Week 9 - WTA250 - Lyon, France Hard

Tennpar · Strong Club Player

RE: Week 9 - WTA250 - Lyon, France Hard

indiana · Tennis legend

dodrade wrote:
jb288 wrote:
Lissey was so pumped when they won that first game and 0-6 1-4, really positive attitude.

The frustrating thing for the girls now is that there are so few WTA events in the coming months for them to try and continue at this level.

-- Edited by jb288 on Thursday 3rd of March 2022 04:12:40 PM
They really have seized their chance this week with both hands.

Was Olivia injured last year? IIRC Lissey won a couple of tournaments with other partners as well, hence the higher ranking.

Olivia didn't play in the first few months of last year, though the two W25 title counters that Lissey earned without Olivia were actually in August and November, around which times Olivia was generally playing.

These two titles were 65 points each to total 130. Olivia's two in place are a 25K RU in September 2020 and a 60K RU ( with Jodie ) in July last year, totalling 88 points. Hence the overall 42 points between them.

paulisi · Tennis legend

dodrade wrote:
jb288 wrote:
Lissey was so pumped when they won that first game and 0-6 1-4, really positive attitude.

The frustrating thing for the girls now is that there are so few WTA events in the coming months for them to try and continue at this level.

-- Edited by jb288 on Thursday 3rd of March 2022 04:12:40 PM
They really have seized their chance this week with both hands.

Was Olivia injured last year? IIRC Lissey won a couple of tournaments with other partners as well, hence the higher ranking.

Olivia has had a few injuries, but she also has in the past committed to coaching for so many weeks in the year.

dodrade · Futures qualifying

Is the Doubles final not until Sunday?

Lambda · Challenger level

The doubles final follows the singles final on Sunday.

wolf · Tennis legend

Final: Alicia Barnett & Olivia Nicholls CR 307 (147+160) vs Laura Siegemund & Vera Zvonareva (GER/RUS) CR 187 (141+46)

The singles starts at 2pm Sunday UK time and the doubles follows.

indiana · Tennis legend

JonH comes home wrote:
JonH comes home wrote:
And in the up to date live rankings on LTR, the standings are

104 Tara 863 pts
108 Sam 834 pts
128 Hev 652 pts
137 Lissey 611 pts
142 Eden 606 pts
152 Liv 569 pts
154 Harriet 565 pts
156 Beth 560 pts

Another win and Sam could move top (indeed Heather could also move back to the top with a winning week). Both Sam and Heather could also get top 100, Tara would fall just short
lets update that then:
104 Tara 863 pts
108 Sam 834 pts
128 Lissey 661 pts
130 Hev 652 pts
139 Liv 619 pts
144 Eden 606 pts
154 Harriet 565 pts
156 Beth 560 pts

Now that the relevant WTA 250 and W60 SFs have been completed, the latest live rankings are :

107 Tara 863 pts - lost in W60 SF

109 Sam 834 - lost in WTA 250 SF

121 Lissey 731 - in WTA 250 final ( onto 831 pts if win )

125 Heather 711 - lost in WTA 250 QF

129 Liv 689 - in WTA 250 final ( onto 789 pts if win )

141 Harriet 612 - in W60 final ( onto 644 pts if win )

145 Eden 606 - lost in WTA 250 L16

156 Beth 560 - currently out of action

the addict · Tennis legend

Thanks Indi - I was about to work it out myself. It's going to be an interesting race over the next few months.

dodrade · Futures qualifying

wolf wrote:
Final: Alicia Barnett & Olivia Nicholls CR 307 (147+160) vs Laura Siegemund & Vera Zvonareva (GER/RUS) CR 187 (141+46)

The singles starts at 2pm Sunday UK time and the doubles follows.

Any chance of commentary for the final?

wolf · Tennis legend

I doubt it. The WTA's ethos seems to be singles = commentary for every match, doubles = commentary for zero matches. Prime add their own for the big finals which they have studio coverage for, but they just use the world feed for this one.

Peter too · Tennis legend

Tara Moore and Emily Webley-Smith were both in the accepted Q list for the W60+H at Irapuato next week but are now listed as PFLWQD which apparently stands for Post Freeze Late Withdrawal from the Qualifying Draw.

-- Edited by Peter too on Sunday 6th of March 2022 12:49:09 PM

GAMEOVER · Satellite level

Our doubles pair might have to wait a little longer as singles into a 3rd set. Zhang kept hanging around for what seemed an eternity at the end of the 2nd set. Of course Jo beat Zhang to win Nottingham last year.

the addict · Tennis legend

Shuai Zhang wins the decider, so it won't be much longer to wait.

the addict · Tennis legend

Warm-up has just started

the addict · Tennis legend

First set gone 5-7. Three breaks to two, so lose. Not as good a match as the SF so far.

Could we have a whip-round to buy Zvonereva some decent kit ?