Week 14 - ITF-W60-Bellinzona, Switzerland (Clay)

the addict · Tennis legend

Week 14 - ITF-W60-Bellinzona, Switzerland (Clay)

PaulM · Tennis legend

Hopefully Emily's partnership with Vivian is more successful this time round. They are the highest unseeded pair I think.

PaulM · Tennis legend

Nice and unexpected win for Eden and her partner, 6-1 7-6(5)

the addict · Tennis legend

Vivian was the only one from Em's match that played today - and their doubles is the only one not on the schedule.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

PaulM wrote:
Nice and unexpected win for Eden and her partner, 6-1 7-6(5)

Excellent ! Had forgotten about this event....

PaulM · Tennis legend

An insane day of tennis here in difficult conditions (clay was frozen this morning). Lots of matches going well over 2 hours, and 3 over the three hour mark.

Emily and Vivien got on court very late in the evening and have just finished, picking up their first win as a pair 7-6(3) 6-3. Broken just the once, winning the deuce point in the final game.

Great stuff

-- Edited by PaulM on Wednesday 7th of April 2021 07:52:09 PM

the addict · Tennis legend

15 points for the win, but more importantly the winners of the next match get 29 points, just one less than a W25 finalist. Em needs some good counters to cover the points due to drop off over the next few weeks.

the addict · Tennis legend

Doubles Round Up

L16:- Vivian Heisen (GER) / Emily Webley-Smith (GBR) CR360 (193+167) def Ji-Hee Choi (KOR) / Na-Lae Han (KOR) CR420 (202+218) 7-6(3) 6-3 smile
L16:- Isabella Shinikova (BUL) / Eden Silva (GBR) CR424 (237+187) def Mona Barthel (GER) / Xenia Knoll (SUI) CR208 (116+92) [2] 6-1 7-6(5) smile

QF:- Vivian Heisen (GER) / Emily Webley-Smith (GBR) CR360 (193+167) v Isabella Shinikova (BUL) / Eden Silva (GBR) CR424 (237+187) cry

the addict · Tennis legend

QF:- Vivian Heisen (GER) / Emily Webley-Smith (GBR) CR360 (193+167) def Isabella Shinikova (BUL) / Eden Silva (GBR) CR424 (237+187) 6-2 6-3 smile cry

SF: - Vivian Heisen (GER) / Emily Webley-Smith (GBR) CR360 (193+167) v Rebecca Marino (CAN) / Yuki Naito (JPN) CR 1006 (571+435)

PaulM · Tennis legend

Emily and Vivien beat Eden and Isabella 6-2 6-3.

9 games went to deuce, Emily won 8 of them. That's pretty amazing, but also reinforces just how fine the margins are in doubles. Even just a couple of those going to Eden and partner totally changes the dynamic of the match.

Emily made the semis of a 100k on red clay with Sofia a couple of years back in France, but they had a first round bye. Must be a while since she won back to back matches on the devil dirt?!

indiana · Tennis legend

the addict wrote:
15 points for the win, but more importantly the winners of the next match get 29 points, just one less than a W25 finalist. Em needs some good counters to cover the points due to drop off over the next few weeks.

Yes, although 29 SF points will have very little immediate impact for Em ( with it just replacing a 28 pointer which would otherwise have come into play ), in the medium term it could prove a bit more useful as these other points drop off. She has for instance 5 x 50 pointers from April to July 2019 all due to be halved.

Better all round though if she can turn 29 points into 48 or 80.

the addict · Tennis legend

PaulM wrote:
Emily and Vivien beat Eden and Isabella 6-2 6-3.

9 games went to deuce, Emily won 8 of them. That's pretty amazing, but also reinforces just how fine the margins are in doubles. Even just a couple of those going to Eden and partner totally changes the dynamic of the match.

Emily made the semis of a 100k on red clay with Sofia a couple of years back in France, but they had a first round bye. Must be a while since she won back to back matches on the devil dirt?!

I think her last singles win on clay was 2015 - only seems to have played one match since then, in 2019. Similar story in doubles - the 100k in 2019 was one win, one loss. I think the last consecutive wins were in a $10k in Bucharest in September 2005, reacing the final via three wins and a walkover !

flamingowings · All-time great

Emily Webley-Smith
@ews24
Make that two ws on clay. Basically Rafa.
5:54 AM · Apr 9, 2021·Twitter for iPhone

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

flamingowings wrote:
Emily Webley-Smith
@ews24
Make that two ws on clay. Basically Rafa.
5:54 AM · Apr 9, 2021·Twitter for iPhone

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the addict · Tennis legend

Lost the first set by a single break 3-6.

But the good news id that the WTA/ITF have increased the points for tournaments starting 05 April, so the guaranteed 28 points has become 35, and they are playing for 58 points for the final, with the winners getting 96 points.