Week 20 - ITF ($25K) - Wuhan, China- Hard

Michael D · All-time great

Week 20 - ITF ($25K) - Wuhan, China- Hard

RedSquirrel · Satellite level

Emily is playing now. A break up in the 1st *4-3.
3 of the games Em has won have been to love. 2 of the games she has lost have been long games with multiple deuces.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Well done, Em !

PaulM will be pleased

Michael D · All-time great

Whoohoo, congrats to Emily, lovely to see her get through this successfully and take those early 5 pts (now 6). After those tight early games mentioned, the second set went by much quicker

R32: Emily WEBLEY-SMITH (GBR) [Q] 582 beat Beatrice GUMULYA (INA) [Q] 837 (CH:564 June 16) 7-5 6-2

Michael D · All-time great

And just to note.. if my celebrating a first round win so, seems excessive, Emily's top counter currently is only 7 points, and then she has just one other 6 pointer.. so if she can manage one more win here it will be her current top counter. She is due to meet the 6th seed, but currently same is a set down to an opponent in the low 500s.

the addict · Tennis legend

Great news, about time Emily had a run in singles - too many close matches this year.

PaulM · Tennis legend

Coup Droit wrote:
Well done, Em !

PaulM will be pleased

He is indeed!

Michael D · All-time great

The 6th seed has indeed been put out.

R16: Emily WEBLEY-SMITH (GBR) [Q] 582 vs Ao GAI (CHN) 507 (CH:466 May 16)

And they have more history than I expected.

H2H Emily 2-1

2015 $50,000 Zhuhai CHN Hard 32 WEBLEY-SMITH 3-6 4-6
2014 $10,000 Sharm El Sheikh EGY Hard 16 GAI 4-6 7-6(3) 6-4
2014 $10,000 Sharm El Sheikh EGY Hard 16 WEBLEY-SMITH 5-7 6-1 3-6

indiana · Tennis legend

PaulM wrote:
Coup Droit wrote:
Well done, Em !

PaulM will be pleased
He is indeed!

Good stuff. And Jaggy has gone a bit quiet of late.

Anyway Ms Webley-Smith, you get back to your luxury hotel and pampering and prepare for your next match

vohor · Grand Slam Champion

Great; well done Em :D

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Emily and partner did a nice job of the doubles, winning 4 & 4

PaulM · Tennis legend

Yes, they played very well

Michael D · All-time great

Great win for Emily and Rutuja and helps to reclaim some of that 50 coming off next week. Two more wins this week and Emily will be back where she started this week in two weeks time... Next up pair have a very similar overall ranking to Emily and Rutuja.

QF: Emily Webley-Smith/ Rutuja Bhosale (GBR/IND) 718 (229+489) beat Alison Bai/ Jia-Jing Lu (AUS/CHN) [1] 371 (211+160) 6-4 6-4 smile
SF: Emily Webley-Smith/ Rutuja Bhosale (GBR/IND) 718 (229+489) vs Hanyu Guo/ Yukun Zhang (CHN/CHN) [3] 711 (136+575)

The Optimist · ATP qualifying

Em's partner Rutuja was a strong dubs player in US college, playing for Texas A&M

Michael D · All-time great

The Optimist wrote:
Em's partner Rutuja was a strong dubs player in US college, playing for Texas A&M

Since she is only 22, I assume then that this is her first full season as a pro out of college. And indeed she is currently at CHs for both singles and doubles, both in the 400s, so it would seem is presently upwardly mobile. A great looking partner for Emily then. Even if her doubles ranking is still higher than Emily's it seems likely that it won't be for long. Hope they have at least two further matches together this week...