Week 11 - ITF W25 - Antalya, Turkey Clay

DF · Tennis legend

Week 11 - ITF W25 - Antalya, Turkey Clay

DF · Tennis legend

Peter too wrote:

Q3: CHRISTIE, Freya (GBR) 593 (CH=286 2016) v SATO, Naho (JPN) WC 653 (CH=530 2019)

Freya lost 4-6 6-7(4)

DF · Tennis legend

Peter too wrote:

Q3: KARTAL, Sonay (GBR) (16) 392 =CH v SERBAN, Raluca Georgiana (CYP) (3) 282 (CH=204 2019)

Sonay takes the first set 6-0

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

DF wrote:
Peter too wrote:

Q3: KARTAL, Sonay (GBR) (16) 392 =CH v SERBAN, Raluca Georgiana (CYP) (3) 282 (CH=204 2019)

Sonay takes the first set 6-0

Sonay really does keep on impressing, if she keeps this up, it would be a very good win over a substantially higher ranked player

indiana · Tennis legend

DF wrote:
Peter too wrote:

Q3: KARTAL, Sonay (GBR) (16) 392 =CH v SERBAN, Raluca Georgiana (CYP) (3) 282 (CH=204 2019)

Sonay takes the first set 6-0

Err, that's quite good biggrin

Priesty · Challenger level

And there was me thinking it looked a potentially difficult match....won't speak too soon though....

seagull · Hall of fame

Takes the second set 6-4

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Caught the last few points. She was broken serving for it at *5-3, but broke back straightaway to win 6-0 6-4.

It feels really stingy to come through 3 rounds of Qs to get like 1 point, especially having a top 300 opponent in the FQR (who would usually be a seed in most W25 main draws), but that's another very good win for her, and lets see where she lands in the very tough main draw.

There's at least 4 players in the main draw who were top 100 within the last year or two, and another if Wang Yafan comes through her FQR as well. They really could have done with more events this week. 10 players in the top 210 in crazy!

Well done Sonay.

SuperT · Futures level

I watched a bit of that too and the second set was much more competetive. Sonay was broken twice and hung in really well to break back each time. I definitely agree that one measly point is scant reward for 3 tough wins.

SuperT · Futures level

There are some really tough potential opponents for qualifiers in the main draw, including Stefanini or Papamichail. Fingers crossed for a decent draw so she can accumulate a few more points.

-- Edited by SuperT on Tuesday 15th of March 2022 11:55:34 AM

paulisi · Tennis legend

Excellent win and proves that Sonay is capable of beating top 300 players on all surfaces.

Peter too · Tennis legend

Q3: KARTAL, Sonay (GBR) (16) 392 def SERBAN, Raluca Georgiana (CYP) (3) 282 6-0 6-4
Q3: CHRISTIE, Freya (GBR) 593 lost to SATO, Naho (JPN) WC 653 4-6 6-7(4)

R1: KARTAL, Sonay (GBR) Q 392 =CH v OZGEN, Pemra (TUR) WC 325 (CH=182 2019)

Pemra must have played most of our players over the years, now 35 years old.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Freya and partner won their doubles

dodrade · Futures qualifying

paulisi wrote:
Excellent win and proves that Sonay is capable of beating top 300 players on all surfaces.

How good is Sonay on Grass?

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

dodrade wrote:
paulisi wrote:
Excellent win and proves that Sonay is capable of beating top 300 players on all surfaces.
How good is Sonay on Grass?

I've seen her a bit on grass at the Bank of England

It was a fair while ago so difficult to remember precisely

But it was when I started following her as a future interest, so she obviously stood out

I remember thinking that grass didn't seem the utterly natural surface for her. For her height, and trajectory of the ball, and stance, it's not ideal. And she's pretty poor at the net, bless.

But her angles did a lot of damage, not so much the speed on the ball but the unpredictability of where she was putting it, thanks to all that wristwork she does.

She didn't shine at junior wimbly either - but, to be fair, she played reasonably according to her level.

Her game's come on a fair bit since then though.