Week 11 - UKPro League - Week 2, Loughborough (Indoor Hard)

the addict · Tennis legend

Week 11 - UKPro League - Week 2, Loughborough (Indoor Hard)

the addict · Tennis legend

Lissey is in Egypt, so that accounts for her absence

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

the addict wrote:
Eliz goes one better with an 0 & 0 win.
Question is, can Kim avoid the same fate against Emily ?

6-2 6-0 for Emily App over Kim M

Bit brutal for Kim to kick off against last week's winners - some of the matches for the lower places will be more interesting for her.

However, as mentioned above, Annali and Kim really are a long way off the level here.

the addict · Tennis legend

I've added the rankings to my initial post

the addict · Tennis legend

Beth beats Nadia 1 & 2

RedSquirrel · Satellite level

With A-levels this year and exams cancelled, I doubt we'll see Emma much, if at all, until she's done what she needs to do for the teacher assessments.

the addict · Tennis legend

Kylie adds to the bakery with 0 & 0 over Tanysha.

Spireman · Club Coach

Regarding earlier comments about the field, Kylie B is not a junior now, born 2002. Also Amelia B. is in dominican republic in junior itf g2. Regarding those at American Uni, well, they are at American uni, so can't be in loughborough as well. I think there are some rules about juniors playing. Last summer with pro series I thought they were limited due to betting co. sponsorship, but possibly this time could be covid related? I also thought we may get eva shaw in this, as its loughborough. It is different to last year as real (points) tournaments are taking place and us colleges are back, also if you arent based in Midlands somewhere near loughborough it may be difficult to play without getting overnight accommodation which is not allowed, unless there would be an exemption.

tharris · Intermediate Club Player

Kylie is still a junior, born 2003.

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

I haven't managed to see any of their matches, but Tanysha, and particularly Nadia were good value at last years event, but both have been struggling massively over the past couple of weeks - a huge contrast in their results, often against the same players they were having relative success against last year. Not sure if they were punching above their weight then, or the opposite here, or a bit of both?

the addict · Tennis legend

Accommodation must be available, for Emily A is based in Surrey, and I'm sure some of the others are from around the London area as well

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Spireman wrote:
Regarding earlier comments about the field, Kylie B is not a junior now, born 2002. Also Amelia B. is in dominican republic in junior itf g2. Regarding those at American Uni, well, they are at American uni, so can't be in loughborough as well. I think there are some rules about juniors playing. Last summer with pro series I thought they were limited due to betting co. sponsorship, but possibly this time could be covid related? I also thought we may get eva shaw in this, as its loughborough. It is different to last year as real (points) tournaments are taking place and us colleges are back, also if you arent based in Midlands somewhere near loughborough it may be difficult to play without getting overnight accommodation which is not allowed, unless there would be an exemption.

As tharris says, Kylie is 2003 born (24th Feb 2003, in fact), not 2002, and so is indeed a junior.

She was the main player of interest in the last event, really, making huge strides as the event went one. (Although Emily App's better form was also good to see). The rest were very much as predicted.

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Monday 15th of March 2021 07:52:56 PM

the addict · Tennis legend

First close match of the day ends in a MTB.

Freya Christie def Olivia Nicholls 6-2 6-0
Emily Appleton def Kimberly Mpukusa 6-2 6-0
Kylie Bilchev def Tanysha Dissanayake 6-0 6-0
Eliz Maloney def Annali Olivelle 6-0 6-0
Beth Grey def Nadia Rawson 6-1 6-2
Alice Gillan def Danielle Daley 6-2 2-6 10-7

Spireman · Club Coach

Coup Droit wrote:
Spireman wrote:
Regarding earlier comments about the field, Kylie B is not a junior now, born 2002. Also Amelia B. is in dominican republic in junior itf g2. Regarding those at American Uni, well, they are at American uni, so can't be in loughborough as well. I think there are some rules about juniors playing. Last summer with pro series I thought they were limited due to betting co. sponsorship, but possibly this time could be covid related? I also thought we may get eva shaw in this, as its loughborough. It is different to last year as real (points) tournaments are taking place and us colleges are back, also if you arent based in Midlands somewhere near loughborough it may be difficult to play without getting overnight accommodation which is not allowed, unless there would be an exemption.
As tharris says, Kylie is 2003 born (24th Feb 2003, in fact), not 2002, and so is indeed a junior.
She was the main player of interest in the last event, really, making huge strides as the event went one. (Although Emily App's better form was also good to see). The rest were very much as predicted.

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Monday 15th of March 2021 07:52:56 PM

Sorry, my mistake. I thought she was autumn 2002 for some reason.

HarryGem · Club Coach

the addict wrote:
First close match of the day ends in a MTB.

Freya Christie def Olivia Nicholls 6-2 6-0
Emily Appleton def Kimberly Mpukusa 6-2 6-0
Kylie Bilchev def Tanysha Dissanayake 6-0 6-0
Eliz Maloney def Annali Olivelle 6-0 6-0
Beth Grey def Nadia Rawson 6-1 6-2
Alice Gillan def Danielle Daley 6-2 2-6 10-7

I'm sure most of these results were expected but that really makes for pretty sad reading. In the top 5 matches the losing players only mustered 7 games between them. Each one probably over in around 40-50 minutes?