Week 2 - Australian Open - women's qualifying (hard) (in Dubai)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

RE: Week 2 - Australian Open - women's qualifying (hard) (in Dubai)

ROSAMUND · Futures level

JonH comes home wrote:
Andy Parker wrote:
Silly me - it was Radiantefy and she is definitely 100% Madagascan. How could I have forgotten her - an age related mistake I think.
At least you spelt her name correctly !

The player was Dally Randriantefy. She seemed to have a career in 2 spells. She played in 6 Grand Slam tournaments in 1995 and 1996. She reached the 3rd round of the 1995 AO losing to the eventual champion Mary Pierce. This was peak Pierce as the 6 games Dally won were the most anybody managed. She also reached the 3rd round of the 1996 US Open losing to the eventual Runner-up Monica Seles. She did not play on the main tour again after 1997 until 2002 when she qualified for ther French Open unfortunately drawing eventual champion Serena Williams in the 1st round. She then played in all the Grand Slams between 2003 and 2005 , her best being the 3rd round of the 2003 French Open where she lost to eventual champion Justine Henin.She also played in 3 Olympics 1992,1996 and 2004. In April 2005 she reached her career high singles ranking of 44. Her sister Natacha also played on the circuit as well. She seems to have retired after the 2005 season.

ROSAMUND · Futures level

People who follow the career of Clara Tauson might be interested to see she lost 6-3 6-3 in the 1st round of qualifying to 9th seed Katarina Zavatska of Ukraine.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Wildcard Anna Konjuh got a win over the fourth seed

The talented 15 year-old from Andora lost 4-6 4-6 though

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Sunday 10th of January 2021 11:13:52 AM

ROSAMUND · Futures level

Another 1st round loser was Dalma Galfi whose failure to make it in the seniors has sometimes been discussed.She was the World number 1 junior in 2015 and Katie Swan beat her in the semi finals of the 2015 AO juniors.

ROSAMUND · Futures level

I notice that the 2nd seed Oceane Dodin has lost in the first round qualifying.I seem to remember her beating Jo in St.Petersburg last year when Jo was having her knee troubles.

ROSAMUND · Futures level

What is Tsvetana Pironkova doing in qualifying? She was a quarter finalist in the 2020 US Open and a 3rd round at the 2020 French Open which is better recent form than several direct entries,

emmsie69 · ATP level

Probably a victim of points not dropping off from other players

Andy Parker · Strong Club Player

ROSAMUND wrote:
JonH comes home wrote:
Andy Parker wrote:
Silly me - it was Radiantefy and she is definitely 100% Madagascan. How could I have forgotten her - an age related mistake I think.
At least you spelt her name correctly !
The player was Dally Randriantefy. She seemed to have a career in 2 spells. She played in 6 Grand Slam tournaments in 1995 and 1996. She reached the 3rd round of the 1995 AO losing to the eventual champion Mary Pierce. This was peak Pierce as the 6 games Dally won were the most anybody managed. She also reached the 3rd round of the 1996 US Open losing to the eventual Runner-up Monica Seles. She did not play on the main tour again after 1997 until 2002 when she qualified for ther French Open unfortunately drawing eventual champion Serena Williams in the 1st round. She then played in all the Grand Slams between 2003 and 2005 , her best being the 3rd round of the 2003 French Open where she lost to eventual champion Justine Henin.She also played in 3 Olympics 1992,1996 and 2004. In April 2005 she reached her career high singles ranking of 44. Her sister Natacha also played on the circuit as well. She seems to have retired after the 2005 season.

Was it really that long ago - I remember seeing her play and I would have guessed at 10 years ago. She was a good powerful player, quick around the court. I had totally forgotten about her, when I mentioned about Andrianjaftrimo. You normally have a clue a person is Madagascan by the huge length of the names. It always makes me laugh that the capital Antanananavairo is shortened to 'Tana' by everyone who lives there, and I'll bet it is the same with names. Anyway she thrashed Naiktha today, by the looks of things. I don't like to be unkind to any British player, but she is definitely someone who looks to be playing at a lower level than her ranking suggests.

-- Edited by Andy Parker on Sunday 10th of January 2021 02:09:48 PM

dodrade · Satellite level

Andy Parker wrote:
ROSAMUND wrote:
JonH comes home wrote:
Andy Parker wrote:
Silly me - it was Radiantefy and she is definitely 100% Madagascan. How could I have forgotten her - an age related mistake I think.
At least you spelt her name correctly !
The player was Dally Randriantefy. She seemed to have a career in 2 spells. She played in 6 Grand Slam tournaments in 1995 and 1996. She reached the 3rd round of the 1995 AO losing to the eventual champion Mary Pierce. This was peak Pierce as the 6 games Dally won were the most anybody managed. She also reached the 3rd round of the 1996 US Open losing to the eventual Runner-up Monica Seles. She did not play on the main tour again after 1997 until 2002 when she qualified for ther French Open unfortunately drawing eventual champion Serena Williams in the 1st round. She then played in all the Grand Slams between 2003 and 2005 , her best being the 3rd round of the 2003 French Open where she lost to eventual champion Justine Henin.She also played in 3 Olympics 1992,1996 and 2004. In April 2005 she reached her career high singles ranking of 44. Her sister Natacha also played on the circuit as well. She seems to have retired after the 2005 season.
Was it really that long ago - I remember seeing her play and I would have guessed at 10 years ago. She was a good powerful player, quick around the court. I had totally forgotten about her, when I mentioned about Andrianjaftrimo. You normally have a clue a person is Madagascan by the huge length of the names. It always makes me laugh that the capital Antanananavairo is shortened to 'Tana' by everyone who lives there, and I'll bet it is the same with names. Anyway she thrashed Naiktha today, by the looks of things. I don't like to be unkind to any British player, but she is definitely someone who looks to be playing at a lower level than her ranking suggests.

-- Edited by Andy Parker on Sunday 10th of January 2021 02:09:48 PM

I do wonder whether Bains would have been better off coming back to the NTC after Lockdown 1 rather than staying in Australia

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

But doesn't she live in Australia? That's her home, her base, no? Why would she come to NTC?

dodrade · Satellite level

Coup Droit wrote:
But doesn't she live in Australia? That's her home, her base, no? Why would she come to NTC?

Presumably there is only so much support the LTA can give her from 10,000 miles away.

She probably didn't want to be separated from her family given how difficult it is even for Australian citizens/residents to enter/leave the country but it left her rather isolated, not sure how much help Tennis Australia would have given to her.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

dodrade wrote:
Coup Droit wrote:
But doesn't she live in Australia? That's her home, her base, no? Why would she come to NTC?
Presumably there is only so much support the LTA can give her from 10,000 miles away.

She probably didn't want to be separated from her family given how difficult it is even for Australian citizens/residents to enter/leave the country but it left her rather isolated, not sure how much help Tennis Australia would have given to her.

I'm not sure what sort of help you're meaning.

She got to play UTR style tournaments over there which is all that the GB players were given in the UK.

There was no extra help for the non-elite group in the UK that I know of.

As she's not been granted that, she's not in that group, there's no other help that the LTA would have given her, even if she were here.

ROSAMUND · Futures level

Coup Droit wrote:
dodrade wrote:
Coup Droit wrote:
But doesn't she live in Australia? That's her home, her base, no? Why would she come to NTC?
Presumably there is only so much support the LTA can give her from 10,000 miles away.

She probably didn't want to be separated from her family given how difficult it is even for Australian citizens/residents to enter/leave the country but it left her rather isolated, not sure how much help Tennis Australia would have given to her.
I'm not sure what sort of help you're meaning.
She got to play UTR style tournaments over there which is all that the GB players were given in the UK.
There was no extra help for the non-elite group in the UK that I know of.
As she's not been granted that, she's not in that group, there's no other help that the LTA would have given her, even if she were here.

She is non-elite group in the UK yet she was a member of the 2020 Fed Cup team. Her selection was probably due to JoKo making herself unavailable.

dodrade · Satellite level

Coup Droit wrote:
dodrade wrote:
Coup Droit wrote:
But doesn't she live in Australia? That's her home, her base, no? Why would she come to NTC?
Presumably there is only so much support the LTA can give her from 10,000 miles away.

She probably didn't want to be separated from her family given how difficult it is even for Australian citizens/residents to enter/leave the country but it left her rather isolated, not sure how much help Tennis Australia would have given to her.
I'm not sure what sort of help you're meaning.
She got to play UTR style tournaments over there which is all that the GB players were given in the UK.
There was no extra help for the non-elite group in the UK that I know of.
As she's not been granted that, she's not in that group, there's no other help that the LTA would have given her, even if she were here.

IIRC the LTA sent players a Watt Bike to use at home at the start of lockdown when the NTC closed. I presume that wasn't possible for Bains.