Week 38 - ITF (W15) Melilla, Spain Clay

Peter too · Tennis legend

Week 38 - ITF (W15) Melilla, Spain Clay

the addict · Tennis legend

Just 9 players in qualifying, and one match to be played. I suppose it isn't that surprising given the location.

Peter too · Tennis legend

R1: COLLINS, Ali (GBR) 1050 v REDONDO GUTIERREZ, Andrea (ESP) UNR/UNR 16yo
R1: WOOLER, Anoushka (GBR) Q UNR/1104 v HOSTE FERRER, Claudia (ESP) 2 529 CH=502 5/8/19

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Ali won 1 & 1

the addict · Tennis legend

L16: Ali COLLINS (GBR) / Marina YUDANOV (SWE) [4] BYE

the addict · Tennis legend

QF: Ali COLLINS (GBR) / Marina YUDANOV CR1507 (872+635) [4] v Vasilisa APONASENKO (RUS) / Diana Maria MIHAIL (ROU) CR2120 (979+1141)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Anoushka has retired, losing 1-6 0-2

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

QF: Ali COLLINS (GBR) / Marina YUDANOV CR1507 (872+635) [4] def. Vasilisa APONASENKO (RUS) / Diana Maria MIHAIL (ROU) CR2120 (979+1141) 6-1 6-0

the addict · Tennis legend

SF: Ali COLLINS (GBR) / Marina YUDANOV CR1507 (872+635) [4] v Angela FITA BOLUDA (ESP) / Olga PARRES AZCOITIA (ESP) CR810 (429+381) [2]

Peter too · Tennis legend

R1: COLLINS, Ali (GBR) 1050 def REDONDO GUTIERREZ, Andrea (ESP) UNR/UNR
R1: WOOLER, Anoushka (GBR) Q UNR/1104 lost to HOSTE FERRER, Claudia (ESP) 2 529 1-6 0-2 Ret

R2: COLLINS, Ali (GBR) 1050 v SANZ-LLANEZA FERNANDEZ, Almudena (ESP) 907/497 =CH

Strongbow · All-time great

Like Emilie Ali seems to be now scoring points at will - despite having struggled to for ages to get the three counters she's now doing very well smile

indiana · Tennis legend

Strongbow wrote:
Like Emilie Ali seems to be now scoring points at will - despite having struggled to for ages to get the three counters she's now doing very well

Hmm, very relative. Good to see that she is at least getting a foothold after a disappointing couple of years or so. But I am sure she is looking for much more in the reasonably near future and very much more in time, and that would be good to see.

-- Edited by indiana on Wednesday 18th of September 2019 11:17:41 PM

Strongbow · All-time great

indiana wrote:
Strongbow wrote:
Like Emilie Ali seems to be now scoring points at will - despite having struggled to for ages to get the three counters she's now doing very well
Hmm, very relative. Good to see that she is at least getting a foothold after a disappointing couple of years or so. But I am sure she is looking for much more and that would be good to see.

Like Emilie it will be a big step up to 25K - different paths - be interesting to see who makes it ?

indiana · Tennis legend

Way to go for Ali to be stepping up to 25Ks.

It's a while since I've seen her live. I did like some of her instinctiveness and feisty attitude. But certainly was very inconsistent, seemed surprisingly ungrooved in basic rally shots from where she was at an early age and seemingly for a time a bit ahead of her contemporary, Fran.

Not sure what her coaching set up is now? She didn't last long in a US set-up ( I forget what that was exactly ) and was then working with Nikki Slater which seemed maybe questionable for say repetitive singles basics improvements.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

You mean 'there's a way to go before Ali steps up to 25ks'?

Not

'way to go !!!' as in 'well done', to Ali for stepping up ? (coz this is a 15k.....)

But yes, based on her at 14/15 years old, I had decent hopes for Ali. She was on a good path. And then dropping out of the US, taking on Nik Slater, don't know what, but the tennis she played at age 17 was nothing like what it was, it had become all chippy, daft tennis.

However, she seems to be based in Spain at the moment????? Plays there all the time and lists Kiernan as her coach now, so Soto???

And seems to be getting some good results - she's missed out by a whisker on quite a few decent wins in the past year. Maybe it's time for it to come good....

She was defending a WTA point here, I believe, so has covered that. And, cross fingers, expect her to win today - her opponent doesn't seem to have posted any wins of note (apart from the first round here and that could have been down to the other player).