British Tour - 2020

Canda · Junior player

British Tour - 2020

emmsie69 · Top national player

she is japanese based in the Uk, other than that no idea.

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

She won a W25 event just before lockdown (which will have massively helped her ranking) and has featured in a lot of matches against Brits over the past year or do, as she often plays the GB W25s. She's based in the UK but someone on here said she went to college in the States.

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Emma serving to stay in the match here, 1-5 2-5, Lissy has had a fair few lucky net cords, but has definitely been the better player. Emma just doesn't look like stringing a few games together.

Marni safely through (6-2 6-1), and the scoreboard went off in the end of the Lily match, but they are no longer on court, so assume she won comfortable as well.

Hardly any of the 11 women's matches this far have gone into a MTB, and there have been a fair few upsets (or at least lower ranked wins anyway), so it's not just a case of higher ranked easing their way through.

-- Edited by Ace Ventura on Friday 3rd of July 2020 11:31:08 AM

Canda · Junior player

Thanks Ace and Emmsie. She sounds interesting.

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Well that's 2 games back for Emma, and now back on serve, *4-5. I hope she at least takes it to a MTB.

the addict · Tennis legend

sofascore has Lily winning 1 & 1

Emma back in the match at *4-5

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Awful miss at the net in the regular TB by Lissy, could be costly.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

I've watched Lissey live, several times, and she does get really tight, but I guess you've got to give it to Emma - she's very feisty, she likes the fight, it's a good quality

SuperT · Futures qualifying

When I started watching Emma was 6-1, 4-1 down. What a great fight back. Don't suppose I can really take credit for her change of fortune!!!

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

I really didn't see that comeback CD at 2-5, but she did battle well. 1-6 7-6(4) 1-0 (10-6).

It sets up a really interesting match tomorrow (I assume) against Marni. 2 17 year olds, Emma won in 2 tightish sets at Sunderland, but the way they have been playing, Emma needing 2 MTBs to turn both matches around, and Marni dropping no more than 3 games in any of her sets, it could be pretty hard to call, looking forward to it.

If Jodie can beat Naomi later, then she'll also set up a fairly recent rematch against Lily in the other semi final, but Naomi could be a thorn in that.

Edit - it doesn't really mean much, especially in this environment, but I see the bookies actually have Naomi as a very slight favourite to beat Jodie later. Hopefully Glasspool-Parris will go as long as Emma-Lissy did, and I'll watch after coming back from a walk.

-- Edited by Ace Ventura on Friday 3rd of July 2020 12:26:59 PM

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Jodie vs Naomi warming up.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Yes, Ace, I saw those odds too - I've got my couple of 10ps on Jodie.....

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

I hope you're counting your profits in the next 90 mins or so CD smile

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Ace Ventura wrote:
I hope you're counting your profits in the next 90 mins or so CD

What will be will be..... smile

(I actually made - for me - a bucketload last week on the men, and then promptly blew a chunk of that of my French player, Fiona Condino, who most annoyingly took it into her head to actually win a match for once cry )

However, Mark W cam through today, and I had 10p on Jonnie Gray too which I've now taken off, so that's all good.

More seriously, I think Naomi can have problems when it's very windy - she needs a good ball toss, for her serve to be working, and isn't great at adjusting to ground shot balls either.

Mind you, Jodie can go AWOL, wind or no wind....