Week 9 - ITF (W25) - Macon, France - Hard Indoor

Michael D · All-time great

Week 9 - ITF (W25) - Macon, France - Hard Indoor

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

I guess SBG will be quite happy just to be involved as I'd imagine she'd have probably just sneaked in with that ranking, but Shinkova was the 5th seed in Altenkirchen last week (and won a title in Slovakia the week before) so that just shows this main draw is pretty stacked.

Never heard of Naomi's opponent, but on paper, it seems OK.

-- Edited by Ace Ventura on Sunday 24th of February 2019 06:04:37 PM

the addict · Tennis legend

I guess Beth will be a lot more than happy - she is only 10th alt on the itf acceptance list, and appears to be the last qualifier.
Hope she can get a doubles partner.

Peter too · Tennis legend

Sarah Beth beat Shinikova two straight last year in Portugal.

Peter too · Tennis legend

Thirteen of our girls entered this event but failed to get into the qualifying event. Had they instead entered the W25 in Moscow seven would have been higher ranked than the lowest ranked girl without a WC. It looks as if players outside the top 400 will need to enter lots of W25 tournaments each week to stand any chance of getting accepted.

telstar · Strong Club Player

Beth will indeed be pleased to have got a place especially to be drawn against an opponent who she beat in both singles and doubles last year. I understand that Beth will be partnering Sam Murray in the doubles-should be a good pairing.

-- Edited by telstar on Sunday 24th of February 2019 09:20:19 PM

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

SBG *1-4

Naomi has just taken the first set 6-1.

-- Edited by Ace Ventura on Monday 25th of February 2019 10:47:13 AM

Peter too · Tennis legend

Sarah Beth 1-6 *0-0

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Practically a mirror image throughout those two matches, in points, and games, and in the end Naomi wins 6-1 6-3 and Beth loses 1-6 3-6

Michael D · All-time great

QR1: Sarah Beth GREY (GBR) 445 lost to Isabella SHINIKOVA (BUL) [q2] 253 (CH:133 Feb17) 1-6 3-6
QR1: Naomi BROADY (GBR) [q3] 265 beat Sara CAKAREVIC (FRA) 439 (CH;304 July 18) 6-1 6-3

FQR: Naomi BROADY (GBR) [q3] 265 vs Margot YEROLYMOS (FRA) 410 (CH:371)

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Completely forgot about these qualifiers playing twice in a day until I saw the Carreras thread.

You'd expect a few wide scores given how some, like SBG, got in after a number of withdrawals, so there will be wide ranking and ability differences between some of the Q1 competitors, but Yerolymos was the only real close match out of the 12 - that went 10-8 in the MTB, whereas all the others seem very comfortable. 2 dropped 6 games, 2 dropped 5 and the other 7 were 4 games or less (one is still on going, but it's 6-1 *5-1).

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Naomi in trouble. 3-6 2-4*

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Lost 3-6 2-6. Grim.

flamingowings · All-time great

Repeatable posts there Ace. Grim indeed.

Michael D · All-time great

Grim sums it up as Naomi now fails even to qualify for a 25k

QR: Naomi BROADY (GBR) [q3] 265 lost to Margot YEROLYMOS (FRA) 410 (CH:371) 3-6 2-6

Our singles interest herewith ends, but in the doubles Beth and Sam are playing together as telstar reported earlier, and Naomi has now ventured into the Arabian Nights to seek a stay from execution. May she prove better at story telling than she has recently been at tennis.