Week 4 - ITF (W60) Rome, USA Hard

brittak · Pro player

Week 4 - ITF (W60) Rome, USA Hard

indiana · Tennis legend

L2 : (5) Usue Maitane Arconada (USA) WR 155 (CH 130 in February 2020) beat (SR) Katie Swan WR 274 (CH 163 in October 2018) by 3-6 6-3 6-3

L32 : (Q) Robin Montgomery (USA) WR 413 (CH 410 in November 2020), age 16, JWR/CH 5 beat (Q) Tara Moore WR 458 (CH 145 in May 2017) by 6-3 6-0

dodrade · Satellite level

Disappointing for Katie, hopefully she'll have better luck in the doubles.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Both doubles are on todays schedule, 8 pm Uk time estimated .

the addict · Tennis legend

It appears that Tara and Emina have been GIVEN a walkover into the semi-final - I was half-expecting them to withdraw after yesterday.

Katie and Despina's match is going to be a late one - Despina hasn't even started her singles yet.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Katie won her doubles in straight sets and now plays Tara in the semis.

the addict · Tennis legend

QF:- Despina Papamichail (GRE) / Katie Swan (GBR) CR778 (276+502) def Gabriela Talaba (ROU) / Renata Zarazua (MEX) CR562 (261+301) 7-6(3) 6-4

SF:- Despina Papamichail (GRE) / Katie Swan (GBR) CR778 (276+502) v Emina Bektas (USA) / Tara Moore (GBR) CR490 (245+245)

29 points for reaching the semi-final, 48 for the final and 80 for the title, giving a healthy jump in rankings to both already. (Tara has an 11th counter of 15, but Katie only has 10 counters - Coric isn't quite right on the ranking moves at the moment)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Nice news that they've both made the doubles semi.

And I note that the players who beat them in R1 both went on to win their R2 matches no problem.

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Tara's conqueror Robin M went down in 3 on Court 14 earlier, Katie's conqueror will be receiving to stay in the match at 4-5* in the second set on the same court, and when that match is finished, the doubles will start, so they could be on in 10-15 mins, or could be a further hour depending on how it goes.

There is a stream.

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Min served for the match twice, but eventually won on a TB, so Katie and Tara should be on soon.

I've not really been following this event, but Min at 250 is now the highest ranked player in the SFs. The other 3 were all qualifiers and include Tara's partner who is ranked 400 odd.

Fairly similar in the French W60 where there are no seeds and a lot of names that you wouldn't expect. I think there's just one top 200 player in that semi final line up.

the addict · Tennis legend

Yes, quite a surprise on France, given that there were 19 top 200 players on the acceptnce list. Still, I'm pleased to see Urszula come through from qualifying.

Tara+ are 2-0* BTW

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Yep, surprise run, and she's beaten some decent players along the way, although I hope her run ends tomorrow, as Cristian is the only remaining player I personally have a vague interest in. There is actually a centre court stream on Twitch for that event - I had never used that site/app in my life prior to this week.

I'm not watching the stream, but Katie brought it back to 3-3, but Tara/Emina have just broken again, so *4-3.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

First set to Tara + 6-4

the addict · Tennis legend

SF:- Emina Bektas (USA) / Tara Moore (GBR) CR490 (245+245) def Despina Papamichail (GRE) / Katie Swan (GBR) CR778 (276+502) 6-4 6-2

F:- Emina Bektas (USA) / Tara Moore (GBR) CR490 (245+245) v Olga Govortsova (BLR) / Jovana Jovic (SRB) CR 497(255+242) (but CH of 24 in 2011 & 102 in 2014)

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Taras final is at approx 6pm UK time.