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Week 9 - ITF W60 - Trnava, Slovakia - Hard (Indoor)


L16:-Amina Anshba (***) / Anna Siskova (CZE) CR278 (114+164) [3] v Elena Malygina (EST) / Emily Webley-Smith (GBR) CR440 (267+173)
 
Curious fact - this is the first time Em has ever been to Slovakia
 
(probably because they don't hold very many tournaments there)
 

 



-- Edited by the addict on Tuesday 28th of February 2023 02:17:42 PM

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By my calcs Elena and Em were the fifth highest ranked pair, so a little unlucky to get a seed. Anshba trains at this facility, which looks from the stream to be pretty quick.

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Yes, just pipped by the Spanish pair, who weren't on the advanced entry list.

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L16:-Elena Malygina (EST) / Emily Webley-Smith (GBR) CR440 (267+173) def Amina Anshba (***) / Anna Siskova (CZE) CR278 (114+164) [3] 6-3 6-3

Good performance, looking like a proper doubles team and deserved the win.

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That's more like it! As soon as Em won her opening service game with an ace on the deuce point I thought they might be in the running. Anshba was very poor, and Malygina despite her height generates good power from the back and is quick which helps Emily out at the net. She did better at actually hitting the ball away today, instead of silly dinks she can get into the habit of that backfire.

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QF:-Elena Malygina (EST) / Emily Webley-Smith (GBR) CR440 (267+173) v Dominika Salkova (CZE) / Natalia Szabanin (HUN) CR963 (243+720)

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Malygina despite her height - how tall is she ?



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3 ft 7

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RainDelay wrote:

3 ft 7


 I'm not sure that the TV picture is life-size.



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christ wrote:
RainDelay wrote:

3 ft 7


 I'm not sure that the TV picture is life-size.


 biggrin

I'm guessing that Elena is about 5'5" - slightly shorter than Em

They have been edged out in the first set 5-7



-- Edited by the addict on Thursday 2nd of March 2023 02:54:48 PM

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Bit of a frustrating one there, did well from *2-5 but they played the two points they had for a tiebreak quite poorly.



-- Edited by PaulM on Thursday 2nd of March 2023 02:47:30 PM

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QF:-Elena Malygina (EST) / Emily Webley-Smith (GBR) CR440 (267+173) LOST TO Dominika Salkova (CZE) / Natalia Szabanin (HUN) CR963 (243+720) 5-7 4-6

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Were *4-1 up in the second but lost their way a bit. Still had *40-15 in the last game to keep right in it, but just too many little mistakes on shots they were making yesterday in an otherwise even contest. 



-- Edited by PaulM on Thursday 2nd of March 2023 04:22:38 PM

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