Week 18 - ITF W25 - Nottingham, GB Hard

Tennisdad_101 · Lower Club Player

RE: Week 18 - ITF W25 - Nottingham, GB Hard

wolf · Tennis legend

I'm here in Nottingham today, excited to see the finals!

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

wolf wrote:
I'm here in Nottingham today, excited to see the finals!

Enjoy those Wolf, should be fun! Are the week 19 qualies going on around the centre as well? Should be a bumper day and weather looks like it will stay dry and be around 17 Celsius

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

wolf wrote:
I'm here in Nottingham today, excited to see the finals!

Have a great one !

(Can you also watch some of the qualis too?)

wolf · Tennis legend

Yep, watching qualies now...

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Sonay has stormed to a 5-1 lead opening set!

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

wolf wrote:
Yep, watching qualies now...

Hope you're watching Sonay too biggrin

Great first set

jb288 · Satellite level

Bit of a shame the LTA couldn't generate any crowd for this (or even any chairs). I guess maybe it's not a 'normal' tennis club, but still.

Lovely tidy set from Sonay :)

wolf · Tennis legend

There is a few of us back probably off camera (standing up!) but yes agree with the sentiment.

Lao made some really bad errors but Sonay very consistent and hits excellent shots from definsive positions.

DF · Tennis legend

First set to Sonay 6-1

Tennpar · Strong Club Player

Sonay's making very light work of this biggrin smile

jb288 · Satellite level

Great play from Sonay! Yet another title :)

The 25k in Loughborough in January is still the only tournament since 2019 where Sonay has not won 5 matches.

wolf · Tennis legend

Lao was pretty poor I thought. Sonay did what she needed to do. Needs to work on her touch shots (play some damn doubles). Very composed.

HarryGem · Club Coach

Great win and not only positive from that perspective but also because there is still plenty in her game to work on and she can get better.

Shame for those of us watching on the ITF feed that the presentation was at the opposite end of the court to the camera. Small gripe on a positive day.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

wolf wrote:
Lao was pretty poor I thought. Sonay did what she needed to do. Needs to work on her touch shots (play some damn doubles). Very composed.

She hates doubles biggrin

Always has

And I've seen her hit some of the worst volleys ever (although not all, of course - occasionally I think she makes a good one and completely surprises herself)

I don't think it's her focus - and she's probably right

It's the old conundrum - should you focus on strengthening your weaknesses? Or on strengthening your strengths? Different players take different approaches

Shame in a way that you didn't get more of a match, Wolf

But at least she won biggrin

And now you can see some qualis if it was all over a bit too quickly - and then the men's final, I presume?

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Sunday 8th of May 2022 11:31:19 AM