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Week 17 - ITF (W25) Oeiras, Portugal Clay


Loses 6-1 6-1. Was broken from 40-0 at the start of the second which sort of ended hopes of getting back into it. 11 of the 14 games to 30 or deuce, so actually fairly competitive.

Hopefully a good performance in doubles this afternoon, not before 4pm on the same court.

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L48 : Emily Webley-Smith WR 445 (CH 240 in November 2011) beat Valeriya Strackhova (UKR) WR 387 (CH 231 in February 2016) by 3-6 7-5 6-3

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L32 : (12) Amandine Hesse (FRA) WR 265 (CH 154 in May 2016) beat Emily Webley-Smith WR 445 (CH 240 in November 2011) by 6-1 6-1

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PaulM wrote:

Loses 6-1 6-1. Was broken from 40-0 at the start of the second which sort of ended hopes of getting back into it. 11 of the 14 games to 30 or deuce, so actually fairly competitive.

Hopefully a good performance in doubles this afternoon, not before 4pm on the same court.


 Oh dear. She really is only a doubles player now and perhaps the 3 hour marathon took it out of her the other day.



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I think Em will take what she can get from singles. But for a long time now her schedule has been very much about doubles. She no doubt likes giving it a go, with the odd nice win and still a top 500 ranking, but I doubt she has any real singles aspirations.

Good she got the one singles win. No surprise re R2.



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HarryGem wrote:
PaulM wrote:

Loses 6-1 6-1. Was broken from 40-0 at the start of the second which sort of ended hopes of getting back into it. 11 of the 14 games to 30 or deuce, so actually fairly competitive.

Hopefully a good performance in doubles this afternoon, not before 4pm on the same court.


 Oh dear. She really is only a doubles player now and perhaps the 3 hour marathon took it out of her the other day.


Bit harsh.

She's 37, never been any good on clay, and playing a woman ranked 150. 

Whereas her own CH is 240, from 10 years ago.

The fact that she has had some competitive matches with decent players, and won some, is great. 

The thought that this is a disappointing score is daft (in fact, the bookies were quite daft in even giving her a chance, and that's not supposed to be mean) 



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Only 36 CD, birthday isn't until July.
Not that a few weeks makes much difference  wink



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Apologies, Em !



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Em and Sofia not wasting any time in their doubles. They take the first set 6-1 in just 21 minutes, only dropping 2 points on serve.
And they had three break points in the game they didn't win

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L16:- Sofia Shapatava (GEO) / Emily Webley-Smith (GBR) CR344 (176+168) [1] def Diana Marcinkevica (LAT) / Ganna Poznikhirenko (UKR) CR685 (327+358) 6-1 6-2

Lost just seven points on serve in the end

QF:- Sofia Shapatava (GEO) / Emily Webley-Smith (GBR) CR344 (176+168) [1] v Adrienn Nagy (HUN) /Sohyun Park (KOR) CR1173 (470CH+703CH)



-- Edited by the addict on Wednesday 28th of April 2021 09:05:27 PM

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Em and Sofia have gone from 5-1* to *5-6. Missed one set point at 5-3*.

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Well, that went downhill from a commanding position. Very strange, losing the last 13 points of the set. Hope there's not an injury problem.

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Lost the last 13 points in a row, and the set 5-7. Rather strange in doubles to lose so many points in a row

Edit - like minds !



-- Edited by the addict on Thursday 29th of April 2021 03:27:07 PM

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Broke in the first game, then lost the next four to be *1-4 - and there's a medical time-out

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I mean a lot of the opening games they won to deuce, so it was always tighter than the lead they had, but still a pretty surprising turnaround.

I guess this MTO suggests something isn't quite right. Shame.



-- Edited by PaulM on Thursday 29th of April 2021 03:46:57 PM

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That's a really frustrating, and disappointing, loss. Can only hope whoever needed the MTO is ok. Hopefully Beth and Olivia can do better.

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