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Grachka


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Real shame, as Lacy had Bolsova on the ropes but it slips through her fingers. Bolsova profited from playing very passive tennis against someone who was nervous in the big moments and not comfortable enough yet to close down balls and finish points off further up the court.

Great, great effort though.

[5] Aliona Bolsova Zadoinov ESP d. WC Isabelle Lacy GBR 4-6 7-5 7-6(3)

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Yep. That third set was 100% Isa's set.. Until it wasn't.

She made a couple of really poor errors at key times, which let Aliona off the hook, didn't make it difficult - you can't just hit two second serves straight out.

And she's not too good at the net (fine in the mid of the court, taking the ball out of the air, but gets in a real mess when she's nearer)

If that had been a juniors match, Isa would have won all day long

It reminds me of one of the pros, can't remember who now, who said it blew her mind when she moved up to adults how amazingly tenacious the players were - Aliona worked SO hard to stay in that, ran down every ball, attacked out of defense, she really played as though her life depended on it - which is pro tennis

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Very nice match from Sonay

She beats Elsa Jacquemot, 7-5 6-1

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Great job Sonay. Gutted for Isa, that's a really sore one that will hurt for a while but she should learn so much from. Those backhands.... ouch.

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Well done, good to see Sonay get through.

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Sonay's 5th straight sets top 200 victim during the last 3 weeks. Jacquemot at WR 187 is the lowest ranked of these.



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Very good effort from Anna, losing 7-5 3-6 6-1

A couple nasty doubles in her opening service game of the third sort of ended the challenge and Scott flew through the rest of the decider.

Off to Aorangi I guess!

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Emily serves 4 doubles in her opening service game. Then misses 3 break points. Which is... not ideal.

*0-3

The youngsters about to start on centre.



-- Edited by PaulM on Wednesday 21st of June 2023 04:22:51 PM

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R2: KARTAL, Sonay (GBR) WC 303 def JACQUEMOT, Elsa (FRA) 187 7-5 6-1
R2: LACY, Isabelle (GBR) WC 652 lost to BOLSOVA, Aliona (ESP) (5) 110 6-4 5-7 6-7(3)

QF: KARTAL, Sonay (GBR) WC 303 (CH=195 2023) v BOLSOVA, Aliona (ESP) (5) 110 (CH=88 2019)

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Em and Tamara play a much better second set, but lose both deuce points and go out 6-0 6-4. I'm not convinced we'll see Emily on the grass again which feels a little sad (although to be fair I've said that a few times over the past 8 years!).

 

The youngsters lose 6-2 6-3.



-- Edited by PaulM on Wednesday 21st of June 2023 05:22:03 PM

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Really hope and expect Sonay can finally finish off Bolsova after Isabelle and Lily both came so close.

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A pretty tame performance from LJB and Lily, losing 6-3 6-0. Bolsova adds another Brit bashing to her week.

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Doubles roundup - not the best of weeks !

L16:- Maja Chwalinska (POL) / Jesika Maleckova (CZE) CR491 (377+114) def Isabelle Lacy (GBR) / Mingge Xu (GBR) UNR (UNR+UNR) [WC] 6-2 6-3

L16:- Mirjam Bjorklund (SWE) / Aliona Bolsova (ESP) CR790 (712+78) def Lauryn John-Baptiste (GBR) / Yuriko Lily Miyazaki (GBR) CR711 (276+435) [WC] 6-3 6-0

L16:- Madeleine Brooks (GBR) / Holly Hutchinson (GBR) CR1370 (651+719) [WC] def Olivia Gadecki (AUS) / Eden Silva (GBR) CR345 (142+203) 7-5 6-0

L16:- Nao Hibino (JPN) / Natalija Stevanovic (SRB) CR737 (273+464) def Tamara Korpatsch (GER) / Emily Webley-Smith (GBR) CR1430 (1207+223) 6-0 6-4


QF:- Madeleine Brooks (GBR) / Holly Hutchinson (GBR) CR1370 (651+719) [WC] v Valentini Grammatikopoulou (GRE) / Simona Waltert (SUI) CR561 (187+374)



-- Edited by the addict on Thursday 22nd of June 2023 03:19:52 PM

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indiana wrote:

Sonay's 5th straight sets top 200 victim during the last 3 weeks. Jacquemot at WR 187 is the lowest ranked of these.

 Sonay seems to be rapidly improving on grass, hopefully she can make it through Wimbledon qualifying after failing to make the most of her MD WC last year.



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Sonay has slidden quickly down the rankings (mainly due to points off and some poor form) but is quite capable of getting back into the top 200 and pushing on. She has covered almost all of her points off for the time being and should now be able to make real progress. I'm not sure the change of surface is significant - she is now playing so much better than she was before.  Whatever the reason is - good luck to her. biggrin



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