Week 36 - ITF (W60+H) Saint-Malo, France Clay

Peter too · Tennis legend

Week 36 - ITF (W60+H) Saint-Malo, France Clay

Peter too · Tennis legend

Q2: CARRERAS, Amanda (GBR) 2 333 (CH=236 2017) v DARTRON, Emeline (FRA) 13 693/138 (CH=647/127)

the addict · Tennis legend

Early days, but Mandy is up 3 breaks to 1, and *4-1

DF · Tennis legend

Amanda has taken the first set 6-1 and after being behind in the second set 1-4 (shades of Harriet's match) she has managed to level the set at 4-4

DF · Tennis legend

Amanda wins 6-1 6-4

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Well done, Mandy :)

Emeline is a young, quite decent player - nice to wrap it up in two sets.....

indiana · Tennis legend

FQR: (q2) Amanda Carreras WR 333 (CH 236 in April 2017) beat (q13) Emeline Dartron (FRA) WR 693 (CH 647 in November 2019 ) by 6-1 6-4

L32: (Q) Amanda Carreras WR 333 (CH 236 in April 2017) vs (WC) Clara Burel (FRA) WR 504 (CH 477 in February 2019), age 19, JCH 1

The 5 qualifying points are just a net 1 addition to Mandy's counting ranking points. 9 more points for a R1 win if she can overcome this recent JWR 1.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Well, Clara is a different kettle of fish from Emeline.

As you say, Indy, ex-junior number one, US Open finalist when she smashed Emma Rad on the way.

But she's got a 'playable' game. And she's not had the greatest re-starts post-lockdown.

And Mandy seems to be playing quite well

I see that Clara is the clear favourite - but.........

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Not that it really matters, but just out of curiosity CD, what's your definition of 'clear favourite'. Is it basically anyone who's opponent is north of evens / 2.00, and thus it's undisputed that this player is the favourite at the bookies, despite it being very close? Because I see Amanda's average odds are 2.06:

www.betexplorer.com/tennis/itf-women-singles/w60-saint-malo/burel-clara-carreras-amanda/YDIvvjLF/

That's just above evens, so I'd consider Clara a very narrow betting favourite in a near 50/50, whereas for me, clear would definitely be the opponent above 6/4 (2.50), maybe even above 2/1 (3.00). As I say, not the most important stuff, but just interested.

Both had disappointing defeats last week (as the respective betting favourite), after losing to Tauson in Portugal the week before, so they'll both want to bounce back. Doesn't look like there's any betting streams, but hopefully something might pop up on YouTube / Facebook like they have in recent Portuguese ITFs.

the addict · Tennis legend

Bet365 doesn't seem to have any streams for women's tennis right now except for Istanbul (all three courts - except no match on center right now).

I'll leave the odds to you two...........

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

the addict wrote:
Bet365 doesn't seem to have any streams for women's tennis right now except for Istanbul (all three courts - except no match on center right now).

I'll leave the odds to you two...........

Haha, yeah, they could be limited this week, bar any surprise external sites like last week. There could possibly be one for Jodie a little later on FB, but she really is a clear favourite, a 1/100 fave biggrin

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Ace, I take your point, and there's no real justifiable definition.

Bet365 had Mandy at about 2.25 this morning, and Clara as 1.58 or so, which - yep - seemed to me to make Clara the 'clear-ish' favourite

But it wasn't very scientific and, I agree, it's pretty close (in fact, if I could flutter my 10p, it'd go on Mandy but France won't let me, unless I cheat, which isn't tricky but seems daft, for what I do, so I don't - it'll have to wait till I'm back in GB). But my figurative 10p was on Mandy at 2.25 - go, Mandy!

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

NB I note that young Elsa Jaquemot (born 2003) has just beaten the WTA 172, which is pretty amazing.

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Coup Droit wrote:
Ace, I take your point, and there's no real justifiable definition.

Bet365 had Mandy at about 2.25 this morning, and Clara as 1.58 or so, which - yep - seemed to me to make Clara the 'clear-ish' favourite

But it wasn't very scientific and, I agree, it's pretty close (in fact, if I could flutter my 10p, it'd go on Mandy but France won't let me, unless I cheat, which isn't tricky but seems daft, for what I do, so I don't - it'll have to wait till I'm back in GB). But my figurative 10p was on Mandy at 2.25 - go, Mandy!

Haha, thanks CD. I thought you might have had a literal 10p on her because Amanda is currently 11/10 at Bet365 (which are the only odds I saw before my post), which translates to the shorter 2.10.

Fingers crossed she can get the win. They could have met in R1 of that Portugal W15 the other week for a measly 1 point, but today there are 9 points on the line for a win. Big difference.

Peter too · Tennis legend

Amanda 3-6 1-1*