Week 47 - ITF (W25) Solarino, Italy Carpet

Peter too · Tennis legend

Week 47 - ITF (W25) Solarino, Italy Carpet

DF · Tennis legend

Anna lost 1-6 1-6
Eliz lost 4-6 46

but Destinee won 7-5 5-7 10-7

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Excellent win for Destinee over a top 1000 player. No luck for the other two, altough good score from Eliz against a top-500 player.

Q1: MALONEY, Eliz (GBR) UNR lost to PAYOLA, Julia (ESP) (q6) 454 4-6 4-6

Q1: POPESCU, Anna (GBR) 1192 lost to MORDERGER, Yana (GER) (q10) 571 1-6 1-6

Q1: MARTINS, Destinee (GBR) WC UNR def. MALESEVIC, Tamara (SRB) (q15) 861 7-5 5-7 10-7

Michael D · All-time great

FQR: MARTINS, Destinee (GBR) [WC] UNR vs Veronika ERJAVEC (SLO) [q8] 534 (CH:505)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Destinee lost the first set 3-6

But is 3-0 up in the second

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

A really excellent MTB there from Destinee.

She was the more aggressive player all through it. Backhand did some real damage and she was the one coming forward. Touch and go really tight, but she deserved it.

3-6 6-1 10-8

Super result against a very well-ranked player.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

So, I make that Destinee's second WTA point, but her first one comes off in a mid-December? Is that right?

the addict · Tennis legend

It's two points from Djibouti, and they drop off on 30th December

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

the addict wrote:
It's two points from Djibouti, and they drop off on 30th December

Right. I meant second counter, not second actual point, my bad. But that's right, then? And so not much time to get a third that will have any real meaning.

Not that that makes any difference, of course, she's just there to try and win her matches and progress, whatever.

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

That does look a very good win as the opponent has had some notable scalps in recent months, admittedly on clay where she has played about 90% of her 2019 matches, but she did also reach the W15 semi final last week on the same surface / location. Well done.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Ace Ventura wrote:
That does look a very good win as the opponent has had some notable scalps in recent months, admittedly on clay where she has played about 90% of her 2019 matches, but she did also reach the W15 semi final last week on the same surface / location. Well done.

The outdoor carpet there is sand filled and quite like clay (lower bounce but slow, it seemed to me, and you slide).

And the woman seemed to be playing well (she wasn't injured or anything). So, yes, great result.

And, as said, deserved - Destinee was on the front foot for all the bits I saw.

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Mixed fortunes for our trio.

Mandy has a LL first, but is then in line to face top seed and AO main draw chasing Niculescu (who is also here next week) in round 2, so an extended run will be tough.

Jodie has another match with Indy De Vroome, who is the 6th seed here.

Destinee plays 2nd seed Mariam Bolkvadze.

On a side note, the Morderger twins who have been in the UK a few times this year, and one of them beat Eliz M last week, face each other in R1.

wolf · Tennis legend

That is pretty bad fortunes all round IMO.

the addict · Tennis legend

Doubles draw - no better than the singles

L16: Jodie Anna BURRAGE (GBR) Jana FETT (CRO) CR865 (415+450) v Malene HELGO (NOR) Katharina HOBGARSKI (GER) CR853 (533+320)
Winners to play the top seeds, the Morderger sisters

L16:- Claudia COPPOLA (ITA) (WC) Joanne ZUGER (SUI) (WC) CR1961 (1171+790) v Eliz MALONEY (GBR) Destinee MARTINS (GBR) UNR (1395+UNR)

L16:- Isabelle HAVERLAG (NED) Anna POPESCU (GBR) (836+795) v Federica DI SARRA (ITA) [2] Camilla ROSATELLO (ITA) CR646 (315+331) [2]

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

wolf wrote:
That is pretty bad fortunes all round IMO.

Yeah, I forgot Mandy had already reached a few W25 SFs this year, and was kind of thinking 5 points won't be too bad here, but it's not ideal when you think of it in the context of the year. If she does beat this LL, she would at least add to her tally as she has a 1 pt counter she could replace and end 2019 in the GB top 10, even if it would be too late for our predictions smile

Can't see much joy from the others though.