Week 20 - WTA250 - Rabat, Morocco Clay

DF · Tennis legend

RE: Week 20 - WTA250 - Rabat, Morocco Clay

PaulM · Tennis legend

I need a drink and/or a lie down.

Think it was match point 3 after saving 4 set points.

-- Edited by PaulM on Tuesday 17th of May 2022 01:57:08 PM

the addict · Tennis legend

Next round looks promising too, but I'm waiting for the result of the next match on court before posting.

Edit - I was only following live scores - Em usually loses if I watch a stream !

-- Edited by the addict on Tuesday 17th of May 2022 02:05:30 PM

Julia Carrot · All-time great

PaulM wrote:
I need a drink and/or a lie down

Me too, that was exhausting. I was following between helping my 99 year old mother with her lunch - jeez

the addict · Tennis legend

QF:- Ekaterina Yashina (***) / Marcela Zacarias (MEX) CR 347 (151+196) v Paula Kania-Chodun POL) / Tara Moore (GBR) CR293 (204+89)

QF:- Ingrid Gamarra Martins (BRA) / Emily Webley-Smith (GBR) CR578 (315+263) v Anastasia Detiuc (CZE) / Yana Sizikova (***) CR 228 (135+93)

PaulM · Tennis legend

Lets hope it goes better than last time Sizikova was on the other side of the net (although I think that coincided with something happening off court tbf).

dodrade · Satellite level

DF wrote:
the addict wrote:
Doubles

L16:- Alicia Barnett (GBR) / Olivia Nicholls (GBR) (107+114) v Monica Niculescu (ROU) / Alexandra Panova (***) CR114 (42+72) [2]
They lost 1-6 5-7

-- Edited by DF on Tuesday 17th of May 2022 12:22:35 PM

A shame they got such a tough draw compared to EWS.

the addict · Tennis legend

QF:- Ingrid Gamarra Martins (BRA) / Emily Webley-Smith (GBR) CR578 (315+263) def Anastasia Detiuc (CZE) / Yana Sizikova (***) CR 228 (135+93) 6-4 6-4 biggrin

And it could have been more convincing - they had a lot of break points !

the addict · Tennis legend

QF:- Ekaterina Yashina (***) / Marcela Zacarias (MEX) CR 347 (151+196) def Paula Kania-Chodun POL) / Tara Moore (GBR) CR293 (204+89) 6-2 2-6 15-13 cry

SF:- Ingrid Gamarra Martins (BRA) / Emily Webley-Smith (GBR) CR578 (315+263) v Monica Niculescu (ROU) / Alexandra Panova (***) CR116 (40+76) [2]

PaulM · Tennis legend

A huge step up but a fantastic achievement this week so far.

steven · Tennis legend

I hope (not least because I rashly tweeted it) that this really will be Emily's first main tour semi-final - I was wondering whether she had made one when she got close to the top 100 in the middle of the last decade but couldn't find one by trawling through her results on ITF.

PaulM · Tennis legend

No she's definitely not made a semi at a WTA Steven - that year she got up to 113 it was from winning big challengers in the States mainly.

PaulM · Tennis legend

For some reason this isn't on Prime.

1-2*

PaulM · Tennis legend

2-6 *0-0

As with Lissey and Liv at the start of the week, the amount of work they need to do just to win a point is ridiculous. They get to everything, such good reflexes and instincts.

PaulM · Tennis legend

Broken from 40-15, Niculescu so solid today, she's everywhere and got an answer for everything.

1-2*

-- Edited by PaulM on Thursday 19th of May 2022 12:55:48 PM