Week 4 - ITF ($60K) - Andrezieux-Boutheon, France Hard

the addict · Tennis legend

Week 4 - ITF ($60K) - Andrezieux-Boutheon, France Hard

Michael D · All-time great

blob wrote:
Sad-Moo rocked along, and that is actually a rather decent win.
R16: Moore/Sadikovic (GBR/SUI) 436 (244 + 192) defeated Cadantu/Smitkova (ROU/CZE) 517 (160 + 357) 6-2 6-4

The order of the days events are still all a big to me though.

I got the Sad bit but brain not working very well to work out the bovine connection. wink

Yes, Tara's on-off-on travails today rather a mystery.

indiana · Tennis legend

the addict wrote:
Quite a mystery, but at least she isn't too injured to play - maybe a trifle unwell ?

And as an aside, at least the ITF didn't get the WTA to redo their live scores page !

I did have some concerns though when I read the recent ITF Sara Errani write-up that they might have a WTA person on secondment. Though someone did try to reassure that the WTA couldn't really spare anyone from the Sharapova Reincarnation Team.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

the addict wrote:
Quite a mystery, but at least she isn't too injured to play - maybe a trifle unwell ?

And as an aside, at least the ITF didn't get the WTA to redo their live scores page !

Yes. If you're sick, rather than injured, it's well possible that you'll retire from the singles but be ok enough to play doubles.

Can also apply to an injury too, of course, especially if - say - it's a service motion problem - you only serve one game in four in doubles, it can be a risk worth taking.

blob · All-time great

Interestingly, it may be possible that you can retire in the final round of qualifying, but still maintain LL privileges for the MD.
This is explicitly the the case for the Men's Pro Circuit - "If a player is forced to retire from his final round of Qualifying due to illness or injury, he will retain his Lucky Loser status provided he receives medical
clearance from the Tournament Doctor." - the Women's rulebook is very very unclear, but seems to be suggesting the same thing.

I was actually trying to look up if withdrawal from qualifying normally prohibited a player from playing the doubles: it doesn't. Withdrawaing from the MD singles does prohibit you from playing any further role in any event at the tournament. (Though, separately, the ITF rules of tennis seem to contradict that)

But... they've just updated the MD with the qualifiers placed, and therre is no LL, and no Tara, so we'll not resolve that possibility this time.

wimdledont · Challenger level

Tara+ into MTB, v the No1 seeds, 7-5, 4-6...

wimdledont · Challenger level

3 MPs saved, but not the 4th. Lost 10-8.