Week 7 - ITF (W25) Glasgow, GBR Hard

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

RE: Week 7 - ITF (W25) Glasgow, GBR Hard

Peter too · Tennis legend

Summary:-

Q1: PIPER, Grace (GBR) lost to MIYAZAKI, Yuriko Lily (JPN) 12 497 3-6 1-6
Q1: MPUKUSA, Kimberly Alinafe (GBR) UNR lost to GARLAND, Joanna (TPE) 14 602 0-6 0-6
Q1: CHRISTIE, Freya (GBR) 15 609 def AZCOITIA, Olga Parres (ESP) 806 6-2 6-2
Q1: DUNNE, Katy (GBR) 4 343 def PITAK, Aleksandra (GBR) 838 6-2 6-0
Q1: DALEY, Danielle (GBR) UNR def CARRASCO, Maria Gutierrez (ESP) 13 564 3-6 6-4 [12-10]
Q1: BANKS, Amarni (GBR) UNR lost to BROULEAU, Lou (FRA) 5 378 6-3 3-6 [5-10]
Q1: COMPSON, Chloe (GBR) 847 lost to MUNTEAN, Victoria (FRA) 11 488 2-6 2-6
Q1: CONWAY, Jasmine (GBR) UNR lost to ZIMMERMANN, Kimberley (BEL) 6 390 3-6 4-6
Q1: PITAK, Katarzyna (GBR) UNR lost to LABOUTKOVA, Aneta (CZE) 16 768 4-6 3-6
Q1: MORTON, Emily (GBR) UNR lost to HARTONO, Arianne (NED) 8 406 3-6 3-6
Q1: STAFF, Holly (GBR) UNR lost to MORATELLI, Angelica (ITA) 10 481 0-6 1-2 Ret

Q2: CHRISTIE, Freya (GBR) 15 609 v YEROLYMOS, Margot (FRA) 3 332
Q2: DUNNE, Katy (GBR) 4 343 v DALEY, Danielle (GBR) UNR

Kimberly appears to have changed nationality again, according to the results page she is back to ZIM, at least until the next competition.

indiana · Tennis legend

As Ace and CD have said, it does look at least an OK day.

Throw in unranked inexperienced players into a 25K QR1 where all will meet a seeded ranked player from the get go and I see no reason to anticipate muvh more.

I think that good underdog win by Danielle and a couple of good looking efforts in defeat meet any reasonable expectations even at home. Basically the number of losses are nout really to with being British but a realistic result of the match-ups.

It remains such a pity that such players are denied any home 15K opportunities.

I do look for some step up at home, and it looked there from some. But in general, not unexpectedly, generally much better players won.

Last week I was disappointed by the men in Barnstaple and said so. Here with the women so far, no need.

indiana · Tennis legend

Status Quo wrote:
Penultimate rank of the professional game, with home advantage, which seems to serve other nations well enough, and it's carnage as expected.

It's OK though, because I now understand we've always been bad, and thus should never hope nor expect to do any better. Or, even, have those aims. Just know our place.

So, instead of monitoring any real progress, we can instead use our time and efforts to fill pages endlessly navel-gazing and speculating about qualification WC in home ITFs weeks before they occur (because we know that in all likelihood, our real interest in home events will probably be over by Tuesday/Wednesday of any given week)

Good Lord! I finally see & sympathise with what Ratty was getting at for all those years.

So yes, my response to this is Good Lord !

Status Quo · Intermediate Club Player

indiana wrote:
Status Quo wrote:
...
So yes, my response to this is Good Lord !

See you back here, same time next year then!

To once again celebrate our relative successes when a plucky Brit outperforms our, by now subterranean, expectations, by getting a dizzying 4 games in a set instead of the predicted 1 or 2. A good performance within their own frame of reference, certainly.

I didn't understand until recently that such should be the extent of our national aspirations.

However, I am now suitably converted.

Strongbow · All-time great

indiana wrote:

It remains such a pity that such players are denied any home 15K opportunities.

Totally agree confuse

Michael D · All-time great

indiana wrote:
As Ace and CD have said, it does look at least an OK day.
Throw in unranked inexperienced players into a 25K QR1 where all will meet a seeded ranked player from the get go and I see no reason to anticipate muvh more.
I think that good underdog win by Danielle and a couple of good looking efforts in defeat meet any reasonable expectations even at home. Basically the number of losses are nout really to with being British but a realistic result of the match-ups.
It remains such a pity that such players are denied any home 15K opportunities.
I do look for some step up at home, and it looked there from some. But in general, not unexpectedly, generally much better players won.
Last week I was disappointed by the men in Barnstaple and said so. Here with the women so far, no need.

Yes, I wholly agree Indy... there are actually some very promising performance in there, with some quite close score lines... but the total lack of W15s in this country does our younger players NO favours at all, both with the experience of playing WTA ranked players, and the opportunity to get any kind of foothold in the rankings list themselves... hence the ones that are nearer to get on the charts, are playing rather in places like Tunisia at the moment.

Spireman · Club Coach

Also confidence in tennis is so important: without the step onto 15k tournaments those younger players getting the chance in 25k will often get tough draws and may lose first q round in three tournaments in a row, for example, despite being competitive. With the LTA vision of 'tennis opened up' the lack of 15k in the uk does nothing to make it more affordable for those who can't afford to travel for foreign 15k tournament (or indeed overseas junior itfs).

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Katy 6-2 *2-1 (Danielle)
Freya *4-5

the addict · Tennis legend

Katy not as dominant as the score suggests (apart from a spell halfway through the first set). Now 4-2* in the second, and three breaks to two.
Freya is 4-6 0-2* after three consecutive DF

DF · Tennis legend

Katy D WINS 6-2 6-4

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Freya loses 4&2

So just Katy D through to the main draw in terms of British interest .....

Peter too · Tennis legend

Q2: CHRISTIE, Freya (GBR) 15 609 lost to YEROLYMOS, Margot (FRA) 3 332 4-6 2-6
Q2: DUNNE, Katy (GBR) 4 343 def DALEY, Danielle (GBR) UNR 6-2 6-4

Mervatron2 · Challenger qualifying

Good to see Katy win a couple of matches

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Main draw is out.