Week 42 - (ITF W15) - Antalya, Turkey Clay

emmsie69 · Top national player

Week 42 - (ITF W15) - Antalya, Turkey Clay

Babfive · Satellite level

Sonay wins 7-5 7-5 biggrin

Peter too · Tennis legend

What better way to end her present tour:- with a title

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Brilliant.

Very enjoyable match. Very close. Sonay's whipped forehand definitely caused some big problems. But the other girl played well. It really took Sonay holding her nerve, holding firm, to see it through. Impressive. Thrilled for 'little fave'. A runners-up place and a title. Hope she's had fun

Christine · Intermediate Club Player

Thrilled for Sonay, here's hoping for more in the future

dodrade · Futures qualifying

A great start back to tour life, hopefully she can quickly make up for lost time.

Spireman · Club Coach

But is it 'lost' time? Of course on here we want gb players to follow and want them to do well. However, there is a good argument that waiting a bit until a player can really make an impact on 15k, and hopefully quickly move on to bigger events is the best way. Rather than slogging round loads of 15k when not really able to get much more than the odd q1 win. This costs a lot of money, must be demoralising for the player and also the travel and time away disrupts all the training which may be needed, and more useful, to get to a higher level. If you are away for 2 weeks min and lose first match, you may not get much training in while away. Emma has shown what can happen without lots of recent tournaments if you do hit the right level. So what if you make it at 18, 22 or 25?

-- Edited by Spireman on Sunday 24th of October 2021 04:09:33 PM

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Yes, I agree. You need to play, you need to train, you need to improve, but that doesn't necessarily mean slogging round Sharm et al, and clocking up a few points here and there as though it's the gold standard.

There's also the question of whether your 19 year-old is really ready to travel etc by herself.
And, assuming often not, whether the federation is providing a coach, either individually, or as part of a traveling cohort (which doesn't seem to be the LTA's style). And, if not, can you afford to pay a coach or is there a family member who is free to travel with them?

Beth is one player, I remember, who said she didn't really have the confidence to travel when she was younger.

I've no idea but I wouldn't be surprised if the same might not apply to Sonay too. And then of course, there's all the covid hassle and stress.

Tennpar · Strong Club Player

Well done Sonay biggrin

emmsie69 · Top national player

emmsie69 wrote:
wolf wrote:
Thanks for the live stream tip, Sonay won the first set 7-5.
It was just a regular game, Sonay won 5 games on the bounce to win the 1st 7-5

Off topic but how did you edit your post without it saying edit, every time I edit it tells the world I screwed up somewhere biggrin

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

emmsie69 wrote:
emmsie69 wrote:
wolf wrote:
Thanks for the live stream tip, Sonay won the first set 7-5.
It was just a regular game, Sonay won 5 games on the bounce to win the 1st 7-5
Off topic but how did you edit your post without it saying edit, every time I edit it tells the world I screwed up somewhere

I think only mods can do that - one of the perks, I guess cry smile

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

emmsie69 wrote:
emmsie69 wrote:
wolf wrote:
Thanks for the live stream tip, Sonay won the first set 7-5.
It was just a regular game, Sonay won 5 games on the bounce to win the 1st 7-5
Off topic but how did you edit your post without it saying edit, every time I edit it tells the world I screwed up somewhere

eh just accept youre not perfect and go with it!

emmsie69 · Top national player

JonH comes home wrote:
emmsie69 wrote:
emmsie69 wrote:
wolf wrote:
Thanks for the live stream tip, Sonay won the first set 7-5.
It was just a regular game, Sonay won 5 games on the bounce to win the 1st 7-5
Off topic but how did you edit your post without it saying edit, every time I edit it tells the world I screwed up somewhere
eh just accept youre not perfect and go with it!

Me, not perfect, get in the bin of course I am, any spelling errors/grammatical errors/lack of knowledge are purely down to my keyboard biggrin

FFS spelt spelling wrong poxy keyboard

-- Edited by emmsie69 on Monday 25th of October 2021 07:32:57 AM