Week 8 - (ITF W25) - Altenkirchen, Germany Indoor Carpet

Peter too · Tennis legend

Week 8 - (ITF W25) - Altenkirchen, Germany Indoor Carpet

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

18th February 2018, a little fancied and outside the top 300 Harriet Dart entered Altenkirchen qualifying...

indiana · Tennis legend

There you are, be great if it was a precedent young Emily followed

As it is she starts the week having burst into the WTA top 500 for the first time since August 2016, up 10 to WR 494 in the latest rankings.

the addict · Tennis legend

Emily on court - stream available

PaulM · Tennis legend

Missed three break points at 2-2* and then basically fell apart

Both players trying to get into net so quite fun in that respect

2-6 *0-1

PaulM · Tennis legend

Misses break points in both the Germans opening service games and is strated to get very frustrated with herself

*1-2

the addict · Tennis legend

Em finally gets a break, at the seventh attempt. On serve in the second at *2-3.
I'm enjoying this one, plenty of variety.

RedSquirrel · Satellite level

In the doubles Soumeya is reunited with Kimmelmann as WCs but play the 2nd seeds.
Emily and Shapatava are drawn against the top seeds

the addict · Tennis legend

Quite a battle this one. From *2-3 to *2-5 to *4-5

PaulM · Tennis legend

Lost 2 and 4. Didn't take her chances and was broken a few times from game point up (including last game when she had 40-15). So had chances to really push this one.

But as said above tons of variety from both.

Another tough doubles draw to boot.

-- Edited by PaulM on Monday 18th of February 2019 03:45:27 PM

paulisi · Tennis legend

I have to say that Emily has been very critical of the new format and that she has not been able to compete at the level she aspires to.
Unfortunately results don't lie. Emily has hardly won a singles match at 25k or higher for quite some time and I cannot remember when she beat a higher ranked opponent.
Perhaps she needs to be a bit more realistic.
If she wants to play singles, she needs to drop a level.
If she wants to play doubles at that level, she may have to become a doubles specialist.

the addict · Tennis legend

She's won a handful of qualifying matches in the last six months, but all against much lower-ranked opponents. The only main draw in that time appears to be in India in December - and that was a tight one. She doesn't look far off the standard, but as you say, she really needs to drop a level and go down the ITF route to get some wins.

the addict · Tennis legend

Doubles draw

L16:- Akgul AMANMURADOVA (UZB)/Valentina IVAKHNENKO (RUS) [1] 350 (171+179) v Sofia SHAPATAVA (GEO/Emily WEBLEY-SMITH (GBR) 558 (205+332) (playing today)

L16:- Soumeya ANANE (GBR)/Julia KIMMELMANN (GER) (WC) 1564 (710+851)v Cristina BUCSA (ESP)/Rosalie VAN DER HOEK (NED) [2] 448 (208+240)

PaulM · Tennis legend

Em and Sofia had points for 4-2* second set but ended up losing it and into a MTB

6-4 5-7 0-0*

the addict · Tennis legend

Lost the MTB 11-9, having had one match point themselves.