Week 29 - ITF (W15) - Dijon, France - Hard

Michael D · All-time great

Week 29 - ITF (W15) - Dijon, France - Hard

DF · Tennis legend

Angelica Blake did not make an appearance giving a walkover here.

Michael D · All-time great

We should still have players in the MD though - Lissey is top of the entry list, Vic Allen 4th, and Sasha Hill was 1st alt, so should also be in the MD.

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

I was quite interested to see how Angelica got on as I've no idea what her potential ceiling could be and whether she could in a few years get to where say a Maia/Fran currently is in 2/3 years, or just be a W15 type player into her early twenties, dipping in and out of a WTA ranking, but as DF she isn't playing. She didn't feature at all during the grass either if I remember correctly (including the British tour). It looks like her opponent has got a replacement Q1 opponent as opposed to a bye.

the addict · Tennis legend

The LTA has two players listed under Angelica Blake - both the same age. One is rated 1.2 and has no playing history, the other is rated 10.2 and corresponds to the ITF junior profile. I don't really follow the juniors though, but am curious to learn more when they progress to the senior tour.

Peter too · Tennis legend

R1: ALLEN, Victoria (GBR) 3 719/UNR v Qualifier
R1: HILL, Sasha (GBR) UNR/404 v Qualifier

Alicia Barnett was top of the acceptances list but doesn't appear in the main draw.

Michael D · All-time great

Only 9 pairs in the doubles draw and Vic Allen and Amandine Cazeaux are the top seeds.

Peter too · Tennis legend

R1: ALLEN, Victoria (GBR) 3 719/UNR v ORANGE, Margaux (FRA) Q UNR CH=1095 26/2/18
R1: HILL, Sasha (GBR) UNR/404 v SCHMIDT, Lara (GER) Q UNR CH=838 22/4/19

Michael D · All-time great

Unfortunately being top seeds in the doubles didn't help Vic and Amandine, they lost their QF match 4-6 4-6

the addict · Tennis legend

R1: ALLEN, Victoria (GBR) 3 719/UNR LOST TO ORANGE, Margaux (FRA) Q UNR (4)6-7 4-6

R1: HILL, Sasha (GBR) UNR/404 LOST TO SCHMIDT, Lara (GER) Q UNR 6-3 5-7 0-6

-- Edited by the addict on Wednesday 17th of July 2019 02:07:51 PM

Michael D · All-time great

Two disappointing losses those. Expected at least one if not both of them to come through.

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

She's obviously still very young and kind of just starting out in the pro scene, but it's been a pretty slow few months for Vic since Bolton/Sunderland, including the Wimby juniors. Bar a couple of wins against weak Indian ladies, she's lost every match since and some you'd think would be winnable, including this one.

Michael D · All-time great

Ace Ventura wrote:
She's obviously still very young and kind of just starting out in the pro scene, but it's been a pretty slow few months for Vic since Bolton/Sunderland, including the Wimby juniors. Bar a couple of wins against weak Indian ladies, she's lost every match since and some you'd think would be winnable, including this one.

Yes, in Vic's case her weakness in this match was not the usual one. Her serve was ok - 61% of 1st serve in, 64% won, and 53% of 2nd serves won. Rather her weakness was return of serve, which is much less common in the women's game. Only 3 BPs earned and 2 won (vs 3), and that made the difference in the end. FOr Sasha she really fell away in the 3rd set, so don't know if she picked up some sort of niggle there.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

I don't think it's a question of stats.

After all, was it that her return of serve was weak or that Margaux's serve was particularly good today? We don't know how many truly UEs, as opposed to FEs, she made off the serve.

Margaux is no great shakes but she's certainly played a lot more than Vic at this level and Vic's WTA ranking is extremely misleading - she can't have been favourite in this match, evens at best.

Vic's game has a lot of holes in it at the moment. But it will get better. She's one of those tall girls with problems with movement and dynamism, and it shows her up. I think college tennis will do her the world of good.

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

www.wincomparator.com/victoria-allen-id148084-margaux-orange-id165443/

She was the bookies pre-match favourite. That site shows she was a modal average of 1.44 which equates to 4/9, so a 4/9 vs 13/8 type match. FWIW, pretty sure Sasha and opponent were both 5/6.