Week 19 - ITF ($60K) - Fukuoka, Japan - Hard

Michael D · All-time great

Week 19 - ITF ($60K) - Fukuoka, Japan - Hard

Michael D · All-time great

Fantastic turn around for Tara, won nine games in a row to take herself to the brink of victory, then managed to go into self-destruct mode for a while to lose 3 games in a row, including DFing to two service game losses, but finally broke again to qualify smile

FQR: Tara MOORE (GBR) [q2] 444 vs Erina HAYASHI (JPN) [q5] 517 (CH:450 June 17) 6-7(4) 6-2 6-3

blob · All-time great

That is a series of fine wins from Tara to qualify. Add in that the last two results were comebacks from a set down and it's certainly a considerably encouraging little run.

RedSquirrel · Satellite level

Katy+Gabi took the 1st convincingly 6-3 (33pts to 19) but didn't continue the dominance into the next set which they lost nor the MTB and fail to qualify.

Katy+Gabi lose 6-3 4-6 6-10

paulisi · Tennis legend

Tara seems to have her confidence back..

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

Katie B has just come back from set point down to break for 4-5, back on serve.

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

Katie couldn't hold on in the end and lost the first set 4-6 to an UNR Japanese WC

indiana · Tennis legend

Saved 5 SPs in all in that game at 3-5* and a 6th at *4-5 but not a 7th.

4-6

RedSquirrel · Satellite level

Helen40 wrote:

Katie B has just come back from set point down to break for 4-5, back on serve.

It was 3 set points down she came back from to break.

She is really struggling against the unranked Naito. Being broken 3 times.

Naito of course did beat Katy and Naomi on the way to winning last weeks doubles, which adds to her 2 100k doubles titles so perhaps she should not be underestimated.

blob · All-time great

Tara gets a pretty good draw considering the level of Tournament, but still difficult: Asia Muhammad WR256 - who has potential, and can be streaky, she obviously lost the $25K final in February to Gabi in Australia, but followed it up by winning the strong $25K in Rancho Santa Fe.
It's a good draw, but it's still a tough task.

RedSquirrel · Satellite level

Katie down another break in the 2nd. 1-3*. I cannot see her winning this one. Judging by the stats, the serve does not see to be working today. She gone through at least 2 games without getting a 1st serve in.

indiana · Tennis legend

Katie B 4-6 *1-2 ( and now I see 1-3* as I waffled )

Katie has had 5 BPs in total in her first 2 return games of the second set while serving to love in between.

Yuki Naito may be unranked but as pointed out earlier she is just 17 yo, with a CH 813 shortly before her 16th birthday and a JCH 13. While short of singles wins recently she did have the boost of being part of the doubles title pair who beat Emily WS and Lykina in last week's 80K final.

So clearly a pretty talented young lady, maybe inconsistent as yet. Though it still looked a good draw, just probably not predictable.

-- Edited by indiana on Tuesday 8th of May 2018 06:32:34 AM

indiana · Tennis legend

Back on serve in the second set, *2-3

Now let's be getting rather more first serves in.

RedSquirrel · Satellite level

Perhaps I spoke too soon. Katie now a break up *5-4

Naito's CH comes from a single match beating a circa 500 ranked player in R32 of the Nov 2016 100K Tokyo. Her only other ranking point comes from a 15K event last year beating a c1100 ranked player.

-- Edited by RedSquirrel on Tuesday 8th of May 2018 06:51:49 AM

blob · All-time great

Katie is 5-8 (38.46%) after losing the first set in 2018.
Thise 5 comeback wins are the most of any Brit in 2018 - though not the highest %: Francesca Jones is 4-3 (57.14%)