Week 9 - UKPro League - Event 1, Loughborough (Indoor Hard)

the addict · Tennis legend

Week 9 - UKPro League - Event 1, Loughborough (Indoor Hard)

the addict · Tennis legend

Second semi-final result

Alicia Barnett lost to Beth Grey 0-6 6-2 9-11

So the final is Emily v Beth
And Freya and Lissey play-off for third

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Emily beat Beth 4 and 0 earlier in the week so must be a strong favourite

dodrade · Futures qualifying

the addict wrote:
Second semi-final result

Alicia Barnett lost to Beth Grey 0-6 6-2 9-11

So the final is Emily v Beth
And Freya and Lissey play-off for third

Not sure what happened to Lissey in the first set, a shame after playing so well all week.

the addict · Tennis legend

Order of Play & Results

Court 1

Alicia Barnett lost to Freya Christie (for 3rd place) 4-6 6-0 7-10
Emily Appleton def Beth Grey (Final) 6-4 6-2

Court 2

Ella Taylor def Nadia Rawson (For 9th place) 6-2 6-4
Olivia Nicholls lost to Alice Gillan (For 5th place) 2-6 5-7
Kylie Bilchev def Elliz Maloney (For 7th place) 6-3 6-2
Tanysha Dissanayake lost to Danielle Daley (For 11th place) 4-6 2-6

-- Edited by the addict on Sunday 7th of March 2021 06:24:07 PM

-- Edited by the addict on Sunday 7th of March 2021 07:43:34 PM

the addict · Tennis legend

I think the commentator said 3,750 + 500 appearance fee for the winner, but couldn't make out whether it was 3 or more, and 3 doesn't seem right. Runner-up gets 3,000 + 500 appearance fee.

dodrade · Futures qualifying

Strange how BT Sport's coverage has gradually increased during the week, just one whispering commentator at a time at the beginning on Extra but all day coverage on BT Sport 3, Presenters, co-commentators, VT's and on court interviews by the weekend.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

I've enjoyed watching some of Kylie Bilchev's matches.

She's got better as the week's gone on. Maybe a bit nervous at the start. Maybe lack of match practice. But an interesting sort of game.

SuperT · Futures level

I've been quite impressed with Emily Appleton this week too. She has played well and has more to her game than I thought. Hope she can finally start progressing on the circuit this summer.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

SuperT wrote:
I've been quite impressed with Emily Appleton this week too. She has played well and has more to her game than I thought. Hope she can finally start progressing on the circuit this summer.

Absolutely. I agree.

She says she's been working really hard on her mental game (since lockdown) and thinks it's really progressed (and that's really helped her physical game too). It's great to see her playing well and, as you say, will be interesting to see if she can follow that over into the actual ranking matches. She certainly looks as though she should be better than 700 or so.

the addict · Tennis legend

Emily wins 4 & 2.

I agree, Emily's game has much improved. No sign of the mental fragility that often appeared a couple of years ago, and she should climb the rankings quite soon once restrictions are relaxed.

the addict · Tennis legend

So the final order is:-
1. Emily Appleton           18
2. Beth Grey    15
3. Freya Christie             12
4. Alicia Barnett              10
5. Alice Gillan                    8
6. Olivia Nicholls                7
7. Kylie Bilchev                  6
8. Eliz Maloney                 5
9. Ella Taylor                     4
10. Nadia Rawson            3
11. Danielle Daley             2
12. Tanysha Dissanayake 1

Edit:- Points added

-- Edited by the addict on Monday 8th of March 2021 09:21:30 PM

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Thanks TA!

Tennisdad_101 · Lower Club Player

really positive to see Kylie improving in confidence every match. Great effort from the youngest Entrant. Hoping to see more of her in future weeks.