Week 13 - ITF (W25) VIlla Maria, Argentina, Clay

the addict · Tennis legend

Week 13 - ITF (W25) VIlla Maria, Argentina, Clay

Strongbow · All-time great

Doubles draw

L16:- Naiktha Bains(GBR) / Conny Perrin (SUI) CR475 (238+237) [1] v Diana Marcinkevica (LAT) / Carole Monnet (FRA) CR1111 (335+776)

In the singles Fran draws a WC, Naiktha a qualifier.

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Fran starts her campaign tomorrow. It seems last weeks W25 Argentinian tournament, where she lost in quals, was Julieta's first event since 2019, and she is a big 7/1 outsider at Bet365.

I doubt there will be too many times in history, especially in a non UK event, where the only direct acceptances in a particular quarter, in terms of ranking, are British players.

(5)Naiktha Bains (GBR) v Q
Q v Q
Q v (wc)Guillermina Naya (ARG)
(2)Francesca Jones (GBR) v (wc)Julieta Lara Estable (ARG)

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Qualifiers placed. Naiktha has drawn this player in R1:

www.tennisexplorer.com/player/lizarazo/

Don't know much about her, but she has been pretty active this year.

Peter too · Tennis legend

R1: BAINS, Naiktha (GBR) 5 252 v LIZARAZO, Yuliana (COL) Q 587 (CH=335 2015)
R1: JONES, Francesca (GBR) 2 213 (CH=206 2021) v ESTABLE, Julieta Lara (ARG) WC 765 (CH=424 2016)

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Forgot about this event. Naiktha won 6-4 6-4. Fran yet to start.

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Fran was swerving for the first set, but is now serving to stay in it. *5-6.

Julieta 2/4 on BPs, Fran 2/13.

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Fran took the first set on the TB, with her 3rd SP. 7-6(5). On serve in the early stages of the 2nd (*2-2). Looking far closer than what the odds were suggesting.

Thinking about it logistically, if she was wanting to play Bogota quals, she would probably realistically need to exit this W25 either today or tomorrow, as losing on Friday, and then getting over to Colombia to play on the Saturday, in altitude, would probably be pushing it.

Points wise, you're looking at 12 for a WTA Q1 win, a further 6 for a FQR win, a further 30 for a R1 main draw win, and then far more significant after that, but as the 2nd seed, 30 for a final here, or 50 for a title is still big points. It'll be interesting to see how her week pans out.

Edit - she's just been broken, 2-3*

-- Edited by Ace Ventura on Wednesday 31st of March 2021 07:41:30 PM

indiana · Tennis legend

I hope Fran just goes as far as she can here. If she exits early enough to get to Bogota then it's a nice back up opportunity.

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Probably the best approach. She should get lots of WTA opportunities in the near future once her ranking is a little higher, not to mention the grass, where she'll likely be a high end WC contender.

5-4* now.

SuperT · Futures level

I keep checking the score here. Such a shame there isn't a live stream for this event. Hubby watching the football but I'd much prefer to see Fran!!

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

I've not been watching, (football), but there is actually a stream for this match:

live.itftennis.com/en/live-streams/video.php

Hopefully you won't get to see too much more if you tune in...

SuperT · Futures level

Ace Ventura wrote:
I've not been watching, (football), but there is actually a stream for this match:

live.itftennis.com/en/live-streams/video.php

Hopefully you won't get to see too much more if you tune in...

How did I miss that!! Thanks

SuperT · Futures level

SuperT wrote:
Ace Ventura wrote:
I've not been watching, (football), but there is actually a stream for this match:

live.itftennis.com/en/live-streams/video.php

Hopefully you won't get to see too much more if you tune in...
How did I miss that!! Thanks

Well it was a dreadful picture so I couldn't have stuck with it for long, but nice to see Fran win the tie break and the match.

indiana · Tennis legend

Well done Naiktha and Fran. 16th counters for both are already 5 points so R2 wins needed to get into points profit.

And the football is going fine too. Scotland 4 Faroe Islands 0