Week 19 - ITF (W25) - Obidos, Portugal - Carpet

indiana · Tennis legend

Week 19 - ITF (W25) - Obidos, Portugal - Carpet

indiana · Tennis legend

EWS 6-1 1-0*

PaulM · Tennis legend

Em had 4-1* in the second but Ka finally converted a break point.

Em saved break points at *4-4 then missed match points at 5-4*.

Now 6-5*

indiana · Tennis legend

Em won 6-1 7-5

Mandy *5-6. One break of serve each.

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Amanda 5-6 *30-40. They've exchanged breaks.

SP saved and now has a GP.

-- Edited by Ace Ventura on Friday 10th of May 2019 03:46:28 PM

the addict · Tennis legend

Mandy is 5-7 *1-0

Well done Em, much-needed points.

the addict · Tennis legend

Mandy's run comes to an end 5-7 3-6

the addict · Tennis legend

Doubles

QF:- Sofia SHAPATAVA (GEO) / Emily WEBLEY-SMITH (GBR) 546 (224+322) [2] def Ioana GASPAR (ROU) / Ekaterina SHALIMOVA (RUS) UNR (UNR/16+412) 6-2 6-2 smile

SF:- Sofia SHAPATAVA (GEO) / Emily WEBLEY-SMITH (GBR) 546 (224+322) [2] v Kulikova, Anastasia (FIN) / Wargnier, Lucie (FRA) UNR (UNR+UNR)

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Another match with #2 seed Bolkvadze up next for EWS. The top 6 seeds have all made the QF and it's only the #7 and #8 seeds who have gone and they were eliminated by EWS and Mandy respectively.

Michael D · All-time great

Great for EWS to win too matches, and a good go from Mandy, if she has fallen just short of the 9 points she needed to confirm her WTA ranking. Still she is up to 4th on the alt list for here next week, so if she can get into qualifying again and make the MD then she will finally have her ranking back again. Don't expect Emily's run to continue either as she plays her occasional doubles partner (Sofia, her main current partner also being Georgian, but 9 pts on top of Emily's total current tally of 38 will be extremely welcome.

R16: CARRERAS, Amanda (GBR) [Q] UNR lost to Susan BANDECCHI (SUI) 401=CH 5-7 3-6
R16: WEBLEY-SMITH, Emily (GBR) 524 beat Andrea KA (CAM) [WC] UNR/376 (CH:560) 6-1 7-5

QF: WEBLEY-SMITH, Emily (GBR) 524 vs Mariam BOLKVADZE (GEO) [2] 211=CH

Michael D · All-time great

Yes, the H2H that Ace alludes to.

Year Tournament Nation Surface Round Winner Score
2019 W25 Obidos POR Carpet 32 BOLKVADZE 6-3 6-1
2018 $100,000 Manchester GBR Grass Round 1 (Q) BOLKVADZE 2-6 6-4 7-5
2018 $100,000 Surbiton GBR Grass Round 2 (Q) BOLKVADZE 6-1 6-7(7) 6-3
2013 $50,000 Trabzon TUR Hard Round 2 (Q) WEBLEY-SMITH 0-6 0-6

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-- Edited by Michael D on Saturday 11th of May 2019 01:18:18 AM

the addict · Tennis legend

Miracles do happen - we have morning play in Obidos !

Em is 2-3* (from *2-0)

PaulM · Tennis legend

She had 3 points to level at *4-4 but didn't convert and was broken to love to lose the set 6-3

the addict · Tennis legend

Em serving much better in the second set. Recovers from 1-3 to *4-3 40-15 - but there's a MTO.......

Michael D · All-time great

But this is impressive from Emily, much better than I was expecting. She's now a break up in the second set 3-6 *4-3.
And there is a MTO at *4-3 40-15. I'm assuming its Mariam. For a British based player, I'd be happy if some of our own players had progressed as she has over the last 6-9 months, but taking a MTO in the middle of a game is not a good sign.