Week 30 - ITF W25 - Nottingham, GB Hard

Peter too · Tennis legend

Week 30 - ITF W25 - Nottingham, GB Hard

the addict · Tennis legend

I watched a fair bit of Katy's match. On the whole she played pretty well, but the lack of matches told in the end. If she had taken her chances (particularly in the first set where she failed to take 6 break points in the second game) the end result might have been different. A few too many double faults didn't help, and she seemed to tail off towards the end of the match (probably not surprising since it was over 2 hours)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Peter too wrote:
Q2: BANKS, Amarni (GBR) UNR def LEE, Pei-Chi (TPE) (1) 525 6-4 6-1
Q2: GILLAN, Alice (GBR) (14) 886 lost to DEFALCO, Jenna (USA) (2) 545 4-6 3-6
Q2: BLAKE, Angelica (GBR) WC UNR def WILSON, Emma (GBR) 1076 1-6 7-5 [10-7]
Q2: RAJECKI, Amelia (GBR) WC UNR =CH v PIPER, Grace (GBR) WC UNR 7-5 1-6 [3-10]
Q2: DUNNE, Katy (GBR) 1025 lost to AYUKAWA, Mana (JPN) (7) 626 4-6 5-7
Q2: LUMSDEN, Maia (GBR) (8) 679 def PROCTOR, Lauren (USA) (10) 730 6-3 6-2

-- Edited by Peter too on Monday 25th of July 2022 04:12:09 PM

A decent day overall, I think

NB Not that it's crucial but, as of 25/07/22, Marni is actually ranked now, WTA 1526. Emma is also WTA 941, up 135 places

the addict · Tennis legend

Of course the ITF website is always a day or two behing the WTA with the rankings.

Doubles draw is out - will post later (after I've looked up the rankings wink )

the addict · Tennis legend

Doubles draw in full (with 25/07 rankings)

L16:- Alexandra Osborne (AUS) / Ankita Raina (IND) CR441 (307+134) [1] v Angelica Blake (GBR) / Alicia Dudeney (GBR) UNR (UNR+UNR) [WC]

L16:- Shavit Kimchi (ISR) / Naho Sato (JPN) CR758 (325+433) v Pei-Chi Lee (TPE) / Fang-Hsien Wu (TPE) CR731 (442+289)

L16:- Rutuja Bhosale (IND) / Nagi Hanatani (JPN) CR678 (250+428) [3] v Xinyu Gao (CHN) / Fang Ying Xun (CHN) CR1304 (780+524)

L16:- Esther Adeshina (GBR) / Erin Richardson (GBR) UNR (1433+UNR) [WC] v Elena-Teodora Cadar (ROU) / Joanna Garland (TPE) CR1424 (526+898)

L16:- Lauryn John-Baptiste (GBR) / Alice Robbe (FRA) CR990 (591+399) v Freya Christie (GBR) / Ali Collins (GBR) CR658 (344+314)

L16:- Viktoria Morvayova (SVK) / Katarina Stresnakova (SVK) CR1417 (883+534) v Mana Ayukawa (JPN) / Jenny Duerst (SUI) CR707 (360+277) [4]

L16:- Naiktha Bains (GBR) / Maia Lumsden (GBR) CR588 (241+347) v Haruna Arakawa (JPN) / Kyoka Okamura (JPN) CR736 (353+383)

L16:- Grace Piper (GBR) / Anna Popescu (GBR) UNR (UNR+879) [WC] v Jasmijn Gimbrere (NED) / Isabelle Haverlag (NED) CR494 (312+182) [2]

-- Edited by the addict on Monday 25th of July 2022 05:51:15 PM

Dannythomas · Lower Club Player

Coup Droit wrote:
Brilliant win by Marni, over the top q seed, 4 & 1
Really pleased for her
Well done to Maia and Angelica too

Angelica didnt play so well today after the heights of yesterday . Was down a set and 3-5 with Emma playing better but somehow turned it around. Played an excellent MTB.

Peter too · Tennis legend

Q2: BANKS, Amarni (GBR) UNR def LEE, Pei-Chi (TPE) (1) 525 6-4 6-1
Q2: GILLAN, Alice (GBR) (14) 886 lost to DEFALCO, Jenna (USA) (2) 545 4-6 3-6
Q2: BLAKE, Angelica (GBR) WC UNR def WILSON, Emma (GBR) 1076 1-6 7-5 [10-7]
Q2: RAJECKI, Amelia (GBR) WC UNR def PIPER, Grace (GBR) WC UNR 5-7 6-1 [3-10]
Q2: DUNNE, Katy (GBR) 1025 lost to AYUKAWA, Mana (JPN) (7) 626 4-6 5-7
Q2: LUMSDEN, Maia (GBR) (8) 679 def PROCTOR, Lauren (USA) (10) 730 6-3 6-2

R1: BAINS, Naiktha (GBR) 422 (CH=199 2020) v LUMSDEN, Maia (GBR) Q 702 (CH=250 2019)
R1: CHRISTIE, Freya (GBR) WC 543 (CH=286 2016) v MALONEY, Eliz (GBR) WC 577 =CH
R1: BANKS, Amarni (GBR) Q UNR 1526 =CH v LIANG, En Shuo (TPE) (5) 331 (CH=150 2019)
R1: BLAKE, Angelica (GBR) Q UNR =CH v GAO, Xinyu (CHN) 441 (CH=181 2017)
R1: DUDENEY, Alicia (GBR) WC UNR =CH v OKAMURA, Kyoka (JPN) (7) 371 (CH=223 2016)
R1: RAJECKI, Amelia (GBR) Q UNR =CH v GARLAND, Joanna (TPE) 385 (CH=376 2022)
R1: NEILSON GATENBY, Talia (GBR) WC 717 =CH v HON, Priscilla (AUS) (2) 197 (CH=118 2019)

-- Edited by Peter too on Monday 25th of July 2022 07:51:44 PM

RJH1962 · Intermediate Club Player

I saw a bit of the first set and also thought Katie played well. Let's hope for an injury free spell now

-- Edited by RJH1962 on Monday 25th of July 2022 08:33:15 PM

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Dannythomas wrote:
Coup Droit wrote:
Brilliant win by Marni, over the top q seed, 4 & 1
Really pleased for her
Well done to Maia and Angelica too
Angelica didnt play so well today after the heights of yesterday . Was down a set and 3-5 with Emma playing better but somehow turned it around. Played an excellent MTB.

Interesting to hear - I don't know much/anything really about Angelica - just seen her name on USA college lists ....

But saw some of her match against Naiktha a couple of weeks back and wasn't too impressed - and then saw her match yesterday against Hives and thought, ahhh, there's a bit more going on here.....

indiana · Tennis legend

So our top 4 ranked players here are in the top half in 2 all British ties, Naiktha vs Maia and Freya vs Eliz. Clearly seeds avoided in R1 but the winners bracketed to potentially meet seeds 1 and 3 respectively in R2.

Our other 5 players are in the bottom half.

Dannythomas · Lower Club Player

Coup Droit wrote:
Dannythomas wrote:
Coup Droit wrote:
Brilliant win by Marni, over the top q seed, 4 & 1
Really pleased for her
Well done to Maia and Angelica too
Angelica didnt play so well today after the heights of yesterday . Was down a set and 3-5 with Emma playing better but somehow turned it around. Played an excellent MTB.
Interesting to hear - I don't know much/anything really about Angelica - just seen her name on USA college lists ....
But saw some of her match against Naiktha a couple of weeks back and wasn't too impressed - and then saw her match yesterday against Hives and thought, ahhh, there's a bit more going on here.....
Yes, her match against Naiktha was not the best but she wasnt really match ready and it would probably have been better for her to have worked through qualifying like she did this time. I think Hives is slightly above Baines in level but Angelica completely controlled that match from start to finish. Then today not so great but got the result. She is working her way back into competitive matches outside of Stanford and the process will take a little time.

Nice for her and Alycia to get the doubles wild card though playing the number 1 seeds first round not so fortunate !

-- Edited by Dannythomas on Monday 25th of July 2022 11:16:50 PM

Jaggy1876 · Grand Slam Champion

No Anna Brogan here, quite right as well. Bigger fish to fry away from British Tennis.

-- Edited by Jaggy1876 on Monday 25th of July 2022 11:46:52 PM

indiana · Tennis legend

Jaggy1876 wrote:
No Anna Brogan here, quite right as well. Bigger fish to fry away from British Tennis.

-- Edited by Jaggy1876 on Monday 25th of July 2022 11:46:52 PM

Anna was a late withdrawal from this. She is still on the entry list for next week's Foxhills W25.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

indiana wrote:
Jaggy1876 wrote:
No Anna Brogan here, quite right as well. Bigger fish to fry away from British Tennis.

-- Edited by Jaggy1876 on Monday 25th of July 2022 11:46:52 PM

Anna was a late withdrawal from this. She is still on the entry list for next week's Foxhills W25.

get with it Indy - as Jaggy says, shes working at the local fish and chip shop this week and couldnt get time off work.

-- Edited by JonH comes home on Tuesday 26th of July 2022 06:34:35 AM

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

This is the first year that I remember a pretty strong showing from our current US college women

The men sometimes show up in numbers and play quite well - we've had certain years where they've been a welcome addition to summer interest

But it was often remarked on that the women were noticeable by their absence...

But we've got Millie R and Alicia Dudeney playing well, beating players ranked well higher than then. And Angelica too. And Grace P.... it's really good