Week 18 - ITF (W60) Les Franqueses des Valles, Spain Hard

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Week 18 - ITF (W60) Les Franqueses des Valles, Spain Hard

Michael D · All-time great

Good to see 2/2 here into the QFs. Winners of the two QF matches will meet in the SFs.

R2: DUNNE, Katy (GBR) 299 beat GUTIERREZ CARRASCO, Maria (ESP) Q 499 CH=496 4/3/19 6-3 6-2
R2: BURRAGE, Jodie Anna (GBR) 297 beat CABEZA-CANDELA, Estrella (ESP) 378 CH=95 2013 6-2 retired

QF: DUNNE, Katy (GBR) 299 vs Nina STOJANOVIC (SRB) [4] 246 (CH121)
QF: BURRAGE, Jodie Anna (GBR) 297 vs KOSTOVA, Elitsa (BUL) [5] 254 (CH:130)

the addict · Tennis legend

Good performance from Katy, always looked in control.

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Went very well, won 6-3 6-2.

Quite fortunate having Melnikova (just returning from a lay off, withdrew from Sunderland) as the seed in her section and thus ultimately ended up playing a lowly ranked qualifier, but she's obviously had a tough time, particularly towards the back end of last year, so it's great to see her stringing wins together now and picking up some really valuable points. Plays the 4th seed Stojanovic next who played in both recent GB events.

Well done Katy.

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Michael D wrote:
Good to see 2/2 here into the QFs. Winners of the two QF matches will meet in the SFs.

R2: DUNNE, Katy (GBR) 299 beat GUTIERREZ CARRASCO, Maria (ESP) Q 499 CH=496 4/3/19 6-3 6-2
R2: BURRAGE, Jodie Anna (GBR) 297 beat CABEZA-CANDELA, Estrella (ESP) 378 CH=95 2013 6-2 retired

QF: DUNNE, Katy (GBR) 299 vs Nina STOJANOVIC (SRB) [4] 246 (CH121)
QF: BURRAGE, Jodie Anna (GBR) 297 vs KOSTOVA, Elitsa (BUL) [5] 254 (CH:130)

I'd take one win and one loss now if offered, but wouldn't it be fantastic if they could meet in a 60k final and guarantee a finalist.

the addict · Tennis legend

The ITF scoreboard has frozen for me on this match, but I think I saw the players leave the court just before Katy's match finished, so I'm going to post this anyway, and will correct it later if necessary wink

QF:- Mariam BOLKVADZE /Emily WEBLEY-SMITH 467 (187+280) def Olga PARRES AZCOITIA (ESP) (WC) Ioana Loredana ROSCA (ROU) (WC) 1220 (524+696) 6-3 6-3

They will play the winners of Eden's match, which is next on court

Michael D · All-time great

The doubles are underway too... and I think we have our first QF winners, but really annoyingly live scores have gone off line in what I hope is the final service game...

QF:- Mariam BOLKVADZE /Emily WEBLEY-SMITH 467 (187+280) lead Olga PARRES AZCOITIA (ESP) (WC) Ioana Loredana ROSCA (ROU) (WC) 1220 (524+696) 6-3 *5-3

QF:- Jessika PONCHET (FRA) Eden SILVA (GBR) 571 (329+242) v Eva GUERRERO ALVAREZ (ESP) Guiomar MARISTANY ZULETA DE REALES (ESP) 894 (484+410)
QF:- Jodie Anna BURRAGE (GBR) / Olivia NICHOLLS (GBR) 663 (443+220) ) v Cristina BUCSA (ESP) Linnea MALMQVIST (SWE) 632 (178+454)

Just beaten by the a, but since this has all three doubles matches to be played this afternoon will leave up smile

-- Edited by Michael D on Thursday 2nd of May 2019 01:37:28 PM

the addict · Tennis legend

Only beaten because I had it saved from posting yesterday wink

the addict · Tennis legend

And it's five out of five for the Brits in Spain, all in straight sets and no tie-breaks or MTB !

telstar · Strong Club Player

the addict wrote:
And it's five out of five for the Brits in Spain, all in straight sets and no tie-breaks or MTB !

Liv and Jodie came back from 0-5 in the second set to win seven games in a row!

Michael D · All-time great

Yes, wonderful results to see! In particular pleased to see Olivia back on a winning trail, but of course all the others too!

Very unusually none of the SFs are seeded, and in fact only one of the QFs was.

QF:- Mariam BOLKVADZE /Emily WEBLEY-SMITH 467 (187+280) beat Olga PARRES AZCOITIA (ESP) (WC) Ioana Loredana ROSCA (ROU) (WC) 1220 (524+696) 6-3 6-3
QF:- Jessika PONCHET (FRA) Eden SILVA (GBR) 571 (329+242) beat Eva GUERRERO ALVAREZ (ESP) Guiomar MARISTANY ZULETA DE REALES (ESP) 894 (484+410) 6-3 6-4
QF:- Jodie Anna BURRAGE (GBR) / Olivia NICHOLLS (GBR) 663 (443+220) beat Cristina BUCSA (ESP) Linnea MALMQVIST (SWE) 632 (178+454) 6-4 7-5

SF:- Mariam BOLKVADZE (GEO) /Emily WEBLEY-SMITH (GBR) 467 (187+280) vs Jessika PONCHET (FRA)/ Eden SILVA (GBR) 571 (329+242)
SF:- Jodie Anna BURRAGE (GBR) / Olivia NICHOLLS (GBR) 663 (443+220) vs Anastasia GASANOCA (RUS)/ Aleksandrina NAYDENOVA (BUL) 621 (287+334)

vohor · Grand Slam Champion

Great results all round :D

RedSquirrel · Satellite level

Start delayed due to rain. Accuweather helpfully says rain will continue for another 56 mins. High chance of precipitation/showers forecast for the rest of the day.

Michael D · All-time great

Looking at that OOP of the day, there are five different Brits involved 6 times in 4 singles QFs and 2 doubles SFs in a Spanish W60 - that's more than we were managing in British based W25s a few weeks ago!

telstar · Strong Club Player

Michael D wrote:
Looking at that OOP of the day, there are five different Brits involved 6 times in 4 singles QFs and 2 doubles SFs in a Spanish W60 - that's more than we were managing in British based W25s a few weeks ago!

Yes-remarkable. I think the key to this is that there is a German 60 on this week as well. Many good Europeans chose to play there on clay. The Brits sensibly chose their better surface so went to Spain instead.