Week 19 - ITF (W100) Bonita Springs, USA Clay

Andy Parker · Club Coach

Week 19 - ITF (W100) Bonita Springs, USA Clay

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

I'll just catch Katie's result in the morning. The match before it is still 1-1 in the first set, so could be nearer 2am by the time she is on.

I wonder why Naiktha has opted for doubles only this week?

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Andy Parker wrote:
Katie's match is going to be a lot later than 0030 - caffeine needed, for an insomniac like me. Hope I don't stay up and it gets postponed and rescheduled, but it must be a danger at this stage, as it is already coming up to 7 pm in Florida.

Haha, imagine.

I've no idea what the set up is at this venue, but I can remember watching some US ITF stuff on the East coast until around 3am UK at the back end of last year, so hopefully she'll get on and not have to play 2 Q matches in one day. The MTB format is a bonus in this instance.

Edit - This was on a Friday night, the latter stages of a W80 / W100, quality USTA TV like streams with the legendary Ken Thomas biggrin calling it, and a really exciting line up. A Q1 on a fixed ITF stream on a Monday isn't quite as appealing.

-- Edited by Ace Ventura on Monday 10th of May 2021 11:25:05 PM

Andy Parker · Club Coach

I'm still hanging in there, but Bjorklund and Jamie Loeb are just being really, really slow to annoy me personally (I'm not paranoid, honest) - joking of course, but we are still in the first set and there have already been breaks of serve and injury time outs - I just wanted to watch Katie S play, not these two...it is so inconsiderate of them to be so well matched.

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

I'm calling it a night now, but Katie has just got underway, but has seemingly been moved to an unstreamed court. Early break, *1-0.

Babfive · Satellite level

Katie won 6-2 6-2 smile

RedSquirrel · Satellite level

Well done Katie.

After the delayed start to the day, on the revised OOP Katie's match was not allocated a court but scheduled to be played on the first available court so not moved per se.

the addict · Tennis legend

Excellent win for Katie. Rather puts Heather's match in the BJK Cup into perspective, doesn't it.

Andy Parker · Club Coach

Great win for Katie S - just what she needed, but it was so annoying to stay up late and then find she was rescheduled to an unstreamed court. Hopefully her next match will be streamed - working lates, I thought I'd be able to come home and watch this one, just before I go to bed. Anyway well done Katie - hopefully she can win a couple more matches, as she really needs a run to come from somewhere.

She is second up against Bjorklund, on Court 18, which is one of the two courts that they streamed yesterday. Her start is no earlier than 1 pm, and as the match before starts at 10 am Florida time, that sounds a pretty definite start time - that's 8 pm UK time, so no chance for me to watch today.

Bjorklund's match yesterday with Loeb was long and hard fought, with both her and Loeb taking injury time outs (you couldn't see what was the issue), so I think those two factors mean that Bjorklund will not exactly be fresh, giving Katie a major advantage.

-- Edited by Andy Parker on Tuesday 11th of May 2021 09:47:50 AM

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Weather permitting Andy, she's on a streamed court again today, and should be a convenient time for traditional 9-5ers (although going off previous posts, I'm not sure if that applies to you).

Lily Miyazaki (who is fairly well known on here, and had a decent win herself yesterday) is scheduled for 10am local (3pm here), and the next match on that court is Katie at NB 1pm local (6pm here), so the MTB format should mean that she is on at 6pm UK, if the weather holds up of course.

Edit - your edit covers most of what I have posted, although you have got your time zones wrong wink , but even less chance if you're working lates.

-- Edited by Ace Ventura on Tuesday 11th of May 2021 09:53:27 AM

the addict · Tennis legend

Lily has just had a first set bagel over Elkert, the #9 seed, so Katie shouldn't be delayed.

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Yep, it will only be the weather that could affect that 6pm start for Katie now as Lily wins in straight sets - decent mini US swing for her following her success in Sharm, reaching the QF last week, losing to the eventual champ, and now qualifying for a W100, putting out 2 seeds.

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Katie was 4-2* up last I saw, but only won 5 points in the next 4 games, so has dropped the first set 4-6.

PaulM · Tennis legend

Argh, she was playing well in the early stages too.

-- Edited by PaulM on Tuesday 11th of May 2021 06:02:03 PM

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Looks like Katie's retired.... :(