Week 2 - ITF (W15) - Monastir, Tunisia - Hard

DF · Tennis legend

Week 2 - ITF (W15) - Monastir, Tunisia - Hard

DF · Tennis legend

Jodie on court 4-2 in the first set

DF · Tennis legend

jodie is a set up 6-2

DF · Tennis legend

and Jodie is also through to the second round winning 6-2 6-2

Peter too · Tennis legend

R1: BURRAGE, Jodie Anna (GBR) 1 283/891 def FALKOWAKA, Weronika (POL) Q 992/337 6-2 6-2
R1: TAYLOR, Gabriella (GBR) 3 433/223 def KUBKA, Martyna (POL) 883/403 6-3 6-1

R2: BURRAGE, Jodie Anna (GBR) 1 283/891 v SHYTKOUSKAYA, Nika (BLR) 1002/250 CH=743/247 30/4/18
R2: TAYLOR, Gabriella (GBR) 3 433/223 v ARCANGIOLI, Manon (FRA) 613/177 CH=268/176 2/3/15

DF · Tennis legend

Jodie has started well here 2-0

DF · Tennis legend

Jodie the no 1 seed here takes the first set 6-0

DF · Tennis legend

Jodie wins 6-0 6-1

Michael D · All-time great

Yes this is ok as a warm up, but I really hope Jodie is not going to slum it down at this level for too long. She shouldn't need to.

DF · Tennis legend

She needs a few wins behind her and build up her confidence but I agree with you.

This win in under 50 mins should help. Hope she continues in the same vein.

Michael D · All-time great

Well Gabi is in a rather different space to Jodie still. A set down so far to Arcangioli, but at least she is break up in the 2nd. 3-6 3-1*

Michael D · All-time great

Gabi lost the break but squeaked the 2nd set 3-6 7-5

Far from convincing thus far, a set to go.

Michael D · All-time great

And after going 2 games up, Gabi lost the last six in a row to lose the final set 2-6

For someone who a year ago would have hoped to be in Melbourne this week rather than Monastir, this shows Gabi is still a long way from finding her way back again.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Michael D wrote:
Well Gabi is in a rather different space to Jodie still. A set down so far to Arcangioli, but at least she is break up in the 2nd. 3-6 3-1*

To be fair, though, Gabi's opponent is a far stronger player than Jodie's

Michael D · All-time great

Coup Droit wrote:
Michael D wrote:
Well Gabi is in a rather different space to Jodie still. A set down so far to Arcangioli, but at least she is break up in the 2nd. 3-6 3-1*
To be fair, though, Gabi's opponent is a far stronger player than Jodie's

Yes granted... but.. it's still a long, long way back for Gabi. She's due to play here again next week, as are both Jodie and Katy D, then Jodie moves on to a W25 in Thailand, and Gabi to another W15 in Spain. She still needs to get back into a winning habit, and for that reason, makes sense for her to continue a run at this level. But a far cry from two years ago when she was winning a stream of W25 events and performing well in W60s to0.