Week 23 - ITF (W100) - Surbiton, Great Britain - Grass

the addict · Tennis legend

Week 23 - ITF (W100) - Surbiton, Great Britain - Grass

indiana · Tennis legend

indiana wrote:
Heather, in her 3rd match of the day, is into a doubles SF MTB.

4-6 6-3 ...

And a 3rd win

Heather and Yanina win 4-6 6-3 [11-9]

The other SF is still early in the 2nd set.

the addict · Tennis legend

Semi-final

Heather WATSON (GBR) / Yanina WICKMAYER (BEL) 208 (59+149) def Ivana JOROVIC (SRB) / Tereza SMITKOVA (CZE) 592 (299+293 )4-6 6-3 [11-9] smile

Final
Heather WATSON (GBR) / Yanina WICKMAYER (BEL) 208 (59+149) v Jennifer BRADY (USA) / Caroline DOLEHIDE (USA) 172 )49+123)

the addict · Tennis legend

From twitter
Emily Webley-Smith
@ews24
10m10 minutes ago

Thankyou Surbiton. After a good 1st round win I'm gutted not to be able to compete in our 1/4 final today as Katy was unable to play.
Hope to see you next year!

steven · Tennis legend

Emily has confirmed that it was Katy who couldn't play. Presumably Katy might have played anyway if the singles schedule hadn't been crunched by the weather. Hopefully she's fully intending to play two singles matches tomorrow!

steven · Tennis legend

goldfish wrote:
Excellent wins from Heather & Katy. Certainly Katy D's turn to shine having been a bit overshadowed last year. Well done both.

She was overshadowed because she got Riske earlier last year, whereas the others got quite decent draws. Good chance for revenge, though I imagine she'd have preferred to avoid Alison for another round or two!

Really great to see both of our players who won W60s recently after at best indifferent (Katy) / bad (Heather) runs proving those wins weren't a flash in the pan. A real step up for both tomorrow though.

PaulM · Tennis legend

Interesting that Sofia made a comment on Instagram that the reason shes not in the UK at Surbiton is that she's waiting on her visa.

I'm not sure they would have made the cut as a pair, but perhaps there was an anticipation they would have been given a wildcard, which is quite interesting.

JonH · All-time great

PaulM wrote:
Interesting that Sofia made a comment on Instagram that the reason shes not in the UK at Surbiton is that she's waiting on her visa.

I'm not sure they would have made the cut as a pair, but perhaps there was an anticipation they would have been given a wildcard, which is quite interesting.

Forgive me, I'm not familiar with first names. Who is Sofia.?

the addict · Tennis legend

Sofia Shapatava from Georgia, who has partnered Emily to four W25 titles this year.
"contact British embassy to give me visa faster and better and i would love to be on my favorite surface"

Michael D · All-time great

PaulM wrote:
Interesting that Sofia made a comment on Instagram that the reason shes not in the UK at Surbiton is that she's waiting on her visa.

I'm not sure they would have made the cut as a pair, but perhaps there was an anticipation they would have been given a wildcard, which is quite interesting.

That's really annoying. Georgia is not a country there should be any delays in issuing visas to people, and she is a professional tennis player ffs. disbelief

Michael D · All-time great

the addict wrote:
Sofia Shapatava from Georgia, who has partnered Emily to four W25 titles this year.
"contact British embassy to give me visa faster and better and i would love to be on my favorite surface"

Partnered Emily to four RECENT doubles titles, including last week and about 3 in the last 4-6 weeks.

flamingowings · All-time great

Michael D wrote:
PaulM wrote:
Interesting that Sofia made a comment on Instagram that the reason shes not in the UK at Surbiton is that she's waiting on her visa.

I'm not sure they would have made the cut as a pair, but perhaps there was an anticipation they would have been given a wildcard, which is quite interesting.
That's really annoying. Georgia is not a country there should be any delays in issuing visas to people, and she is a professional tennis player ffs.

We only have her word for it -what if she applied late?

Michael D · All-time great

flamingowings wrote:
Michael D wrote:
PaulM wrote:
Interesting that Sofia made a comment on Instagram that the reason shes not in the UK at Surbiton is that she's waiting on her visa.

I'm not sure they would have made the cut as a pair, but perhaps there was an anticipation they would have been given a wildcard, which is quite interesting.
That's really annoying. Georgia is not a country there should be any delays in issuing visas to people, and she is a professional tennis player ffs.
We only have her word for it -what if she applied late?

Maybe. Unfortunately recent history does not incline me to giving the HO the benefit of the doubt.

the addict · Tennis legend

That's my take on it - I strongly suspect it was a late decision, and didn't allow enough time for the application to be processed. Not sure if she will be coming over yet - she is entered in a Czech tournament for 17th June.

Michael D · All-time great

the addict wrote:
That's my take on it - I strongly suspect it was a late decision, and didn't allow enough time for the application to be processed. Not sure if she will be coming over yet - she is entered in a Czech tournament for 17th June.

Yes, that was more my initial take was that she had entered a different set of tournaments. Maybe she and Em have been changing their priorities owing to their recent success.