Week 8 - ITF W25 - Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (outdoor hard)

DF · Tennis legend

Week 8 - ITF W25 - Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (outdoor hard)

dodrade · Futures qualifying

Great win for Katie just when she needed it, only hope her leg is ok.

wolf · Tennis legend

Final: (2) Katie Swan WR 217 beat (7) Sachia Vickery (USA) WR 264 6-4 6-3

Jan · Hall of fame

Brilliant!

Babfive · Satellite level

Well done Katie! Doesn't this mean she yo-yos back up the rankings when these points go on?

foobarbaz · Strong Club Player

Swan is #1 seed in this week's follow up tournament in the DominicanRepublic, so hopefully will do well again, and pick up more points. Playing against higher ranked players week in week out would be beneficial, I reckon. It's tough to play with more variation when playing solid (and at times a little conservatively) gets the job done. Katie has another gear than the one she used today, which we've seen against opponents ranked 110 - 130.

SuperT · Futures level

I hope Katie's fit enough to play again next week as scheduled, as this tournament offers a great opportunity to add to her ranking points total.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Well done Katie - good week

Tennpar · Strong Club Player

Good for Katie to get the win. Hopefully onwards, and upwards

indiana · Tennis legend

Babfive wrote:
Well done Katie! Doesn't this mean she yo-yos back up the rankings when these points go on?

Yes, her 50 points due off on Monday will now be effectively replaced by 50 points from here adding on the following Monday, 07/03.

She is then due to have a net 19 points drop off during the Indian Wells fortnight so it would be great to cover these as well.

By the way, loads of points due off across the board on 21/03 as a 2 week ranking period combines with 2019, 2020 and 2021 points dropping off.

Babfive · Satellite level

indiana wrote:
Babfive wrote:
Well done Katie! Doesn't this mean she yo-yos back up the rankings when these points go on?
Yes, her 50 points due off on Monday will now be effectively replaced by 50 points from here adding on the following Monday, 07/03.
She is then due to have a net 19 points drop off during the Indian Wells fortnight so it would be great to cover these as well.
By the way, loads of points due off across the board on 21/03 as a 2 week ranking period combines with 2019, 2020 and 2021 points dropping off.

It will be interesting to see how that shakes up the rankings towards the end of the month!

goldfish · Futures qualifying

Lovely photo of Katie posted on twitter

jb288 · Satellite level

Katie now of course 10-0 in ITF finals!

I don't think any other GB player comes close.

indiana · Tennis legend

Of course

Actually I had no idea about that. What a great finals record.

dodrade · Futures qualifying

jb288 wrote:
Katie now of course 10-0 in ITF finals!

I don't think any other GB player comes close.

By rights though someone with that record probably shouldn't still be playing ITF tournaments at this stage.