Week 44 - ITF W60 - Nantes, France Hard

PaulM · Tennis legend

Week 44 - ITF W60 - Nantes, France Hard

PaulM · Tennis legend

Absolutely, definitely, never in doubt...

4-6 7-6(5) 10-6

Was not at all deeply concerned at 3-4 *15-40 in the second. Nope, definitely not.

Should add, with Emily finally losing her Shenzhen final points from 2019, this win means she replaces the 43 with a 29 (with potential for more), rather than 18. Which is not unhelpful!

It will also take Veronika to a career high inside the top 200, making her the third of Emily's partners this year she's helped to that achievement (after Ingrid who has kept rolling since their summer together where she started around 250 and is now at 130 and on Brazil's Fed Cup squad, and Justina M, who broke the top 160 for the first time after their win in India).

-- Edited by PaulM on Wednesday 2nd of November 2022 01:38:30 PM

the addict · Tennis legend

QF:- Veronika Erjavec (SLO) / Emily Webley-Smith (GBR) CR381 (209+172) [2] def Tilwith Di Girolami (BEL) / Lucie Wargnier (FRA) CR1738 (741+997) 4-6 7-6(5) 10-6 smile

SF:- Veronika Erjavec (SLO) / Emily Webley-Smith (GBR) CR381 (209+172) [2] v Mariana Drazic (CRO) / Iryna Shymanovich (***) CR878 (449+429)

PaulM · Tennis legend

Woohoo! Recover from a break down in each set to win 6-2 6-4

the addict · Tennis legend

According to Coric that's a rise of 7 places for Emily to WR165, with 29 points replacing 18 from Sozopol, although she drops 25 points from Bhopal before the end of the month.

Strongbow · All-time great

Emily moves from 466 to 471 points. The 48 from Nantes replace 43 (50%of 85) off from China 2019. A 1 point non counter also drops.

the addict · Tennis legend

It seems that Coric works in a different way - but ends up with the same result !

SF:- Veronika Erjavec (SLO) / Emily Webley-Smith (GBR) CR381 (209+172) [2] v Mariana Drazic (CRO) / Iryna Shymanovich (***) CR878 (449+429) 6-2 6-4 biggrin

F:- Veronika Erjavec (SLO) / Emily Webley-Smith (GBR) CR381 (209+172) [2] v Magali Kempen (BEL) / Fang-Hsien Wu (TPE) CR569 (379+190) [4]

PaulM · Tennis legend

Always going to be a tougher ask today and they haven't got going at all. Just been broken from *40-0 which doesn't help.

2-6 0-1*

the addict · Tennis legend

F:- Veronika Erjavec (SLO) / Emily Webley-Smith (GBR) CR381 (209+172) [2] LOST TO Magali Kempen (BEL) / Fang-Hsien Wu (TPE) CR569 (379+190) [4] 2-6 4-6

PaulM · Tennis legend

Unfortunately dropping that first game was decisive in the end, but it did look from the scoring like their opponents were in control as they have been throughout their matches. A positive week though, and important job covering those points dropping off.

-- Edited by PaulM on Friday 4th of November 2022 04:13:35 PM