Week 39 - ITF ($25K) - Clermont-Ferrand, France Hard

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Week 39 - ITF ($25K) - Clermont-Ferrand, France Hard

TomTraubert · Futures level

hope something change for appleton then
5 md entries and 3 q entries yet to score a point
win today was just 3rd from the 8 events
not won 2 matches in a 25k this year
tommorrow be the day she take the next small step up?

indiana · Tennis legend

Yes hope a little orangeade is just the tonic Emily needs to make a step up.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Eden is a set up on Mathilde Armitano.

But was a break up in the second too and has just broken back.

Armitano is a classic mid-range French player, still young (age 21), done a lot of serious tennis growing up (FFT academies from the age of 12, national championships, etc.), won a 15k titles in singles recently and a 25k title in doubles.
But she's nothing that special, nothing that makes you think she's suddenly going to break into the top 300, more likely fairly ranked at 600 or so and will continue to move upwards, slowly.

Strongbow · All-time great

Eden wins 6-3 6-2 biggrin

Emily App warming up

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Well done, Eden. Glad you didn't make it any more difficult than it need be.

Nicely into the main draw.

Emily App's opponent is very well know to GB players - lost to Tiff one week, beat her the next; lost to Alicia at CHiswick; age 22, rather similar to Armitano above, just another mid-range player, but probably fractionally not even as good - her ranking is very much based on one good trip out to South Africa. (That said, Emily App doesn't have the best track record of quality wins either)

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Monday 24th of September 2018 12:57:57 PM

Michael D · All-time great

MD is up, even if the qualifying is still under way. Challenging for Beth, but she has a chance. Eden still to be place, Emily App has it all to do.

R32: Sarah Beth GREY (GBR) 440 vs Marina MELNIKOVA (RUS) [6] 264 (CH:170 May 14)

Michael D · All-time great

And some intriguing doubles pairings. Top seeds are Beth and EWS! Emily App is also in the doubles with an old partner, whilst Eden is playing with a former partner of Lissey Barnett. I'll add rankings later when I have more time.

R16: Sarah Beth GREY/ Emily WEBLEY-SMITH (GBR/GBR) [1] vs Lou ADLER/Camille SIREIX (FRA/FRA)
R16: Emily APPLETON/ Maria Fernanda HERAZO GONZALEZ (GBR/COL) vs Harmony TAN/ Margot YEROLYMOS (FRA/FRA) [WC]
R16: Eden SILVA/ Julia TERZIYSKA (GBR/BUL) vs Emma LENE/ Lea THOLEY (FRA/FRA)

Babfive · Satellite level

Emily lost the first set 5-7

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Hard battle but Emily App manages to get the win in the end, 6-4 in the third

Michael D · All-time great

Emily made very hard work of that, took her 2hrs 40

FQR: Eden SILVA (GBR) [q4] 490 beat Mathilde ARMITANO (FRA) [q11] 673 (CH:655 Aug 18) 6-3 6-2
FQR: Emily APPLETON (GBR) [q5] 509 beat Lou ADLER (FRA) [q14] 706 (CH:703 Aug 18) 5-7 6-3 6-4

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Ms. Grey is in the MD, and as is the current pattern for the GB ladies, has drawn a seed: #6, Melnikova 259.

indiana · Tennis legend

Good for Emily to battle out the win.

I have seen little over the last year or two to expect Emily to blow away a player ranked just outside the top 700 if playing to that ranking.

For now I just would like to see her making progress.

Michael D · All-time great

AliBlahBlah wrote:
Ms. Grey is in the MD, and as is the current pattern for the GB ladies, has drawn a seed: #6, Melnikova 259.

Yes, it's listed above ABB. Someone can consolidate them once the qualifiers are placed.

indiana · Tennis legend

I see that there are two Q vs Q matches. The remaining qualifiers have spots vs seeds 3, 4 & 7 and just one vs a non seed.

So likely to be or for our qualifiers.