Week 44 - ITF W100 Shrewsbury, Great Britain Hard

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

RE: Week 44 - ITF W100 Shrewsbury, Great Britain Hard

PaulM · Tennis legend

Well done Katie. A good win. Wickmayer will be getting frustrated it's taking her her a while to get her ranking back up but she can still hit a very good ball.

Bagel · Lower Club Player

wolf wrote:
wales1994 wrote:
That's an impressive win! Brilliant Eliz. How does she play?
Very poor forehand, excellent backhand. Served really well today and kept composed and in the moment.

I have been watching and supporting Eliz for about 18 months. Whilst I would have consider Wolf's assessment correct there has been a real change in the last month or so. She has been doing a lot of work with Jo Durie and Alan Jones on her forehand and service. Both have come on by leaps and bounds. I'm delighted to see these great results at Loughborough and Shrewsbury.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

wales1994 wrote:
That's an impressive win! Brilliant Eliz. How does she play?

I don't particulalry agree about the forehand/backhand analysis

For me, Eliz plays a game that counters the ball, rather than takes it on

She has a very good centre of balance, it's low, so she's stable and can absorb pace and re-direct well.

The French would say she 'distributes' the ball well.

She also uses the short angles well and does a lot of damage with them

Her serve is weak, although it has got better (it used to be awful)

She also has a very good mentality

All in all, it makes her difficult to beat - the ball comes back, making good percentage choices - it's not my favourite game but I've watched several of her matches recently and I admire her approach

PaulM · Tennis legend

Shame for Jodie. Fought well from a break down in the final two sets but couldn't turn it around.

Out 2-6 7-6(2) 6-4

Must admit I hadn't realised Lys was ranked quite so high.

Peter too · Tennis legend

R2: CHRISTIE, Freya (GBR) Q 470 lost to KALININA, Anhelina (UKR) (1) 49 6-3 4-6 6-7(4)
R2: MALONEY, Eliz (GBR) Q 500 def DOI, Misaki (JPN) (7) 150 4-6 6-0 7-6(3)
R2: LUMSDEN, Maia (GBR) Q 570 lost to VONDROUSOVA, Marketa (CZE) (8) 121 3-6 3-6
R2: BOULTER, Katie (GBR) 130 def WICKMAYER, Yanina (BEL) Q 354 7-5 7-5
R2: KARTAL, Sonay (GBR) 209 lost to KONJUH, Ana (CRO) 155 6-3 6-7(5) 5-7
R2: BURRAGE, Jodie Anna (GBR) 128 lost to LYS, Eva (GER) 126 6-2 6-7(2) 4-6
R2: MIYAZAKI, Yuriko Lily (GBR) WC 223 def MARIA, Tatjana (GER) (2) 70 5-7 4-3 Ret

QF: MALONEY, Eliz (GBR) Q 500 =CH v KALININA, Anhelina (UKR) (1) 49 (CH=34 2022)
QF: BOULTER, Katie (GBR) 130 (CH=82 2019) v KONJUH, Ana (CRO) 155 (CH=20 2017)
They met earlier this year with Katie winning in three
QF: MIYAZAKI, Yuriko Lily (GBR) WC 223 (CH=199 2022) v LYS, Eva (GER) 126 =CH

-- Edited by Peter too on Thursday 3rd of November 2022 07:40:17 PM

PaulM · Tennis legend

Feels bonkers that it's a little sore not to have 6 Brits in a 100k quarter final line up!

Great week so far all in all.

the addict · Tennis legend

QF:- Nigina Abduraimova (UZB) / Paula Kania-Chodun (POL) (257+127) def Lauryn John-Baptiste (GBR) / Eliz Maloney (GBR) CR929 (515+414) 6-4 7-5

They served for the second set at *5-3 = and ost the ast four games.

So three seeded pairs into the semis, plus the conquerors of the top seeds.

foobarbaz · Strong Club Player

Coup Droit wrote:
wales1994 wrote:
That's an impressive win! Brilliant Eliz. How does she play?
I don't particulalry agree about the forehand/backhand analysis
For me, Eliz plays a game that counters the ball, rather than takes it on
She has a very good centre of balance, it's low, so she's stable and can absorb pace and re-direct well.
The French would say she 'distributes' the ball well.
She also uses the short angles well and does a lot of damage with them
Her serve is weak, although it has got better (it used to be awful)
She also has a very good mentality
All in all, it makes her difficult to beat - the ball comes back, making good percentage choices - it's not my favourite game but I've watched several of her matches recently and I admire her approach

That's a very good summary of Eliz's game CD. It was an entertaining match to watch, and by the end Eliz had worn down her opponent, by just returning everything. The thing that struck me was just how nimble and rapid she is around the court, whether along the baseline or getting to the short ball. It's like her game is based on her movement, because when she's on the run and pushed wide, she then has the angle to pass her opponent. Many of Eliz's returns come back with hardly any pace on them so the opponent is having to generate the pace, and put the ball close to the lines. Eliz doesn't have a lot of power when she's forcing the rally, but she does vary the pace on the ball very well. The two players were quite evenly matched, but Doi just didn't have enough pace of shot to get through Maloney's defence.

indiana · Tennis legend

Very good to end the day with 3 wins. A well deserved overall GB return after some of the earlier close defeats. It's been a very encouraging tournament.

emmsie69 · Top national player

indiana wrote:
Very good to end the day with 3 wins. A well deserved overall GB return after some of the earlier close defeats. It's been a very encouraging tournament.

Yep, after all the naysaying. there has been some real progress. A few women will hopefully come away with a lift in their confidence.

Nix · Futures level

emmsie69 wrote:
indiana wrote:
Very good to end the day with 3 wins. A well deserved overall GB return after some of the earlier close defeats. It's been a very encouraging tournament.
Yep, after all the naysaying. there has been some real progress. A few women will hopefully come away with a lift in their confidence.

Yes I hope they take it as encouragement not disappointment. Particularly for Freya, who pushed a top 50 player to the end. That's a great achievement and I hope it spurs her on.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

emmsie69 wrote:
indiana wrote:
Very good to end the day with 3 wins. A well deserved overall GB return after some of the earlier close defeats. It's been a very encouraging tournament.
Yep, after all the naysaying. there has been some real progress. A few women will hopefully come away with a lift in their confidence.

Yes. I'd gone for a crazy four wins, and - as someone said - it could have been six - how crazy is that????

Lily obviously got slightly lucky.

But Sonay was within a hair's breadth of winning - and I think she'd win next time - she's only 21 and rather new to this level of tennis - she lacks a bit of match technique and experience. But her tennis is there.

Jodie was also right up there, as expected.

Freya was obviously the big surprise - just brilliant that she was playing so well (but hers is the loss that might have the biggest effect - by which I mean that if she'd won I think it would have made way more difference than if Sonay or Jodie had won). However, as people say, maybe it will be the boost she needs - with her back problems and then all the horrid illness problems with her boyfriend she's sort of 'lost' a whole lot of years that could have been so much more productive. But there's still time.....she's not even 25 yet

Mervatron2 · Challenger qualifying

Really thought Jodie had that in the bag. Was totally dominant in the first set.

I feel like this is Katies week to step up. Isnt it nice to have like a carousel of players winning big week after week?

paulisi · Tennis legend

Looks like they have invested in more seating at Shrewbury.