Week 10 - ITF (W25) Potchefstroom, South Africa Hard

Michael D · All-time great

RE: Week 10 - ITF (W25) Potchefstroom, South Africa Hard

ROSAMUND · Futures level

Gabi won 120 points in the match as opposed to her opplnents 117. She hsd 11 DF's as opposed to her opponents 13DF's. Still needs to practise her serve then. Fed Cup selection again seems way off at the moment.

HarryGem · Club Coach

Ace Ventura wrote:
Lost 6-7(5) in the third

If she'd won I'd have still posted this, but it would have been a bit different as the general consensus may then have been 'great battling' etc. but these are Hourigans most recent results stretching back to October:

http://www.tennisabstract.com/cgi-bin/wplayer.cgi?p=PaigeMaryHourigan

343 Dunne - 1-6 1-6
481 Ramialison 2-6 2-6
UNR WC Gibson 3-6 4-6
3 wins for NZ against whoever they could have rustled up from Singapore and Pakistan
380 Hontama 1-6 1-6
UNR Brankovic 6-3 2-6 12-10
Wozniacki 1-6 0-6 (can obviously look past this due to the levels)
615 Guillermo 1-6 2-6

So just a week ago she was losing 1 and 1 to Katy at the same venue, which clearly wasn't a one off bad performance going by her other results, nor does she seem to be playing anywhere near that mid 400s ranking judging by who she's been losing to, and especially the manner of the defeats, but then sadly, you can probably say the same with Gabi.

I thought that link up with one of her old coaches (not the main one Budo) may have installed a bit of a spark, and I did include her as my 10th pick - the overwhelming majority of us picked the same 9 players, with the other playing being a bit more varied, but at the moment (Coronavirus aside), it really is hard to see Gabi being close to GB #10 come December.

-- Edited by Ace Ventura on Tuesday 10th of March 2020 10:54:07 AM

Thanks for this info.

Gabi is basically a player very low on confidence who has forgotten how to win. Her ranking ought to mean this is the correct level for he and she has tried dropping down a level but all to little avail. She's still young enough to come back but it is going to be a long hard slog as her ranking continues to drop.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Katy 6-3 1-1

DF · Tennis legend

Katy wins 6-3 6-2

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Early break for Sam. *2-0

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

4 breaks in the first 7 games, went from 2-1* to 4-1* to 4-3*, and Simmonds has won the last 8 points.

Michael D · All-time great

Sam has won the first set 7-5 - 3 holds and 4 breaks

Michael D · All-time great

But she lost two service games early in the second set and only pulled one back, and after that the set stayed on serve. So into a decider 7-5 4-6

Michael D · All-time great

Sam can't hold her serve at the moment and she won't win this match if she doesn't do so soon. Sam now *1-3 down final set.

This was a horrible draw for her to get first up. These two met in the SF last week, when Simmonds was also seeded.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Michael D wrote:
Sam can't hold her serve at the moment and she won't win this match if she doesn't do so soon. Sam now *1-3 down final set.

This was a horrible draw for her to get first up. These two met in the SF last week, when Simmonds was also seeded.

true, but it is the same for both of them and Sam should have gone in with the confidence of winning last week.

Michael D · All-time great

JonH comes home wrote:
Michael D wrote:
Sam can't hold her serve at the moment and she won't win this match if she doesn't do so soon. Sam now *1-3 down final set.

This was a horrible draw for her to get first up. These two met in the SF last week, when Simmonds was also seeded.
true, but it is the same for both of them and Sam should have gone in with the confidence of winning last week.

Personally I thought it would be a tall order for her to beat Simmonds twice. Simmonds now has an extra rest day and these are her home tournaments. She will be determined not to lose in the first round here, whilst I think it will be hard for Sam to dredge up the end of week focus that she needs here for the first round.

She's looking to get a second break back now, but she still hasn't had a hold this final set.

indiana · Tennis legend

Yes, as I said earlier it looked a pretty tough QF last week and went 3 sets and looked a tough one again, highest ranked non seed and playing at home.

C'mon, Sam.

Michael D · All-time great

Sam's done, just Katy going through to the second round.

R32: MURRAY SHARAN, Samantha (GBR) [1] 204 lost to SIMMONDS, Chanel (RSA) 344 CH=158 2013 7-5 4-6 3-6
R32: DUNNE, Katy (GBR) 345 def FALKOWSKA, Weronika (POL) 971 CH=856 24/6/19 6-3 6-2
R32: TAYLOR, Gabriella (GBR) 434 lost to HOURIGAN, Paige (NZL) 442 CH=408 5/8/19 6-3 5-7 6-7(5)

R16: DUNNE, Katy (GBR) 345 vs SIMMONDS, Chanel (RSA) 344 CH=158 2013

the addict · Tennis legend

Doubles

L16:- Samantha Murray Sharan (GBR) / Fanni Stollar (HUN) CR289 (199+90) [1] def Caroline Romeo (FRA) / Gabriella Taylor (GBR) CR1195 (649+546) 6-3 6-1

QF:- Samantha Murray Sharan (GBR) / Fanni Stollar (HUN) CR289 (199+90) [1] v Weronika Falkowska (POL) / Martyna Kubka (POL) CR 1025 (506+519)