhere has just finished her second year at Old Dominion, where she played at No 1. She had a relatively easy route to the final though, with a bye, a walkover, and two wins before the final.

Michael D · All-time great

Wow that is an interesting comparison, the a, as well as account of Amy. I guess she won't be playing too much more tennis in the future then if she is due to qualify this summer with a medical degree. But 6 matches vs 2 to reach the final of a British Tour event, does seem extremely unequal pathways to get there. That's as many matches Amy played as you need to win in a grand slam MD to reach the final...

the addict · Tennis legend

QF lineup for Felixstowe Tier 2. Quite a few names I haven't noticed before, so will have to do some research.

Andre Lukosiute v Erika Batista Dodridge
Constandena Nicolaou v Annali Olivelle

Hannah Mccolgan [5] v Maria Budin [3]
Camille Verden-Anderson [8] v Lillian Mould [2]

Andre was the top seed in qualifying, and defeated the top seed Sophie Woon 1 & 0 today for her fourth consecutive win.
Curiously the entries of both the top two entrants, Holly Hutchinson and Kimberly Alinafe Mpukusa, were not accepted confuse

the addict · Tennis legend

Friday results

QF: Andre Lukosiute def Erika Batista Dodridge 6-2 4-6 6-1
QF: Annali Olivelle def Constandena Nicolaou 6-2 6-0

QF: Maria Budin [3] def Hannah Mccolgan [5] 6-2 6-1
QF: Camille Verden-Anderson [8] def Lillian Mould [2] 6-1 Retired

SF being played at the moment.

the addict · Tennis legend

Semi-final results

Andre Lukosiute def Annali Olivelle 6-1 6-2
Camille Verden-Anderson [8] def Maria Budin [3] 6-3 6-2

PockyTastic · Futures level

the addict wrote:
Semi-final results

Andre Lukosiute def Annali Olivelle 6-1 6-2
Camille Verden-Anderson [8] def Maria Budin [3] 6-3 6-2

Anyone know at the story is with Andre? From a cursory search online I can see shes a 17 year old Lithuanian living in the Uk and has represented Essex in county tournaments. I notice shes not really played many junior tournaments (none in the last year) but did have some decent early results in 2016.