Week 18 - ITF W80 - Gifu, Japan Hard

the addict · Tennis legend

Week 18 - ITF W80 - Gifu, Japan Hard

Mervatron2 · Challenger qualifying

Good choice to play here

paulisi · Tennis legend

Next week is not particularly strong either. Good opportunity to pick up more points.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Babfive wrote:
Katie won 6-1 6-0

High-Five, Babfive !

Peter too · Tennis legend

SF: BOULTER, Katie (GBR) (2) 154 def LEE, Ya-Hsuan (TPE) Q 499 6-1 6-0

F: BOULTER, Katie (GBR) (2) 154 (CH=82 2019) v SAKATSUME, Himeno (JPN) (7) 219 (CH=216 2023)

PaulM · Tennis legend

Excellent!

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Katie has always been better on faster courts and streaky - she has the ability to be much higher than she is and the personality and profile to be a good number one for GB if she can get there - Id like to see her do it, shes always been one of my favourite British women players

Lambda · Challenger level

If Katie wins tomorrow, this would be her biggest title yet.

Crispy · Strong Club Player

Also KB needs the ranking points, and I dont mind if she vultures them at a weak tournament - she has the game to play with top players, so a ranking rise doesnt feel inflated

Mervatron2 · Challenger qualifying

Agreed. She does have 3rd round Wimbledon points which she should have technically too.

Get some wins, rankings points and confidence going into the grass season.

Is she does to play Roland Garros?

LordBrownof · Futures level

Agree with all this. I'm just happy to see her (and Harriet) playing matches, gaining confidence.

If she did have those Wimbledon points, she'd be GB #1 in the live rankings right now.

jb288 · Satellite level

If Katie can win tomorrow, then make finals in the next two 60ks (big ask I know), she would be on the very cusp of top 100...

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Katy lost the first set 5 -7. She broke in first game but was broken back immediately from then on she was always one behind.

No stream at all.

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Higher first serve percentage in second set so far. Need to go back to sleep though.

emmsie69 · Top national player

F: BOULTER, Katie (GBR) (2) 154 (CH=82 2019) LOST TO SAKATSUME, Himeno (JPN) (7) 219 (CH=216 2023) 5-7 3-6

Leapfrogs Harriet for 1 week due to the weeks lag for 25k points. Harriet back in front the following week when her points for this week go on. Both on the cusp of being seeded for FO qualifying.