Good looking win for Eliz over Joanna today, 6-1 6-3 (both were already through).

I guess it may have been done with Bath in mind, i.e giving Eliz an 'easier' match on paper vs Abigail the day after her W25 final, but they don't seem to have grasped the 'winner stays on' format here to try to keep the groups as live as possible. In reality, when Eliz has made a W25 final, and Joanna has just beaten Abigail 6-0 6-0 last week in Bath, you're pretty much guaranteed to have those two advance from that particular group anyway, but it's still not great to have 2 of your 4 women's matches today feature two players who had already qualified, and just placings at stake. It happens so many times here, and it's so easy to avoid.

-- Edited by Ace Ventura on Tuesday 18th of January 2022 05:50:24 PM

Tuesday Results

Men's Pool A Alastair Gray def Josh Paris 7-6(7) 7-5
Men's Pool B Aidan McHugh def Giles Hussey 6-4 6-4
Men's Pool C Mark Whitehouse def Oscar Weightman 6-1 3-6 10-7
Men's Pool D Henry Patten def David Fox6-2 6-4

Women's Pool A Eden Silva def Lauryn John-Baptiste 6-2 6-2
Women's Pool B Eliz Maloney def Joanna Garland 6-1 6-3
Women's Pool C Arina Vasilescu def Adeola Greatorex 6-1 7-5
Women's Pool D Katie Stresnakova def Freya Christie 6-1 4-6 10-7

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Quarter Final Lineups

Men's QF1 Anton Matusevich v Luke Johnson
Men's QF2 Alastair Gray v Oscar Weightman
Men's QF3 Ryan Peniston v Mark Whitehouse
Men's QF4 Henry Patten v Aidan McHugh

Women's QF1 Millie Bissett v Sonay Kartal
Women's QF2 Eden Silva v Arina Vasilescu
Women's QF3 Freya Christie v Eliz Maloney
Women's QF4 Katie Stresnakova v Joanna Garland

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 Thanks TA - is that draw order eg qf1 plays qf2 ?

Anton and Ali won the opening mens QF matches, Sonay and (small upset?) Arina in the womens

Does Arina actually have any links to the UK? Obviously Romanian nationality, but seems to be based in Germany at the moment?

I saw Eden had dropped the first set 5-7 and was quite surprised, especially after Arina lost to Jasmine last week, and only managed 3 games against Sonay, but I see Bet365 had this 1.66 (Eden) vs 2.10, so kind of like 8/11 vs 11/10 (pre match), so not a big surprise in that respect. For comparison, Arina was 4.10 (just over 3/1) to beat Sonay the other day, so it really does look like Sonay is distinguishing herself from the pack both in terms of actual results and perception. Her results have been fantastic for a long time now, and seemingly another comfortable win for her today.

Ryan has certainly not had an easy week, surprisingly really.

Semi-final lineups

Men's SF1 Anton Matusevich v Alastair Gray
Men's SF2 Ryan Peniston v Aidan McHugh

Women's SF1 Arina Vasilescu v Katie Stresnakova
Women's SF2 Sonay Kartal v Eliz Maloney

Playoffs for 5th-8th and 9th-12th also taking place