Girls: Wirral Junior International, Liverpool (Week 2), indoor hard - Grade 5 (Week 47)

tharris · Intermediate Club Player

Girls: Wirral Junior International, Liverpool (Week 2), indoor hard - Grade 5 (Week 47)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

A great week but couldn't quite end in glory:

FINAL: Celia Belle MOHR (FRA) [4] def. Eva SHAW (GBR) 6-3 1-6 6-1

paulisi · Tennis legend

tharris wrote:
Do we know it was Eva who gave a w/o, not Andrea?

Exactly. I wouldn't be surprised if Andrea had committed to playing county champs and had to get back for her match.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

paulisi wrote:
tharris wrote:
Do we know it was Eva who gave a w/o, not Andrea?
Exactly. I wouldn't be surprised if Andrea had committed to playing county champs and had to get back for her match.

That's a bit of a slur on the poor girl's character.....

Strongbow · All-time great

Usually when teams play doubles there is a "Gentlemen's agreement" about when they'll give a walkover depending on how they do in the singles and other commitments.

Oakland2002 · All-time great

Coup Droit wrote:
paulisi wrote:
tharris wrote:
Do we know it was Eva who gave a w/o, not Andrea?
Exactly. I wouldn't be surprised if Andrea had committed to playing county champs and had to get back for her match.
That's a bit of a slur on the poor girl's character.....

She hadn't as far as I can tell.