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

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

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

vohor · Grand Slam Champion

Great win for Em & Rutuja :D

Peter too · Tennis legend

R2: WEBLEY-SMITH, Emily (GBR) Q 582 def GAI, Ao (CHN) 507 4-6 1-2 Ret.

PaulM · Tennis legend

Not sure what happen. Bit bizarre as in final.game Em lost 4 points in a row to be broken, then scoreboard says Gai retired.

Notable how many retirements there have been in this event actually

PaulM · Tennis legend

Em and Rutuja take the first set 7-6(6)

Both got a bit tight serving for it at *5-4, then let a *4-1 and 5-3* lead in the tiebreaker slip. Fortunately the Chinese pair double faulted on their set point.

the addict · Tennis legend

Close, but not quite close enough, Em and Rutuja lose 10-8 in the MTB

Michael D · All-time great

SF: Emily Webley-Smith/ Rutuja Bhosale (GBR/IND) 718 (229+489) lost to Hanyu Guo/ Yukun Zhang (CHN/CHN) [3] 711 (136+575) 7-6(6) 2-6 8-10 cry

A bit weird Emily's singles... a QF she really will not have been expecting, and not really deserved either. Here though in the doubles, I thought she had a good chance to go through...

-- Edited by Michael D on Thursday 17th of May 2018 08:35:51 AM

PaulM · Tennis legend

Ach. Could really have done with one more win here. Shame.

vohor · Grand Slam Champion

Shame the dubs slipped away :(
Singles outcome odd but, assuming it is correctly reported, a bonus for Em so here's hoping she is indeed through and can make even more of it in the QF :)

Peter too · Tennis legend

There was a medical time out shortly before the retirement.

Michael D · All-time great

Well, these extremely fortuitous additional points will give Emily her biggest singles counter when they go on...

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Michael D wrote:
SF: Emily Webley-Smith/ Rutuja Bhosale (GBR/IND) 718 (229+489) lost to Hanyu Guo/ Yukun Zhang (CHN/CHN) [3] 711 (136+575) 7-6(6) 2-6 8-10
A bit weird Emily's singles... a QF she really will not have been expecting, and not really deserved either. Here though in the doubles, I thought she had a good chance to go through...

-- Edited by Michael D on Thursday 17th of May 2018 08:35:51 AM

I think Em thinks something was not quite kosher about the linecalling in this match....

"10 good overules made by a good umpire. All calls made at the other end, all off our shots, on points we were winning. You do the maths...."

2:29 AM - 17 May 2018

Peter too · Tennis legend

QF: WEBLEY-SMITH, Emily (GBR) Q 582 v GUO, Hanyu (CHN) 327 CH=278 23/10/17

19 year old Guo removed the 4th seed in R2.

TomTraubert · Futures level

6-1 lets go!

PaulM · Tennis legend

Playing well but the Chinese girl is wild.

Em misses three break points at 2-2* second set which could be crucial, though she didn't really have a play on any.