Week 15 - ITF ($25K) - Obidos, Portugal Carpet

blob · All-time great

Week 15 - ITF ($25K) - Obidos, Portugal Carpet

Michael D · All-time great

The original start scheduled here for 10 am has been pushed back to 11.30 then again to 13.00, as obviously the rain continues to fall. I tried to look up what indoor court capacity they have here, but its hard to determine if they do indeed have any. What they have clearly is a very fancy setup which is likely why so many of our players have been attracted there, despite the inclement weather which has also been affecting men's tournaments in Portugal over the past month or so.

RedSquirrel · Satellite level

Outoor play has now be rescheduled to 5.30pm, except for Emily's qualifying match which has been moved indoors starting at 4pm. I think this may be off-site as the indoor players need to check for the departure time. All the doubles matches scheduled for today have been removed from the OOP, leaving just the four R32 singles matches and Emily's qualifying match.

-- Edited by RedSquirrel on Tuesday 10th of April 2018 11:29:08 AM

telstar · Strong Club Player

Michael D wrote:
The original start scheduled here for 10 am has been pushed back to 11.30 then again to 13.00, as obviously the rain continues to fall. I tried to look up what indoor court capacity they have here, but its hard to determine if they do indeed have any. What they have clearly is a very fancy setup which is likely why so many of our players have been attracted there, despite the inclement weather which has also been affecting men's tournaments in Portugal over the past month or so.

I don't think it's a particularly fancy set up. I think its' attraction to British players is that it's not clay!

Michael D · All-time great

telstar wrote:
Michael D wrote:
The original start scheduled here for 10 am has been pushed back to 11.30 then again to 13.00, as obviously the rain continues to fall. I tried to look up what indoor court capacity they have here, but its hard to determine if they do indeed have any. What they have clearly is a very fancy setup which is likely why so many of our players have been attracted there, despite the inclement weather which has also been affecting men's tournaments in Portugal over the past month or so.
I don't think it's a particularly fancy set up. I think its' attraction to British players is that it's not clay!

Yes, I'm sure you're right! It's just the website that makes it all seem fancy, since it is a kind of brochure for the place, but I guessed that what the players encounter is somewhat less smile

Michael D · All-time great

Emily has also finally finished her FQR match now on the indoor court as reported, and not surprisingly lost it 6-4 6-4

telstar · Strong Club Player

blob wrote:
Despite her lowly ranking, Bejenaru is a right pesky Brit basher.
We were 3-9 against her last year, and 0-1 currently this.
Come on Emily, strike a blow!

Karola Bejenaru's story makes interesting reading. https://www.gofundme.com/27huyxw

Michael D · All-time great

Qualifiers are placed now, and unfortunately it is Maia that has drawn the short straw against the top seed, Arina Rodinova cry

Katie B has a qualifier from Taipai, Freya is much more fortunate with Andrea Ka, a Cambodian WC, and Katie S gets a LL.

It's unclear when any of them will get to play their matches with the ongoing rain...

Michael D · All-time great

telstar wrote:
blob wrote:
Despite her lowly ranking, Bejenaru is a right pesky Brit basher.
We were 3-9 against her last year, and 0-1 currently this.
Come on Emily, strike a blow!
Karola Bejenaru's story makes interesting reading. https://www.gofundme.com/27huyxw

Indeed, see she is based in Northern Ireland now, but not very successful with that fund raising. cry

the addict · Tennis legend

The LL spot goes to Yuliya HATOUKA of Belarus, so Beth and Emily A miss out

RedSquirrel · Satellite level

Maia is second match on court 1, followed by KB and then KS. Freya is 4th match on Court 3. Weather looks better so should get a full days play.

I don't know when they'll play the doubles matches, as none are scheduled tomorrow and rain is forecast for Thursday.

Peter too · Tennis legend

Q3: LUMSDEN, Maia (GBR) 3 459 def ROSCA, Ioana Loredana (ROU) 998 7-6(9) 6-3
Q3: GREY, Sarah Beth (GBR) 10 609 lost to BASSOLS RIBERA, Marina (ESP) 5 501 3-6 4-6
Q3: APPLETON, Emily (GBR) 11 622 lost to BEJENARU, Karola Patricia (ROU) 910 4-6 4-6
Q3: CHRISTIE, Freya (GBR) 8 528 def ATUCHA GOMEZ, Ainhoa (ESP) 730 6-4 6-1

R1: LUMSDEN, Maia (GBR) Q 459 v RODIONOVA, Arina (AUS) 1 131 CH=116 23/10/17
R1: SWAN, Katie (GBR) 6 298 v HATOUKA, Yuliya (BLR) LL 624 =CH 17yo JCH=144
R1: CHRISTIE, Freya (GBR) Q 528 v KA, Andrea (CAM) WC 705 CH=560 12/6/17
R1: BOULTER, Katie (GBR) 2 194 v LEE, Pei-Chi (TPE) Q 438 CH=389 2014
H2H 1-0 Phuket 2014 Boulter 6-4 3-6 6-4

indiana · Tennis legend

The short straw indeed for Maia but overall the general straw length looks not bad at all.

flamingowings · All-time great

indiana wrote:
The short straw indeed for Maia but overall the general straw length looks not bad at all.

True. On the positive side, Maia qualified in the 1st place.

Hopefully 3 out of 4 win at a minimum and on ranking they should be.

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

I know some on here don't take too much notice in odds, but I was really surprised to see the prices in the Maia match. Rodionova is the favourite as expected, but she is just 4/6 compared to Maia's 11/10, so not much in it. For context, that is exactly the same in the Rybakina-Dart match in Istanbul, with the young Russian the 4/6 favourite despite being lower ranked, so it's not just British money influencing the odds.

Would be fantastic if Maia could pull it off.