Week 17 - ITF W25 - Nottingham, GB Hard

Peter too · Tennis legend

Week 17 - ITF W25 - Nottingham, GB Hard

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Lord above, have you seen the GB players in the qualis draw in the women's ITF 25k at Notts?

To say it's not a strong, well-known bunch is one of the bigger understatements of all time

So, well done to the likes of Madison Peters and Halle Pringle and Josie Ward etc - great to see players actually enter and give it a go.

I'm hoping, as said before, that Lauryn JB has a wildcard into the main draw

Kristina P may do too, and Emma Wilson

Peter too · Tennis legend

Missing from the Q draw and probably promoted to the Main draw:-
Lauren J-B
Amarni B
Sarah B G
Emma W
Kristina P

There is no sign of last weeks star, Hannah K.

Bagel · Lower Club Player

Peter too wrote:
Missing from the Q draw and probably promoted to the Main draw:-
Lauren J-B
Amarni B
Sarah B G
Emma W
Kristina P

There is no sign of last weeks star, Hannah K.

I should imagine that Amarni and Beth will have got direct acceptances. Emma is a near-certainty as her prize for winning a Pro League. Maybe Marelie Raath will be promoted along with Lauryn and Kristina.

Lambda · Challenger level

As women's 25s are largely filled with juniors I'm not sure why they would hold one in the same week as our top junior event outside the grass season. I'm surprised they've managed to fill the draw, even if it is with players that include someone who has barely won a game in domestic competition.

I'm expecting wild cards to be Emma, LJB, Kristina and Isabelle

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Peter too wrote:
Missing from the Q draw and probably promoted to the Main draw:-
Lauren J-B
Amarni B
Sarah B G
Emma W
Kristina P

There is no sign of last weeks star, Hannah K.

She's down to play Aldershot

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Lambda wrote:
As women's 25s are largely filled with juniors I'm not sure why they would hold one in the same week as our top junior event outside the grass season. I'm surprised they've managed to fill the draw, even if it is with players that include someone who has barely won a game in domestic competition.

I'm expecting wild cards to be Emma, LJB, Kristina and Isabelle

Well, if we're justifiyng the level here coz our juniors are all playing in Aldershot, just have a look at the quali draw at Aldershot

The boys is great but there's SIX (!!!) byes in the qualification round for the girls.

This is a J200 - it's a real prestige event and we can't even fill a quali field?

paulisi · Tennis legend

Katy Dunne has withdrawn from the main draw along with Babos and Fett.
It really is weak

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

And Fransesca Franchi has pulled out, leaving Kat Stresnakova with a walkover and not even anyone else onsite to take an ALT postion?

It's one of those gifts that just keeps giving....

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Looks like after hanging around for the last 6 hours, they've finally kicked off in some Air courts (?) inside but the actual normal inside courts are not listed as playing yet

However, expecting to see them soon....

Peter too · Tennis legend

Fran Davis just beat the 2nd seed.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Great win, Fran

Peter too · Tennis legend

Halle Pringle went close, losing two tie breaks.

Densher · Intermediate Club Player

Jessica Matthews just went down in the match tie break to Ana Paula Neffa De Los Rios of Paraguay, who is the daughter of former WTA player Rossana. Alisha Reayer is through 6-3 6-3 against fellow Briton Lauren McMinn. Holly Hutchinson and Anna Popescu are still battling it out.

Spare a thought for poor Madison Peters, who suffered what must be the ITF beatdown of the month versus Alessia Popescu. 6-0 6-0 in only 31 minutes, with Peters scoring only 5 points in total, 3 in the first set, and 2 in the second; the latter were both from double faults by the way. In other words, Peters came very close to suffering the ignominy of being on the wrong end of a golden set.

the addict · Tennis legend

Holly comes through 6-4 7-5, taking the last six games.