Week 43 - WTA250 Courmayeur, Italy Hard

indiana · Tennis legend

Week 43 - WTA250 Courmayeur, Italy Hard

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

As Ace posts elsewhere a few late withdrawals here

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Courmayeur_Ladies_Open_%E2%80%93_Singles

Jabeur included. Upshot is lucky loser places now being drawn - can Tara get one ?

wolf · Tennis legend

L16: Emina Betkas (USA) & Tara Moore CR 239 (118+121) vs Aliona Bolsova & Kamilla Rakhimova (ESP/RUS) CR 198 (86+112)

Strongbow · All-time great

wolf wrote:
L16: Emina Betkas (USA) & Tara Moore CR 239 (118+121) vs Aliona Bolsova & Kamilla Rakhimova (ESP/RUS) CR 198 (86+112)

Not good but better than the last.

PaulM · Tennis legend

Lost 7-6(7) 7-6(6).

Had three set points in the opening set and one in the second.

indiana · Tennis legend

PaulM wrote:
Lost 7-6(7) 7-6(6).

Had three set points in the opening set and one in the second.

Darn

wolf · Tennis legend

Louis Cayer would have a field day with these two, no positive energy, little communication or encouragement. At least I haven't seen them have a tiff yet, like I've seen with Conny.

dodrade · Futures qualifying

wolf wrote:
Louis Cayer would have a field day with these two, no positive energy, little communication or encouragement. At least I haven't seen them have a tiff yet, like I've seen with Conny.

Marrying your doubles partner perhaps not a good idea.

Strongbow · All-time great

dodrade wrote:
wolf wrote:
Louis Cayer would have a field day with these two, no positive energy, little communication or encouragement. At least I haven't seen them have a tiff yet, like I've seen with Conny.
Marrying your doubles partner perhaps not a good idea.

Both Tara and Emina are up significantly in singles and doubles this year.

At the levels they play at you can't expect to win every week. One good tournament a month will do.

As per spats, I can recall more than a few although they've avoided coming to blows.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

dodrade wrote:
wolf wrote:
Louis Cayer would have a field day with these two, no positive energy, little communication or encouragement. At least I haven't seen them have a tiff yet, like I've seen with Conny.
Marrying your doubles partner perhaps not a good idea.

There's plenty of non-married partners in doubles who give off bad vibes - I think it's easy to focus on that aspect of Tara and Emina, just because it's a bit novel.

(Also plenty of family relationship player-coaching set-ups, that also have major ups and downs, but no one's suggesting getting rid of those)

If they were playing 'badly' week in, week out, it'd be different. But they've have some good runs and wins too

emmsie69 · Top national player

Coup Droit wrote:
dodrade wrote:
wolf wrote:
Louis Cayer would have a field day with these two, no positive energy, little communication or encouragement. At least I haven't seen them have a tiff yet, like I've seen with Conny.
Marrying your doubles partner perhaps not a good idea.
There's plenty of non-married partners in doubles who give off bad vibes - I think it's easy to focus on that aspect of Tara and Emina, just because it's a bit novel.
(Also plenty of family relationship player-coaching set-ups, that also have major ups and downs, but no one's suggesting getting rid of those)
If they were playing 'badly' week in, week out, it'd be different. But they've have some good runs and wins too

No different to running any business with your partner. On the whole it is a positive but as with all relationships, sometimes it's a nightmare.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Exactly

Ian1314 · Lower Club Player

wolf wrote:
Louis Cayer would have a field day with these two, no positive energy, little communication or encouragement. At least I haven't seen them have a tiff yet, like I've seen with Conny.

It might be relevant to mention a tweet from Tara regarding misbehaviour from at least one of their opponents.

jb288 · Satellite level

Watched their match at Portoroz and they had huge positive energy and good vibes. These things come and go I suppose.