Week 31 - ITF ($15K) - Dublin, Ireland Carpet

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Week 31 - ITF ($15K) - Dublin, Ireland Carpet

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

But, here they come hunting for yet another $15K doubles title, 3-6 6-2
MTB for the title

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

There is an MTO...

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Odds are up for tomorrow. Emily 4/7, Sasha 5/4 - pretty close those. It says 11am start but I was under the impression it was 3pm - unless the 3pm streamed match is just the men's final?

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Emily & Lisa went 0-6 down in the MTB, and that was just too steep a climb from which to recover in time.
GB women 0-2 on the day in doubles finals

F: Appleton/Ponomar (GBR/GER) [1] 898 lost to Bejenaru/Kimmelmann (ROU/GER) [2] 1556 3-6 6-2 [7-10]

Tennpar · Strong Club Player

Well done Sasha and all the best for the final

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Ace Ventura wrote:
You can apparently watch the final tomorrow at 3pm on this site:

tg4.ie/en/

This match is definitely due to start at 3pm and the men's one will be on straight after. Will certainly be tuning in for the women's final.

indiana · Tennis legend

Ace Ventura wrote:
Odds are up for tomorrow. Emily 4/7, Sasha 5/4 - pretty close those. [ ... ]

These odds really show the impression Sasha has made. You certainly wouldn't have seen anything like that if they'ed met at the start of the week.

Going to be very interesting.

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

I see Emily is only 18, but she's not been on my radar before. She's played 22 tournaments this year but only ranked in the 600s, is she likely to get top 100 sometime, been injured etc? Has anyone got her 'story'?

Michael D · All-time great

Helen40 wrote:
I see Emily is only 18, but she's not been on my radar before. She's played 22 tournaments this year but only ranked in the 600s, is she likely to get top 100 sometime, been injured etc? Has anyone got her 'story'?

Emily just to turn pro rather than go to US college (she had a good offer), and there has been plenty of speculation since whether that was the right choice. She is also a Sky Sports scholar, meaning she has to produce regular updates on sky sports too, like this one, just to add some more pressure:

http://www.skysports.com/tennis/news/12110/11459415/emily-appleton-on-eastbourne-glory-and-watching-katie-taylor

SHe has been struggling to win a 15k for some time now, which seems a minimum tick off for her sponsors, and in search of one, as ABB has noted, has been playing week on week for about 3 months now, often singles and doubles. She could do with a break, as it hasn't helped her performances.

There is an individual thread for her that gives a little more info. In answer to your last question, thus far Emily has not shown she is likely to get anywhere near the top 100 or even top 200, ie she is definitely nowhere near Katie S's ability level. In her recent run, she has tended to lose to lower ranked players rather than beating higher ranked players, probably aided by the fatigue factor. Regards what her ability level actually is, the jury is still out, but she needs a saner schedule or will burn out first. She started the year ranked 733, and next week will fall to 637, losing 7 points, so thus far this week she has only regained those 7, which will take her back up to around 613. Win the title and she will crack the top 600 and reach a CH.

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

Michael D wrote:
Helen40 wrote:
I see Emily is only 18, but she's not been on my radar before. She's played 22 tournaments this year but only ranked in the 600s, is she likely to get top 100 sometime, been injured etc? Has anyone got her 'story'?
Emily just to turn pro rather than go to US college (she had a good offer), and there has been plenty of speculation since whether that was the right choice. She is also a Sky Sports scholar, meaning she has to produce regular updates on sky sports too, like this one, just to add some more pressure:
http://www.skysports.com/tennis/news/12110/11459415/emily-appleton-on-eastbourne-glory-and-watching-katie-taylor
SHe has been struggling to win a 15k for some time now, which seems a minimum tick off for her sponsors, and in search of one, as ABB has noted, has been playing week on week for about 3 months now, often singles and doubles. She could do with a break, as it hasn't helped her performances.
There is an individual thread for her that gives a little more info. In answer to your last question, thus far Emily has not shown she is likely to get anywhere near the top 100 or even top 200, ie she is definitely nowhere near Katie S's ability level. In her recent run, she has tended to lose to lower ranked players rather than beating higher ranked players, probably aided by the fatigue factor. Regards what her ability level actually is, the jury is still out, but she needs a saner schedule or will burn out first. She started the year ranked 733, and next week will fall to 637, losing 7 points, so thus far this week she has only regained those 7, which will take her back up to around 613. Win the title and she will crack the top 600 and reach a CH.

Thanks Michael.

The inconsistency seems rife amongst our players (and maybe worldwide, but I only follow ours). I wish her the best of luck with her pro career. I guess I was wondering whether I had missed her with our exicting new batch or women (KB, KS etc) at the forefront of my mind.

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Aw! They switched from Gaelic commentary to English.

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

tg4.ie/en/live/

Link works perfectly and even has presenters. Nice.

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Mine's just switched from English to Gaelic.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Yes, isn't is lovely? Another well done to the Irish.

And Emily App already saying she knows very little about Sasha.....it'll be interesting....