Week 28 - Progress Tour Women's Championship - NTC, Roehampton, UK (Outdoor Hard)

sliced backhand · Lower Club Player

RE: Week 28 - Progress Tour Women's Championship - NTC, Roehampton, UK (Outdoor Hard)

PaulM · Tennis legend

the addict wrote:
Another player to add to my spreadsheet then - Aimee Gibson - who beat Lilian Mould today 4-6 6-4 6-3

Last time I saw Aimee play it was against Eleanor Dean at Sutton back in 2016

Eleanor Dean! Now there's a talent that could have been.

sliced backhand · Lower Club Player

Afraid there's a lot of irrelevant matches tomorrow

Christie v Barnett (Both qualified)
Gillam v Arbuthnott (Both out)
Richardson v Nicholls

Burrage v Boulter (Both qualified)
Miller v Mould
Gibson v Bissett

Allen v McCutcheon
Burrage/Christie v Adeshina/Kartal (Both pairs qualified)
Davis/Pethybridge v Anane/Griffin (Both pairs out)
Barnett/Nicholls v Arbuthnott/Popescu (Both pairs qualified)

So only the Tier 1 Singles are decisive.

Problems mainly caused by withdrawals but also a few pieces of poor scheduling.

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

sliced backhand wrote:
Afraid there's a lot of irrelevant matches tomorrow

Christie v Barnett (Both qualified)
Gillam v Arbuthnott (Both out)
Richardson v Nicholls

Burrage v Boulter (Both qualified)
Miller v Mould
Gibson v Bissett

Allen v McCutcheon
Burrage/Christie v Adeshina/Kartal (Both pairs qualified)
Davis/Pethybridge v Anane/Griffin (Both pairs out)
Barnett/Nicholls v Arbuthnott/Popescu (Both pairs qualified)

So only the Tier 1 Singles are decisive.

Problems mainly caused by withdrawals but also a few pieces of poor scheduling.

One obviously out of their hands, but the one in bold very much in it. It very likely wouldn't have made any difference to the end game with Burrage and Boulter being a obvious cut above in their group, but had they have had that match today instead of tomorrow and likewise Gillan vs Arbuthnott then at least there would be 2 with a 1W 1L record heading into the final day, not 2 with 2W 0L and 2 with 0W 2L - just basic stuff really. Same with Barnett vs Lumsden - I thought Maia might have won that, but she was struggling with juniors all last week, and lost to Freya yesterday so there was always a chance she'd lose to Barnett today, and again that loss takes all the suspense away for tomorrow. Had they have had Barnett vs Christie today, then either Christie would be on 2-0, setting up a shootout between Lumsden and Barnett tomorrow, or had Barnett won, then Lumsden could have ensued all 3 ended 1-1 by beating Barnett tomorrow. They could have ensured both groups were still active going into the final day, and they messed both up.

There's a very good chance we'll be seeing both the final and 3rd/4th playoff (assuming there is one) tomorrow, just 2 days before the actual final.

the addict · Tennis legend

Whilst I agree with the comments, do bear in mind that the draw (and I believe the order of play) was done before Heather and Harriet withdrew, so that does greatly affect how the standings would have looked.

wales1994 · County player

PaulM wrote:
the addict wrote:
Another player to add to my spreadsheet then - Aimee Gibson - who beat Lilian Mould today 4-6 6-4 6-3

Last time I saw Aimee play it was against Eleanor Dean at Sutton back in 2016

Eleanor Dean! Now there's a talent that could have been.

What happened to Eleanor Dean? She was quite promising then disappeared.

sliced backhand · Lower Club Player

The draw will have been done before the withdrawals but the order of play certainly should not have been. All that needs to happen in a 4 player round robin is for the two successful players on the first day to play each other on the second day. That, as described by Ace, ensures all rubbers on the third day are live. This was a lesson learnt by the ATP Masters referees some considerable number of years ago.

the addict · Tennis legend

wales1994 wrote:
PaulM wrote:
the addict wrote:
Another player to add to my spreadsheet then - Aimee Gibson - who beat Lilian Mould today 4-6 6-4 6-3

Last time I saw Aimee play it was against Eleanor Dean at Sutton back in 2016

Eleanor Dean! Now there's a talent that could have been.
What happened to Eleanor Dean? She was quite promising then disappeared.

Well, she had long-term injuries, was out for a couple of years, made a come-back in September 2016, but then hasn't played again at ITF level since Wirral February 2017.

Edit: - picture attached (but not inserted) for anyone interested - 18th August 2016

-- Edited by the addict on Wednesday 15th of July 2020 10:14:46 PM

the addict · Tennis legend

The draw and Tuesday's order of play appear to have been made at the same time - back at the end of page 3 / top of page 4 of this thread.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

cya wrote:
Tiebreak Tens player field is in the link below, its an earlier list as a couple of players have pulled out of the event since then

www.tiebreaktens.com/progress-tour-x-tb10-2020/

Anyone any idea what the field for this now looks like?

Doubledecker · Newbie

Were any wild cards awarded for this event ? Not sure if Angelica Blake is in the UK now or still in the US after her good results in her Stanford first year. Emily Arb was her doubles partner there and they got good results. She made an impact last year by winning Nottingham British Tour in her first event since turning British with convincing wins over Alice and Freya. A pity shes missing out on these events.

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

I don't know if they get a little extra prize money for group matches they win, but if not, Lissey and Freya will be battling here for nearly 3 hours basically to avoid either Jodie or Katie tomorrow. 2 hrs 42 mins, and 4-4 in the decider.

-- Edited by Ace Ventura on Thursday 16th of July 2020 01:08:02 PM

ROSAMUND · Futures level

the addict wrote:
wales1994 wrote:
PaulM wrote:
the addict wrote:
Another player to add to my spreadsheet then - Aimee Gibson - who beat Lilian Mould today 4-6 6-4 6-3

Last time I saw Aimee play it was against Eleanor Dean at Sutton back in 2016

Eleanor Dean! Now there's a talent that could have been.
What happened to Eleanor Dean? She was quite promising then disappeared.
Well, she had long-term injuries, was out for a couple of years, made a come-back in September 2016, but then hasn't played again at ITF level since Wirral February 2017.
Edit: - picture attached (but not inserted) for anyone interested - 18th August 2016

-- Edited by the addict on Wednesday 15th of July 2020 10:14:46 PM

Eleanor played County week for Yorkshire in 2019

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Lissey won 2-6 7-6(4) 6-4 in 2 hrs 49 mins. Considering she won a 2hr 30 min 3 setter against Maia yesterday, while Freya had the day off, plus even had 1 hr 38 on court in that 'non match' with Swan on Tuesday, plus Freya probably having the higher peak, I'd actually consider it an advantage losing this next match between Jodie and Katie.

indiana · Tennis legend

Ace Ventura wrote:
Lissey won 2-6 7-6(4) 6-4 in 2 hrs 49 mins. Considering she won a 2hr 30 min 3 setter against Maia yesterday, while Freya had the day off, plus even had 1 hr 38 on court in that 'non match' with Swan on Tuesday, plus Freya probably having the higher peak, I'd actually consider it an advantage losing this next match between Jodie and Katie.

I guess so, purely for being positioned to get to the final and the better rewards that come with that.

But presumably they still want to sharpen up their skills snd match play here and have challenges, so just go for it girls.

-- Edited by indiana on Thursday 16th of July 2020 04:16:14 PM