Week 1 - WTA250 - Auckland, New Zealand Hard

Peter too · Tennis legend

RE: Week 1 - WTA250 - Auckland, New Zealand Hard

DF · Tennis legend

Peter too wrote:
Rich2310 wrote:
Nice comeback win for Emma. Delighted to see her back on court looking fit and healthy.
Can't see her getting past Svitolina at this stage but never say never.
Personally I hope she plays the qualies next week as she needs the matches.
I'd rather see her win three matches and qualify as opposed to losing in rd1 to a seeded player for example.
I just think she would gain more that way at this stage of her comeback.
I agree. Number 1 seed in qualies would be ideal at this stage.

No way would she be no 1 seed in Qualies. Her ranking is 299 this week. Her protected ranking only gers her into the tournament.

GAMEOVER · Pro player

I'm sure Emma is going to get into the main draw. She is next in at the moment and there is a question mark over Madison Keys playing. Svitolina has lost her last 3 matches against British players after winning the 1st set. They were against Jo(her last ever singles win) Harriet and Heather.

Var · Club Coach

GAMEOVER wrote:
I'm sure Emma is going to get into the main draw. She is next in at the moment and there is a question mark over Madison Keys playing. Svitolina has lost her last 3 matches against British players after winning the 1st set. They were against Jo(her last ever singles win) Harriet and Heather.

Well !Addison has pulled out of Adelaide a few hours ago from a Tweet and definitely question marks re AO

Var · Club Coach

Var wrote:
GAMEOVER wrote:
I'm sure Emma is going to get into the main draw. She is next in at the moment and there is a question mark over Madison Keys playing. Svitolina has lost her last 3 matches against British players after winning the 1st set. They were against Jo(her last ever singles win) Harriet and Heather.
Well !Addison has pulled out of Adelaide a few hours ago from a Tweet and definitely question marks re AO. There is a rumour she is pregnant but cant confirmm.

Blue_Belle · Strong Club Player

Lauren Davis has withdrawn so Emma is in the AO maindraw

wolf · Tennis legend

Emma *5-2 to 5-5.

wolf · Tennis legend

Emma eventually wins the first set on a TB 7-5.

Jajon · Strong Club Player

Svitolina serves like John Isner at 6-5 and into a second set tiebreak we go

wolf · Tennis legend

Emma 3-1 up in TB loses it 7-3.

Jajon · Strong Club Player

Kind of expect Svitolina to run away with the third set but standard of tennis from Emma in first two sets was genuinely really good. Ten fold increase from her first round, so other than the heavily bandaged leg- seems pretty positive to me

-- Edited by Jajon on Thursday 4th of January 2024 08:10:57 AM

Crispy · Intermediate Club Player

Before the match, if you had said it was a 6-3 6-4 loss, it would have been positive, but this sounds like a terrific performance considering. If she stays fit, she's going to compete. Great news, whatever the end result.

Peter too · Tennis legend

R2: RADUCANU, Emma (GBR) WC 301 (CH=10 2022) lost to SVITOLINA, E lina (UKR) (2) 25 (CH=3 2017) 7-6(5) 6-7(3) 1-6

RJH1962 · Intermediate Club Player

Watched some of the first set and Emma was playing at a very high level. Shame She couldn't get a win but this was a hugely encouraging performance. None of the seeds will want to draw her in the AO

Jajon · Strong Club Player

Svitolina 52 winners, 26 unforced errors

Raducanu 39 winners, 24 unforced errors

Not too shabby!