Week 44 - ITF W100 Shrewsbury, Great Britain Hard

indiana · Tennis legend

Week 44 - ITF W100 Shrewsbury, Great Britain Hard

the addict · Tennis legend

Doubles action drawing to a close with Freya and Ali on court now. Results to follow, but a significant defeat for the top seeds Niculescu and Ruse, albeit in a MTB.

indiana · Tennis legend

And after that we await what appears to be a Shrewsbury night match. Maia vs Joanne Garland at not before 6.30 pm??

Lambda · Challenger level

indiana wrote:

And after that we await what appears to be a Shrewsbury night match. Maia vs Joanne Garland at not before 6.30 pm??

Its part of the daily evening 'event' promotion, aimed at the after work crowd. Watch the match of the day, followed by food and whatever the evening event is.

Today's event is Enjoy courtside seats for the match of the day from the ITF World Tour W100 which starts at 6:30pm, followed by some amazing paella served street food style in our heated marquee before you sit back and enjoy some amazing insights on tennis. Listen in to a fascinating conversation with one of Britains best loved tennis players, Heather Watson, and one of our most high-profile coaches, Iain Bates.

Priesty · Challenger level

PaulM wrote:
So pleased for Jodie. Still a tendency to get a little down on herself but she channelled it well after losing the double break and missing break points for *5-2.

Katie 6-4 3-3* - my main takeaway so far is Berberovic cannot slice.

-- Edited by PaulM on Wednesday 2nd of November 2022 01:12:06 PM

I would hope it's not a pizza you've ordered then - might be disappointed wink

LordBrownof · Futures level

So impressed with Marni today and completely agree on her potential. She has all the weapons, she's just still a bit raw. That forehand at times was Madison Keys-like!

Bagel · Lower Club Player

Lambda wrote:
indiana wrote:

And after that we await what appears to be a Shrewsbury night match. Maia vs Joanne Garland at not before 6.30 pm??

Its part of the daily evening 'event' promotion, aimed at the after work crowd. Watch the match of the day, followed by food and whatever the evening event is.

Today's event is Enjoy courtside seats for the match of the day from the ITF World Tour W100 which starts at 6:30pm, followed by some amazing paella served street food style in our heated marquee before you sit back and enjoy some amazing insights on tennis. Listen in to a fascinating conversation with one of Britains best loved tennis players, Heather Watson, and one of our most high-profile coaches, Iain Bates.

I have been to most of the British venues which host ITF events. By a huge margin, Shrewsbury is the best. Events for the players every evening. Lots of local publicity which brings in decent crowds. Temporary stands on all three courts. The 'night match' initiative is typical of their forward thinking. A club which obviously enjoys the event unlike most- who seem to consider their events as mere inconvenience!

wolf · Tennis legend

Lauryn/Eliz our only doubles team to win Round 1.

the addict · Tennis legend

Doubles results in full

L16:- Nigina Abduraimova (UZB) / Paula Kania-Chodun (POL) (257+127) def Monica Niculescu (ROU) / Elena Gabriela Ruse (ROU) (47+93) [1] 5-7 1-6 10-8
L16:- Lauryn John-Baptiste (GBR) / Eliz Maloney (GBR) CR929 (515+414) def Elsa Jacquemot (FRA) / Viktoriya Tomova (BUL) UNR (348+UNR/CH254) 6-3 6-4

L16:- Miriam Kolodziejova (CZE) / Marketa Vondrousova (CZE) (78+151) [4] def Ji-Hee Choi (KOR) / Peangtarn Plipuech (THA) (170+122) 6-4 6-2
L16:- Gabriela Andrea Knutson (CZE) / Katarina Stresnakova (SVK) (479+490) def Andreea Prisacariu (ROU) / Arina Gabriela Vasilescu (ROU) (332+353) 6-4 7-5

L16:- Misaki Doi (JPN) / Beatrice Gumulya (INA) CR313 (89+224) def Freya Christie (GBR) / Ali Collins (GBR) CR338 (174+164) 7-6(1) 6-3
L16:- Jessika Ponchet (FRA) / Renata Voracova (CZE) CR222 (104+118) [3] def Tabitha Holmes (GBR) / Summer Yardley (GBR) UNR (1076+UNR) [WC] 6-1 6-0

L16:- Joanna Garland (TPE) / Diana Marcinkevica (LAT) CR841 (620+221) def Emily Appleton (GBR) / Yuriko Lily Miyazaki (GBR) CR543 (194+349) 4-6 6-3 10-7
L16:- Katarzyna Kawa (POL) / Jesika Maleckova (CZE) CR183 (71+112) [2] def Soumeya Anane (GBR) / Jessica Matthews (GBR) CR2107 (1098+1009) [WC] (8)6-7 6-0 10-5

So that just leaves
QF:- Nigina Abduraimova (UZB) / Paula Kania-Chodun (POL) (257+127) v Lauryn John-Baptiste (GBR) / Eliz Maloney (GBR) CR929 (515+414)

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Bagel wrote:
Lambda wrote:
indiana wrote:

And after that we await what appears to be a Shrewsbury night match. Maia vs Joanne Garland at not before 6.30 pm??

Its part of the daily evening 'event' promotion, aimed at the after work crowd. Watch the match of the day, followed by food and whatever the evening event is.

Today's event is Enjoy courtside seats for the match of the day from the ITF World Tour W100 which starts at 6:30pm, followed by some amazing paella served street food style in our heated marquee before you sit back and enjoy some amazing insights on tennis. Listen in to a fascinating conversation with one of Britains best loved tennis players, Heather Watson, and one of our most high-profile coaches, Iain Bates.
I have been to most of the British venues which host ITF events. By a huge margin, Shrewsbury is the best. Events for the players every evening. Lots of local publicity which brings in decent crowds. Temporary stands on all three courts. The 'night match' initiative is typical of their forward thinking. A club which obviously enjoys the event unlike most- who seem to consider their events as mere inconvenience!

I am not sure how big the capacity of the place is or could be, but maybe they should aspire to hosting a WTA250 event at Shrewsbury in the near future? Or a WTA125 maybe as a next step?

wolf · Tennis legend

JonH comes home wrote:
Bagel wrote:
Lambda wrote:
indiana wrote:

And after that we await what appears to be a Shrewsbury night match. Maia vs Joanne Garland at not before 6.30 pm??

Its part of the daily evening 'event' promotion, aimed at the after work crowd. Watch the match of the day, followed by food and whatever the evening event is.

Today's event is Enjoy courtside seats for the match of the day from the ITF World Tour W100 which starts at 6:30pm, followed by some amazing paella served street food style in our heated marquee before you sit back and enjoy some amazing insights on tennis. Listen in to a fascinating conversation with one of Britains best loved tennis players, Heather Watson, and one of our most high-profile coaches, Iain Bates.
I have been to most of the British venues which host ITF events. By a huge margin, Shrewsbury is the best. Events for the players every evening. Lots of local publicity which brings in decent crowds. Temporary stands on all three courts. The 'night match' initiative is typical of their forward thinking. A club which obviously enjoys the event unlike most- who seem to consider their events as mere inconvenience!
I am not sure how big the capacity of the place is or could be, but maybe they should aspire to hosting a WTA250 event at Shrewsbury in the near future? Or a WTA125 maybe as a next step?

No chance, imo. Its basically an indoor tennis centre with some temporary stands on the courts.

the addict · Tennis legend

Judging by the attendances on the first day in Fort Worth, Shrewsbury is probably big enough to host the Tour Finals !

(Except events do actually sell out in this country)

jb288 · Satellite level

Well the ATP 250 in Moselle recently was held in what looked like a sports centre; only 2 courts, one of which had no seating at all, just a sports centre style balcony! So Shrewsbury should be in with a shot.

Really pleased for Eliz who has rocketed up to the cusp of the top 400; I enjoy her tidy, athletic hustling game. Eden is sitting at a CH but this season still somehow looks like a 'what might have been' - Aus Open qualies were well within her sights at the end of the grass but it hasn't come together since and will need a big surprise in the next few weeks now.

Jaggy1876 · Grand Slam Champion

Maia has taken the first 6-4 despite having numerous break points against her serve in all games bar her last. Hopefully she can keep it up.

Jaggy1876 · Grand Slam Champion

If Maia does win we would have an incredible 7 through and each one of them in different parts of the draw which would be even more remarkable. Would mean some real points scoring opportunities and potential QF All Brit chances.