Week 43- ITF W25 - Loughborough, Great Britain, Hard

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

RE: Week 43- ITF W25 - Loughborough, Great Britain, Hard

SuperT · Futures level

Brilliant wins from our girls this morning and they play each other in the next round so we have a guarantees semi finalist. Happy days.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Emily App did really well to keep that second set as close as she did - as she was well behind through most of it - she even broke back right at the end.

But she lost it 4-6 (which was fair, overall) and now into a third....

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Go, Emily !!!!

What a super last point, and what a big fight all the way through that last set.

Emily went for big serves all through - lots of double faults but lots of aces and quasi-aces - it was a clear strategy and she's not wrong

And tried to stay on the front foot

But when she had to scuttle, she scuttled !

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

So that means we have a guaranteed finalist

Emm App plays Eden/Katy

Marni plays Eliz

and the two winners play the semi

jb288 · Satellite level

Coup Droit wrote:
So that means we have a guaranteed finalist

Emm App plays Eden/Katy

Marni plays Eliz

and the two winners play the semi

Considering we only had 1 DA in the bottom half (and 11 non-Brits), this is an awesome result - and a great argument for hosting tournaments in the UK.

Very pleased for Emily - her first ever QF above 15k level.

I was hoping Eden v Katy would be a great match - two good movers - but so far it's very ragged.

scottie1 · Futures level

Again saw Emily in Glasgow when she played the high ranked 185 Spaniard Emily just missed out then but would never have thought a gap of 700 plus in rankings

SuperT · Futures level

Lovely to see Emily winning matches again. Maybe that spell when she seemed to concentrate on doubles has helped her game?

Peter too · Tennis legend

Has someone put something in the girls' drinks they seem inspired today? biggrin

jb288 · Satellite level

Eden beats Katy 4 and 4 - a bit unconvincing, with 12 breaks in 20 games. If Eden makes the final here, she will likely break the top 300 for the first time.

Barefoot · Lower Club Player

Glad to see Katy competitive though. I have a soft spot for her and hope she can get back to a reasonable level of play again after so long off.

Christine · Intermediate Club Player

Barefoot wrote:
Glad to see Katy competitive though. I have a soft spot for her and hope she can get back to a reasonable level of play again after so long off.

Me too - I saw her play (and lose) a qualification match in Barnstaple many years ago, she was getting so frustrated with herself but she had so many promising skills.

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Peter too wrote:
Has someone put something in the girls' drinks they seem inspired today?

Maybe the presence of the tournament director?

Peter too · Tennis legend

R2: LACY, Isabelle (GBR) Q 1106 lost to MALYGINA, Elena (EST) 381 3-6 2-6
R2: APPLETON, Emily (GBR) Q 791 def MARCINKEVICA, Diana (LAT) (7) 301 7-6(2) 4-6 6-3
R2: SILVA, Eden (GBR) 329 defDUNNE, Katy (GBR) Q 1214 6-4 6-4
R2: MALONEY, Eliz (GBR) WC 504 def KU, Yeonwoo (KOR) 458 7-5 6-3
R2: BANKS, Amarni (GBR) 540 def BERBEROVIC, Nefisa (BIH) (2) 222 6-3 6-1

QF: SILVA, Eden (GBR) 329 =CH v APPLETON, Emily (GBR) Q 791 (CH=501 2018)
They met in Nottingham in 2016 with eden winning in two.
QF: BANKS, Amarni (GBR) 540 =CH v MALONEY, Eliz (GBR) WC 504 =CH

the addict · Tennis legend

Some pretty dodgy calls in Holly and Emma's doubles. I've disagreed with several calls on the near baseline/sidelines. Is the standard OK in the other matches ?