Week 14 - ITF W25 - Santa Margherita Di Pula, Italy Clay

Peter too · Tennis legend

Week 14 - ITF W25 - Santa Margherita Di Pula, Italy Clay

DF · Tennis legend

Sonay takes the first set 6-2

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

And the second, 6-4

LordBrownof · Futures level

Sonay must be pretty tight on making FO Qs?

Peter too · Tennis legend

R1: KARTAL, Sonay (GBR) (7) 246 def PIGATO, Lisa (ITA) WC 461 6-2 6-4

R2: KARTAL, Sonay (GBR) (7) 246 (CH=195 2023) v MENDEZ, Seone (AUS) 398 (CH=198 2022)

Mervatron2 · Challenger qualifying

Solid start

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Lord above, Sonay

She was cruising along.

Couldn't quite force the second break on the second set.

Served for it at 5-4

Two points away at 30-30 - goes for a really doddy smash - all a bit half-hearted - then we're into a TB - she's 4-2 up - but again, doesn't seem really to be fired up to finish it...... and here we are, in a third set :(

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Couldn't bear to watch any of the third set but pleased to note that Sonay won 6-2

Densher · Intermediate Club Player

I feared the worst when Sonay dropped the tiebreak but good to see she got through. Like Coup Droit, I had to stop watching.

A tasty encounter against Queen of ITF Arantxa Rus coming up next.

Peter too · Tennis legend

R2: KARTAL, Sonay (GBR) (7) 246 def MENDEZ, Seone (AUS) 398 6-3 6-7(5)

QF: KARTAL, Sonay (GBR) (7) 246 (CH=195 2023) v RUS, Arantxa (NED) (1) 108 (CH=61 2012)

emmsie69 · Top national player

Peter too wrote:
R2: KARTAL, Sonay (GBR) (7) 246 def MENDEZ, Seone (AUS) 398 6-3 6-7(5)

QF: KARTAL, Sonay (GBR) (7) 246 (CH=195 2023) v RUS, Arantxa (NED) (1) 108 (CH=61 2012)

FFS, This needs to be stopped. No.1 seed in the W40 in Croatia, also a clay tournament and not a million miles from Italy!! was Diane Parry WR107 so it's pathetic that she opted for a W25 and she keeps being allowed into these low level tournaments.

-- Edited by emmsie69 on Friday 7th of April 2023 06:17:12 AM

the addict · Tennis legend

I believe that the only restrictions are that top ten players aren't allowed to play ITF tournaments. There ought to be some sort of graded restrictions going down the levels though, even if they only excluded top 50 or top 100 players it would be beneficial to the lower ranked players.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

the addict wrote:
I believe that the only restrictions are that top ten players aren't allowed to play ITF tournaments. There ought to be some sort of graded restrictions going down the levels though, even if they only excluded top 50 or top 100 players it would be beneficial to the lower ranked players.

We had a discussion on a mens event recently around Jan C reaching a ranking point where he could no longer play ITF events and for men, 200 seems to be that cut off. dont know if that is the atp or itf that impose that Ranking barrier .

the addict · Tennis legend

JonH comes home wrote:
the addict wrote:
I believe that the only restrictions are that top ten players aren't allowed to play ITF tournaments. There ought to be some sort of graded restrictions going down the levels though, even if they only excluded top 50 or top 100 players it would be beneficial to the lower ranked players.
We had a discussion on a mens event recently around Jan C reaching a ranking point where he could no longer play ITF events and for men, 200 seems to be that cut off. dont know if that is the atp or itf that impose that Ranking barrier .

It is in the ITF rulebook. 200 for the men but only top 10 for the women. But the men's tournaments are only M25 and M15, whilst the wonen's go up to W100. Still a big disparity though.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

the addict wrote:
JonH comes home wrote:
the addict wrote:
I believe that the only restrictions are that top ten players aren't allowed to play ITF tournaments. There ought to be some sort of graded restrictions going down the levels though, even if they only excluded top 50 or top 100 players it would be beneficial to the lower ranked players.
We had a discussion on a mens event recently around Jan C reaching a ranking point where he could no longer play ITF events and for men, 200 seems to be that cut off. dont know if that is the atp or itf that impose that Ranking barrier .
It is in the ITF rulebook. 200 for the men but only top 10 for the women. But the men's tournaments are only M25 and M15, whilst the wonen's go up to W100. Still a big disparity though.

i guess the women dont have the CHallenger tour equivalent, except a few 125 events - do the WTA 125 events have any sort of cut off? Clearly the ITF womens events need some sort of gradation as was said above.