Week 12 - ITF ($15K) - Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Hard

the addict · Tennis legend

RE: Week 12 - ITF ($15K) - Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Hard

blob · All-time great

6-2 6-4

Now that is a tidy piece of work

Well done Jodie

That's the third highest ranked player that she's beaten to date.
This is the step that she needs to start climbing over regularly, and then Top 400 players, and so on.

blob · All-time great

Jodie also makes it in to the doubles final

SF: Burrage/Cabaj Awad (GBR/SWE) [3] 1439 defeated Parrizas-Diaz/Spiteri (ITA/ESP) 1579 7-5 6-4
F: Burrage/Cabaj Awad (GBR/SWE) [3] 1439 v. Buayam/Gabueva (THA/RUS) 1621

blob · All-time great

SF: Jodie BURRAGE (GBR) [5] 546 v. Barbora STEFKOVA (CZE) 1109 (CH 154, Feb. 2017)
After reaching her CH last year, Stefkova was out of action with a persistent wrist injury. This is her 4th tournament back, playing sparingly (once a month). If she plays to her previous form, she's too good to be here.

paulisi · Tennis legend

Jodie started with an early break.

paulisi · Tennis legend

Jodie wins the first set 6-3

paulisi · Tennis legend

Jodie wins 6-3 6-3
Good win and should be favourite in the final

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Now that's a great win yo wake up to.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Very nice.

Am hoping for a defining transition year for Jodie, to really make a move and stamp her mark on the 300 area.

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Saturday 24th of March 2018 09:30:46 AM

paulisi · Tennis legend

Looking at her results it normally takes 2-3 weeks when travelling to get a good week. If she could just settle a bit quicker to her environment you would see a big ranking jump.

Michael D · All-time great

That's an interesting final match up Jodie has there. Nadja is the American based at Bath, who has been having some success at Sharm and has now reached the final twice since she's been there. Listed as UNR in the draw Nadja had to come through 2 rounds of qualifying to reach the main draw. Her actual rank this week is 965, as shown, but her live rank is already up to 841. So she is making huge strides. Jodie, in the meantime, though making the final, is finally +1 for these two Miami weeks, though her live ranking is still slipping 4 to 540. A good time for Jodie to get her second 15k win.

SF: Jodie BURRAGE (GBR) [5] 546 beat Barbora STEFKOVA (CZE) 1109 (CH 154, Feb. 2017) 6-3 6-3
F: Jodie BURRAGE (GBR) [5] 546 vs Nadja GILCHRIST (USA) 965=CH

-- Edited by Michael D on Saturday 24th of March 2018 11:58:29 AM

Mervatron2 · Challenger qualifying

Good week by Jodie. Hope to top it off with a title win.

blob · All-time great

Jodi is back out for the doubles final, and into the MTB we go, 5-7 7-5 [2-3*]

blob · All-time great

Second Brit to lose out in a doubles final today

F: Burrage/Cabaj Awad (GBR/SWE) [3] 1439 lost to Buayam/Gabueva (THA/RUS) 1621 5-7 7-5 [7-10]

Just have to remedy that result with a singles title here instead

Oakland2002 · All-time great

Michael D wrote:
That's an interesting final match up Jodie has there. Nadja is the American based at Bath, who has been having some success at Sharm and has now reached the final twice since she's been there. Listed as UNR in the draw Nadja had to come through 2 rounds of qualifying to reach the main draw. Her actual rank this week is 965, as shown, but her live rank is already up to 841. So she is making huge strides. Jodie, in the meantime, though making the final, is finally +1 for these two Miami weeks, though her live ranking is still slipping 4 to 540. A good time for Jodie to get her second 15k win.

SF: Jodie BURRAGE (GBR) [5] 546 beat Barbora STEFKOVA (CZE) 1109 (CH 154, Feb. 2017) 6-3 6-3
F: Jodie BURRAGE (GBR) [5] 546 vs Nadja GILCHRIST (USA) 965=CH

-- Edited by Michael D on Saturday 24th of March 2018 11:58:29 AM

Nadja has played 8 weeks! In Sharm.

She is 27 having had 18 months off the futures tour. Her CH is 397 back in 2015 after having had a sustained crack at the tour 2014-16. She was a solid college player at Georgia that was sometime ago graduating in 2011 playing no 2 for the 6 th ranked team And although ranked in singles in previous years was unranked in college tennis as a senior.