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

Danielle beats Beth in three.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Absolutely great win for Dani Daley over Beth Grey, in a MTB

Didn't see the match but pleased for Dani because I thought she'd been playing well this week, and with a decent win over Kylie already, this now takes her week up to another level.

ADD: just crossed with the addict's post. But certainly a result that should stand out so worth a couple of mentions.

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Friday 19th of March 2021 02:07:31 PM

the addict · Tennis legend

Emily takes the first set and guarrantees topping the group.

the addict · Tennis legend

Friday Results

Court 1
11:15 Beth Grey v Danielle Daley 7-5 4-6 5-10
14:00 Emily Appleton v Eliz Maloney 6-2 6-3
15:30 Freya Christie v Kimberly Mpukusa 6-1 6-0

Court 2
10.00 Alice Gillian v Tanysha Dissanayake 5-7 6-3 10-7
14:00 Annali Olivelle v Olivia Nicholls 0-6 2-6
15:30 Kylie Bilchev v Nadia Rawson 6-4 6-1

Points at the end of the Pool stages

Pool A
Emily Appleton 15
Eliz Maloney 10
Freya Christie 10
Olivia Nicholls 7
Annali Olivelle 3
Kimberly Mpukusa 0

Pool B
Beth Grey 12
Alice Gillan 10
Danielle Daley 9
Nadia Rawson 7
Kylie Bilchev 6
Tanysha Dissanayake 1

the addict · Tennis legend

Saturday 20th March
Court 1
9.30 Danielle Daley v Olivia Nicholls 5th-8th playoff
13:30 Emily Appleton v Alice Gillan Semi-Final
16:30 Beth Grey v Eliz Maloney Semi-Final

Court 2
9.30 Kylie Bilchev v Kimberly Mpukusa 9th-12th playoff
12:00 Annali Olivelle v Tanysha Dissanayake 9th-12th playoff
15:00 Freya Christie v Nadia Rawson 5th-8th playoff

the addict · Tennis legend

Kylie Bilchev def Kimberly Mpukusa 6-2 6-0
Olivia Nicholls def Danielle Daley 6-3 6-1

the addict · Tennis legend

Tanysha Dissanayake def Annali Olivelle 6-4 6-2

the addict · Tennis legend

Unstoppable Appleton thrugh to the final - she lost just one set last week, and none this week, in 13 matches.

Emily Appleton def Alice Gillan 6-0 6-2

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Yep, you certainly can't knock her results in these two events, convincing wins, and very consistent, and while she generally did well at the domestic exhos last year, reaching a lot of SFs, there is a notable contrast in her results against the same players.

2021:
www.tennisexplorer.com/player/appleton/

2020:
www.tennisexplorer.com/player/appleton/

So, comfortable wins against pretty much everyone in 2021, bar Freya, who she beat on a MTB, but then backed it up by dropping just 4 games a week later, and other pretty comfortable wins against Beth, Alice, Eliz, Nadia,

Whereas in 2020 she lost to Eliz, Nadia, and Alice in the same St GH week (all on MTBs), also losing to Eliz later in the year at the BT. Hopefully she can transfer this form to the tour when she returns to it, and move away from that 600-700 group of 4 or 5 players, and push more towards the 300-400 range.

the addict · Tennis legend

I saw her play at Chiswick in 2018 and 2019 - and wasn't particularly impressed. Totally different player this year.

indiana · Tennis legend

Really hope Emily can get back to ITFs and just play her best game without particular pressure. Ranking rises should then follow.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

As mentioned before, Emily App has made a big deal about the yoga that she's been doing since lockdown started, and the benefits that's brought her, in particular re mental calmness etc. etc.

And, yes, it would be wonderful if she could take that into her ITF events.

SuperT · Futures level

I agree. Emily seems to be in a different class to the rest of the field so I'd like to see her back playing ranking tournaments as soon as possible.

emmsie69 · Top national player

indiana wrote:
Really hope Emily can get back to ITFs and just play her best game without particular pressure. Ranking rises should then follow.

I saw her listed for Week of 5/4 in the W25 In Argentina, bit odd because she withdrew from the one the week before and she would've got in to qualifying, Seems a long way to go for 1 tournament but on the otherhand if she can clean up at these home tournaments ala Billy Harris it's a nice cash cushion to then go out and play a solid few weeks on the tour.