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R1: APPLETON, Emily (GBR) 6 734 v GOMEZ, Maria (ECU) UNR 

 

30 year old Maria played four singles matches in 2016 and three in 2017 without winning a set.



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The experience from last year is that Emily will eat her up and indeed rather better players than that. Hoping this year that Emily can start to have more than a cursory munch on higher ranked players. An important year for her.



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Well Martinique may not be the easiest place in the world to get to, but no qualifying and only 30 in the main draw means there is a good chance of some easy points in the sun.

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After the Caribbean Hurricanes last year, I remembered that various of our players had played the series in now disaster stricken islands earlier in the year.
Looking through the footage at the time, you could see the satellite overhead on the courts, flooded, broken, I didn't believe there was any chance that these events would not be be cancelled this year.
A triumph of spirit for them to have managed to get things ship shape in time with such meagre resources, considering the richest country in the world still has only managed to return power to 55% of Puerto Rico and still has 20 shelters operating to feed the homeless.

Well done to Martinique, and I hope the events are a deserved success.

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blob wrote:

After the Caribbean Hurricanes last year, I remembered that various of our players had played the series in now disaster stricken islands earlier in the year.
Looking through the footage at the time, you could see the satellite overhead on the courts, flooded, broken, I didn't believe there was any chance that these events would not be be cancelled this year.
A triumph of spirit for them to have managed to get things ship shape in time with such meagre resources, considering the richest country in the world still has only managed to return power to 55% of Puerto Rico and still has 20 shelters operating to feed the homeless.

Well done to Martinique, and I hope the events are a deserved success.

 



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Emily has just had a quiet morning stroll through her first match, with her poor opponent giving up the ghost after 35 mins.

R1: APPLETON, Emily (GBR) 6 734 beat GOMEZ, Maria (ECU) UNR 6-1 2-0 ret

Her potential second round opponents will be on court shortly.

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Oh, and I've just noticed that one of those potential opponents, Sylvia Schenk (USA) is 53 years old!!!!! She is playing a 16 year old unranked local girl, and is 3-0 up in the first set so seems the likely opponent that Emily will get next.... confusesmile



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L16: APPLETON, Emily (GBR) [6] 734 vs SCHENK, Sylvia (USA) UNR 53 yrs (CH:905 July 2000)

So, since Emily was born Sept 1999, Sylvia achieved her CH before Emily was 1 year old... As far as I can see this is the first main draw win that Schenk has had since about 2000 too....

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Sylvia is obviously enjoying a fabulous holiday. Mark Warner and Saga eat your heart out the Futures tour is coming!

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Sylvia is obviously enjoying a fabulous holiday. Mark Warner and Saga eat your heart out the Futures tour is coming!

 Yes, she has Guadeloupe in her schedule next week too... what's not to like?



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L16: APPLETON, Emily (GBR) [6] 734 beat SCHENK, Sylvia (USA) UNR 53 yrs (CH:905 July 2000) 6-0 6-0

Emily didn't have to break a sweat much in this match either, but it did at least run to an hour today. However, I hope she's ready now and not too lulled, as next up her tournament will kick into gear.

QF: APPLETON, Emily (GBR) [6] 734 vs RAMIALISON, Irina (FRA) [3] 605 (CH:243 Nov 14)

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Rather improbably, this result has GB 4-0 over the States in 2018 to date.

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Not much play in Emily's match before the weather intervened, 3-2*
Very heavy rain forecasted in the area all through at least next Tuesday could cause problems, and further onward travel problems for those moving on next week to elsewhere in the Caribbean.

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Back on, Ms. Appleton makes a move; serving for the set, *5-3

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First set tucked away. Served 30 points, landed 20 first serves, won 19/20 of those points! 6-3

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