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indiana


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Lambda wrote:
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On the subject of wildcards, strange to me that Brooke Black has been given so many of them for qualies, including this event, when she is still outside the top 500 in junior rankings - see https://www.tennisexplorer.com/player/black-a5c31/?annual=all

Perhaps a parental strategy to have her play against older, tougher players and if the LTA is willing to offer them (possibly influenced by who her father is) then I can't blame Brooke for accepting, though there might be better candidates for these on paper.


 


Not this again. Why do folk think she's had a lot of WCs. Brooke Black has never had any WCs to pro events. Every one of her entries is a direct entry at sign in. She can't be blamed if she shows up to 25Ks and other British girls don't.

 Thanks Lambda. Yes, her ITF history shows that on every occasion Brooke has been either, like here, high enough on the final entry list to get in to qualifying directly or the tournament has been undersubscribed. No WCs shown.

I hope she has found those forays into ITFs beneficial 



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Talia in a monstrous battle. Led 6-4 *4-3, but lost the second 7-5.

Had 3 points for a 4-2* lead in the third, eventually got her break, missed 2 match points at 5-4*, but then calmly serves out to love!

6-4 5-7 6-4

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Talia just won in three.

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And a very good match from Talia too

Did SO well in that third set, to stay aggressive, and not pull back, or get cross when she got broken back or whatever

Serve working nicely. Really good tennis.

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Well done Talia. I believe that's now 4 wins against top 400 players in the last year.

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15 yo Francesca Simpson, unranked in both singles and doubles is in the doubles main draw of this W25.

I wonder where our tennis players are ? The best are in Australia but there must be others who need points and experience.

Good luck to Fran!

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Talia must have been encouraged by the body language of her opponent over the last few games. She looked decades older, with the weight of the world on her shoulders, as she dragged herself off court between games. In contrast Talia was still bouncing around as if she was getting ready to receive the first serve of the match.

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Four of the doubles matches were played today, with one win and three losses for the Brits.

L16:- Justina Mikulskyte (LTU) / Bibiane Schoofs (NED) CR550 (162+388) [1] v Jamie Lau (MAC) / Francesca Simpson (GBR) UNR (UNR+UNR/15yo) 6-1 6-2
L16:- Oleksandra Oliynykova (UKR) / Sarah-Rebecca Sekulic (GER) CR2159 (1260+899) def Danielle Daley (GBR) / Marine Szostak (FRA) CR1527 (920+607) 6-4 6-1

L16:- Jasmine Conway (GBR) / Given Roach (GBR) UNR (UNR+UNR) def Julie Belgraver (FRA) / Olga Helmi (DEN) CR991 (442+549) [4] 6-2 6-1  biggrin

L16:- Lucija Ciric Bagaric (CRO) / Celine Naef (SUI) CR1412 (498+914) def Abigail Amos (GBR) / Nadia Rawson (GBR) CR 1523 (737+786) 6-3 6-1



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DF wrote:

15 yo Francesca Simpson, unranked in both singles and doubles is in the doubles main draw of this W25.

I wonder where our tennis players are ? The best are in Australia but there must be others who need points and experience.

Good luck to Fran!

 I think all but six of the GB top 25 are playing somewhere this week. The ones missing (well I haven't spotted them) are Anna Brogan, Maia Lumsden, Matilda Mutavdzic and Amarni Banks, plus Amanda Carreras and Emilie Lindh who never play in this country and Katy Dunne who is injured.



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I watched some of Talia's match - end of set 2 and start of set 3.
I have to say, it was very frustrating to watch. Talia had lots of opportunities to break, but struggled to win the decisive points. There was no fluency in either players games and lots of points won by errors, rather than winners
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paulisi wrote:

I watched some of Talia's match - end of set 2 and start of set 3.
I have to say, it was very frustrating to watch. Talia had lots of opportunities to break, but struggled to win the decisive points. There was no fluency in either players games and lots of points won by errors, rather than winners
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 But that's so common, it's almost the norm

And it's all to do with aggressivity 

Talia faltered at the end of the second set

But played an excellent third set overall, and - more importantly - better than the far higher ranked player who was visibly annoyed at being beaten by a youngster. 

She did exactly what was needed but is is so difficult to do - kept to her gameplan and made it tough on the other player 



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the addict wrote:
DF wrote:

15 yo Francesca Simpson, unranked in both singles and doubles is in the doubles main draw of this W25.

I wonder where our tennis players are ? The best are in Australia but there must be others who need points and experience.

Good luck to Fran!

 I think all but six of the GB top 25 are playing somewhere this week. The ones missing (well I haven't spotted them) are Anna Brogan, Maia Lumsden, Matilda Mutavdzic and Amarni Banks, plus Amanda Carreras and Emilie Lindh who never play in this country and Katy Dunne who is injured.

 Matilda hasn't played since August so I suspect is also injured.



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Matilda is playing France at end of month.

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Sarah-Beth Grey replaced in main draw by LL Alice Gillan.

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Maloney leads Gillan 6-4, 3-1

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