Weeks 21 & 22 - French Open (Roland-Garros) - Paris, France (clay) - women's doubles

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

RE: Weeks 21 & 22 - French Open (Roland-Garros) - Paris, France (clay) - women's doubles

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Marvellous - will take Tara up to mid 60s ranking. Thats getting into a place to play regular tour events . Well done.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

L32: (ALT) Samantha Murray Sharan & Heather Watson CR 139 (99+140) vs Marta Kostyuk & Elena-Gabriela Ruse (UKR/ROU) CR 150 (66+84)

L32: (ALT) Emina Bektas (USA) & Tara Moore CR 177 (89+88) vs (3) Gabriela Dabrowski & Giuliana Olmos (CAN/MEX) CR 21 (6+15)

Crispy · Strong Club Player

So pleased for Tara; this doubles transition is really thriving for her, and she looks like she's enjoying it!

Shhh · Challenger level

Very pleased for Tara, still capable of some results in singles but this is great to see

PaulM · Tennis legend

Yay girls!

Strongbow · All-time great

A lot of points - but also a big payday for Tara+. Will keep them going for a bit and also give them entry into better tournaments. Well done both biggrin biggrin

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Crispy wrote:
So pleased for Tara; this doubles transition is really thriving for her, and she looks like she's enjoying it!

Just to add my congrats to her too

I especially love the fact she's doing it with her wife - I imagine that can't always be easy ! biggrin - and that they're almost identical in ranking (which, I guess, is a given if you only ever play with the same person but...)

I hope Tara still gives singles a whirl too (which I think is likely as Emina has a decent singles ranking and so singles events will still be on her agenda)

But making such big strides in doubles, and with Tara's game (which balances up far better in doubles than singles), it's really opening the door on a 'new era' for her

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

L32: Marta Kostyuk & Elena-Gabriela Ruse (UKR/ROU) CR 150 (66+84) defeated (ALT) Samantha Murray Sharan & Heather Watson CR 139 (99+140) by 6-2 7-6(6) cry

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Such a shame

Sam & Hev served twice for the second set

Were 2-4 down in the TB

Won the next four points

Sam really wasn't the best at the net though......

And then they lost the next 4 points....

dodrade · Futures qualifying

Stircrazy wrote:
L32: Marta Kostyuk & Elena-Gabriela Ruse (UKR/ROU) CR 150 (66+84) defeated (ALT) Samantha Murray Sharan & Heather Watson CR 139 (99+140) by 6-2 7-6(6)

Withdrew from Surbiton too soon?

wolf · Tennis legend

dodrade wrote:
wolf wrote:
Alicia & Olivia will be first alts now if they're kicking around and still 16 first round matches still to play (only takes 1 player out of 64 to pull out).
I think they're already back home on the grass.

Well they should have been in Paris as there was a walkover in the last first round match so they would have got in.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

wolf wrote:
dodrade wrote:
wolf wrote:
Alicia & Olivia will be first alts now if they're kicking around and still 16 first round matches still to play (only takes 1 player out of 64 to pull out).
I think they're already back home on the grass.
Well they should have been in Paris as there was a walkover in the last first round match so they would have got in.

Patience would have been a virtue. What a miss!

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

The official RG app and website show that Tara and Emina have withdrawn and their opponents proceed with a walkover.

Anyone know if that is correct and what happened?

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Also taken off the court 9 OOP where they were scheduled before Lloyd, so clearly something has sadly gone wrong.