Week 13 - ITF (W25) Dubai, UAE Hard

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Week 13 - ITF (W25) Dubai, UAE Hard

Peter too · Tennis legend

R1: SILVA, Eden (GBR) Q 487 lost to BULGARU, Miriam Bianc (ROU) WC 352 3-6 6-3 1-6
R1: BURRAGE, Jodie Anna (GBR) 258 def ZUGER, Joanne (SUI) Q 541 6-4 3-6 6-3

R2: BURRAGE, Jodie Anna (GBR) 258 (CH=233 2019) v ZAKARLYUK, Marianna (UKR) WC 412 =CH

DF · Tennis legend

the addict wrote:
flamingowings wrote:
Anyone fancy a GB Vs GB R1?
think Tara and Emina will play doubles despite retiring in their q singles? Tara did seem to be retiring a lot at one point in time from singles matches.
Well I hope we do get a GB v GB tie, but it won't be first round, as they are in opposite halves of the draw !

Eden+ give Tara and Emina a walkover !!

the addict · Tennis legend

DF wrote:
the addict wrote:
flamingowings wrote:
Anyone fancy a GB Vs GB R1?
think Tara and Emina will play doubles despite retiring in their q singles? Tara did seem to be retiring a lot at one point in time from singles matches.
Well I hope we do get a GB v GB tie, but it won't be first round, as they are in opposite halves of the draw !
Eden+ give Tara and Emina a walkover !!

Both Eden and Ekaterine were knocked out of the singles in the first round yesterday, both in three sets, but no retirements. Eden did lose the last 6 games though, so may be an issue there.

Disappointing just the same

PaulM · Tennis legend

Possible Ekat after a disappointing exit just wanted out. Always the risk you can end up partnering with someone who is less committed to doubles than you (although Ekat isn't a million miles away from the top 100, but she'll need bigger scores than this event could give her). But hopefully Eden didn't have a niggle and Tara is recovered from whatever put her out of singles.

-- Edited by PaulM on Wednesday 31st of March 2021 09:21:03 AM

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

The match before Jodie's has just finished, so she should be on in the next 10 mins or so. A qualifier, Shalimar Talbi #355, awaits the winner in the QF.

There doesn't seem to be any streams this week unfortunately, not even on that dubaisports TV-like channel that covered the W25 in January that Tauson won.

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Not a bad start from Jodie. 4-0*

the addict · Tennis legend

First Set 6-1, but there's MTO ..... don't know who

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Given the scoreline, you'd hope it wasn't Jodie, but the last 2 games were won to deuce, and she had an MTO from a leading position in South Africa in her last event, so you never know.

Seeds dropping like flies in this event. Circa top 100 player Lin Zhu, in the other half to Jodie, has just lost, so just 2 to make the QF.

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Hmm, didn't realise that final game of the first set went pretty long, plus the way this second set has started, makes me lean more the other way now. Crazy how in 2021, whether on live scores, or bookies sites, you can't know for certain who had a MTO.

the addict · Tennis legend

Not looking good. Broken to love on the restart and now 0-3

the addict · Tennis legend

Beth+ also on court, and 0-2

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Ace Ventura wrote:
Hmm, didn't realise that final game of the first set went pretty long, plus the way this second set has started, makes me lean more the other way now. Crazy how in 2021, whether on live scores, or bookies sites, you can't know for certain who had a MTO.

Completely agree - with all the data and stuff that you CAN get, it seems mad not to have an asterisk against the MTO receiver. I mean, how difficult is that????

emmsie69 · Top national player

Back on serve now 5-5

the addict · Tennis legend

Looks like the pain-killers kicked in !