Week 45- ITF (W25) Hua Hin, Thailand Hard

Peter too · Tennis legend

Week 45- ITF (W25) Hua Hin, Thailand Hard

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Great to see Katie B back. No real expectations for the rest of the year, but hopefully she can at least get a few tournaments under her belt and be more 'match ready' when it comes to using her PR in events next year. Perhaps with a relatively generous qualifier here she may even return with a win.

ROSAMUND · Futures level

Joanna Garland is in qualifying

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Yep, just noticed that. I was just having my usual quick scan of fixtures and odds for the ITF events this week and there are actually a few decent players in the Q draw here. A few other promising juniors are potential R1 opponents.

ROSAMUND · Futures level

Katie is playing Joanna Garland who has qualified. That should be interesting.

Peter too · Tennis legend

R1: BOULTER, Katie (GBR) 352 v GARLAND, Joanna (TPE) Q 646 CH=637 21/10/19 [18yo JCH=14]

Babfive · Satellite level

Naiktha lost the first set 4-6. She won the second 6-3 and is now 5-3* in the third.

Babfive · Satellite level

Wins 6-4 in the end. I only saw the last few games but what I did see left me unconvinced she will go any further.

DF · Tennis legend

An MTO early in Katie's match

ROSAMUND · Futures level

Babfive wrote:
Wins 6-4 in the end. I only saw the last few games but what I did see left me unconvinced she will go any further.

Seemingly Australia haven't let another Jo Konta go then.

DF · Tennis legend

Katie not finding it easy. 5-5

DF · Tennis legend

So Katie loses the first set 6-7(2) to the 18 yt old representing Taipei

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Babfive wrote:
Wins 6-4 in the end. I only saw the last few games but what I did see left me unconvinced she will go any further.

To be honest, that's an excellent result for Naithka. Must be her best for ages.

To beat someone higher ranked than herself, someone in the top 300, someone who was 120 not that long ago - she may well go no further but that result in itself is miles better than most of hers this year. Well done to her.

the addict · Tennis legend

Katie really struggling with her serve - only making 34% first serves at this point in the match. Double break down in the second at 1-4*

DF · Tennis legend

First match back after injury shows that more work needs to be done before AO as expected.
She lost the second set 1-6