Week 15 - ITF W80 - Zaragoza, Spain Clay

Peter too · Tennis legend

Week 15 - ITF W80 - Zaragoza, Spain Clay

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

And Eden starts off by dropping the first set 1-6

(It's on livestream, but Eden on clay is not a particulalry attractive proposition)

Freya v Amanda is on serve - *2-3

DF · Tennis legend

Amanda wins 6-3 6-2

DF · Tennis legend

Eden lost 1-6 6-7(5)

Babfive · Pro player

Eden lost 1-6 6-7(5) having been 5-3 up in the tiebreak.

the addict · Tennis legend

Eden served for the second set at *5-3, but eventually lost out in a tie-break.

Peter too · Tennis legend

Q1: SILVA, Eden (GBR) (1) 298 lost to STEUR, Joelle Lilly Sophie (GER) 534 1-6 6-7(5)
Q1: CARRERAS, Amanda (GBR) 515 def CHRISTIE, Freya (GBR) (13) 457 6-3 6-2

Q2: CARRERAS, Amanda (GBR) 515 (CH=236 2017) v ROUVROY, Margaux (FRA) (3) 323 =CH

jb288 · Satellite level

Two results which very much prove that if you don't do clay, playing up a few levels is unlikely to improve your prospects...

Eden is about to lose a huge chunk of her points, but seems to have committed to these high level clay events instead of Nottingham. Seems a very weird choice to me.

PaulM · Tennis legend

Especially considering a good run in those 25ks would keep her top 300 and in the frame for Wimbledon and, with a decent summer, US Open qualies. She's not a million miles away from top 250.

jb288 · Satellite level

Yep. I understand it when young players decide they're going to tackle clay, but at 27, it's not really worthwhile for Eden - especially when her national federation has put on a practically tailor-made series of events which are the perfect level for her. But hey, I guess there must be a reason...

Brendan F · Lower Club Player

jb288 wrote:
Yep. I understand it when young players decide they're going to tackle clay, but at 27, it's not really worthwhile for Eden - especially when her national federation has put on a practically tailor-made series of events which are the perfect level for her. But hey, I guess there must be a reason...

The same could be said about Freya

DF · Tennis legend

Freya is aiming higher with her doubles

the addict · Tennis legend

DF wrote:
Freya is aiming higher with her doubles

Freya + Ali, and Eden + Asia Muhammad are entered in the doubles. Freya and Ali might be seeded but on-site entries will probably bump them down.

the addict · Tennis legend

Doubles - still seeded

L16:- Andrea Gamiz (VEN) / Eva Vedder (NED) CR192 (82+110) [1] v Asia Muhammad (USA) / Eden Silva (GBR) CR282 (33+249)

L16:- Freya Christie (GBR) / Ali Collins (GBR) CR245 (122+123) [4] v Danka Kovinic (MNE) / Alexandra Panova (***) CR478 (417+61)

-- Edited by the addict on Tuesday 11th of April 2023 03:51:15 PM

DF · Tennis legend

Peter too wrote:
Q1: SILVA, Eden (GBR) (1) 298 lost to STEUR, Joelle Lilly Sophie (GER) 534 1-6 6-7(5)
Q1: CARRERAS, Amanda (GBR) 515 def CHRISTIE, Freya (GBR) (13) 457 6-3 6-2

Q2: CARRERAS, Amanda (GBR) 515 (CH=236 2017) v ROUVROY, Margaux (FRA) (3) 323 =CH

Amanda lost 3-6 3-6