Week 49 - ITF ($15K) - Monastir, Tunisia Hard

Peter too · Tennis legend

Week 49 - ITF ($15K) - Monastir, Tunisia Hard

TomTraubert · Futures level

slow to hit stride but got ali throuh in the end 67 60 62

Peter too · Tennis legend

Q1: COLLINS, Ali (GBR) 1 1060 def VILLET, Marie (FRA) UNR 6-7(5) 6-0 6-2

Q2: COLLINS, Ali (GBR) 1 1060 v LOLIEE, Juliette (FRA) UNR

the addict · Tennis legend

Q2: COLLINS, Ali (GBR) 1 1060 LOST TO LOLIEE, Juliette (FRA) UNR 6-3 4-6 3-6

the addict · Tennis legend

Doubles

L16: Ali COLLINS (GBR) / Claudia GIOVINE (ITA) UNR (UNR+419) v Bojana MARINKOVIC (SRB) / Alicia SMITH (AUS) [2] 1148 (664+484)

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

A bit disappointing, twice now she's failed to qualify to a 15k main draw despite being top seed in qualifying.

Strongbow · All-time great

Ace Ventura wrote:
A bit disappointing, twice now she's failed to qualify to a 15k main draw despite being top seed in qualifying.

It takes a while to get going in these and Ali hasn't played much recently - remember how long it took Emilie to get her 3rd counter.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Ace Ventura wrote:
A bit disappointing, twice now she's failed to qualify to a 15k main draw despite being top seed in qualifying.

I don't think being top seed in qualifying really counts for anything when you're only ranked 1100 or whatever.

the addict · Tennis legend

Only 5 ranked players in qualifying. Ali was 4th alt on the final acceptance list, so having just got a ranking she jumped up some 26 places up the list for seeding. So nothing between most of those players. Would have been nice to get some ITF points on the board for future entries though.

Strongbow · All-time great

the addict wrote:
Only 5 ranked players in qualifying. Ali was 4th alt on the final acceptance list, so having just got a ranking she jumped up some 26 places up the list for seeding. So nothing between most of those players. Would have been nice to get some ITF points on the board for future entries though.

She got 1 ITF point for reaching the FQR. I think her total is now 10.

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

the addict wrote:
Only 5 ranked players in qualifying. Ali was 4th alt on the final acceptance list, so having just got a ranking she jumped up some 26 places up the list for seeding. So nothing between most of those players. Would have been nice to get some ITF points on the board for future entries though.

Admittedly I know nothing about the 2 opponents she lost to, I was mainly meaning it's a bit disappointing going from winning main draw 25k matches and narrowly losing 4 and 3 (only one extra break in each set) to Rus only 4 weeks ago to not coming through 15k quals, especially when she has been around top 60 in the junior rankings and we don't get many that high, particularly in the women's side.

the addict · Tennis legend

Strongbow wrote:
the addict wrote:
Only 5 ranked players in qualifying. Ali was 4th alt on the final acceptance list, so having just got a ranking she jumped up some 26 places up the list for seeding. So nothing between most of those players. Would have been nice to get some ITF points on the board for future entries though.
She got 1 ITF point for reaching the FQR. I think her total is now 10.

Yes, just the one point - a few more would have helped with entries though. Both her last two losing matches have been pretty close though.

RedSquirrel · Satellite level

the addict wrote:

Strongbow wrote:
the addict wrote:
Only 5 ranked players in qualifying. Ali was 4th alt on the final acceptance list, so having just got a ranking she jumped up some 26 places up the list for seeding. So nothing between most of those players. Would have been nice to get some ITF points on the board for future entries though.
She got 1 ITF point for reaching the FQR. I think her total is now 10.
Yes, just the one point - a few more would have helped with entries though. Both her last two losing matches have been pretty close though.

Indeed. The more points the better. With only 19 direct acceptance places in 15K qualifying and more higher ranked players being squeezed out of 25Ks to 15Ks, I think it is going to be very hard for those in the bottom half of the ITF rankings to get entry to tournaments.

the addict · Tennis legend

Doubles catch up:-

L16: Ali COLLINS (GBR) / Claudia GIOVINE (ITA) UNR (UNR+419) def Bojana MARINKOVIC (SRB) / Alicia SMITH (AUS) [2] 1148 (664+484) 2-6 6-4 [10-3]

QF: Ali COLLINS (GBR) / Claudia GIOVINE (ITA) UNR (UNR+419) def Leonie KUNG (SUI) / Lisa KUNG (SUI) UNR (395+UNR) 7-5 6-4

SF: Ali COLLINS (GBR) / Claudia GIOVINE (ITA) UNR (UNR+419) def Astrid Wanja BRUNE OLSEN (NOR) / Malene HELGO (NOR) [4] 1426 (721+705) 6-1 6-4 biggrin

Strongbow · All-time great

With 2 existing counters - 1 point from Shrewsbury 25k and another from Glasgow 25k - Ali re-enters the doubles rankings on 17/12 biggrin

Getting a top 500 partner is a good start.