Week 10 - ITF W35 Solarino, Italy - Outdoor carpet

the addict · Tennis legend

Week 10 - ITF W35 Solarino, Italy - Outdoor carpet

Lambda · Challenger level

Emilie is unfortunate that she has been denied a main draw place by Natalia Szabanin reaching the final in Manacor and claiming a SE here.

You will recall that Emilie had two successful weeks here last November when she reached the SF and F from qualifying in consecutive weeks. This is her first event since retiring from Funchal in the week following those events. There was speculation that the retirement may have just been an accumulation of too many matches, but given the time she's not played it seems it was more than that.

the addict · Tennis legend

I seem to recall her posting about an ankle injury.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Emily Webley-Smith seems to have got in as an ALT

Down to play Mariia Kostiuk, age 27

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Coup Droit wrote:
Emily Webley-Smith seems to have got in as an ALT

Down to play Mariia Kostiuk, age 27

Not the same as Marta Kostyuk whos in San Diego the

the addict · Tennis legend

She was right down the bottom of the alt list - but then Em is always up for another match and she is an early riser - she was on court before 8am ! She's taken the place of the #2 seed

QR1:- Emily Webley-Smith (GBR) UNR/UNR (CH240 in 2011) [ALT] v Mariia Kostiuk (UKR) UNR/1954

-- Edited by the addict on Sunday 3rd of March 2024 09:03:02 AM

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

the addict wrote:
She was right down the bottom of the alt list - but then Em is always up for another match and she is an early riser - she was on court before 8am ! She's taken the place of the #2 seed

QR1:- Emily Webley-Smith (GBR) UNR/UNR (CH240 in 2011) [ALT] v Mariia Kostiuk (UKR) UNR/1954

You've got to love her

the addict · Tennis legend

QR1:- Emilie Lindh (GBR) WR461 [1] def Anna Bochoradze (GEO) WR1363 (17yo) 6-1 6-2

QR1:- Emily Webley-Smith (GBR) UNR/UNR (CH240 in 2011) [ALT] def Mariia Kostiuk (UKR) UNR/1954 6-0 6-3 biggrin

*****

QR2:- Emilie Lindh (GBR) WR461 [1] v Daria KHOMUTSIANSKAYA (***) WR660 [10]

QR2:- Emily Webley-Smith (GBR) UNR/UNR (CH240 in 2011) [ALT] v Virginia Ferrara (ITA)WR869 [16]

-- Edited by the addict on Monday 4th of March 2024 02:50:39 PM

Peter too · Tennis legend

Emily has now played 1000 matches in her career, winning nearly half of them.

PaulM · Tennis legend

That's some milestone!

Peter I let Emily know you'd posted that stat on here and she was both grateful, amused, surprised and made to feel old biggrin

-- Edited by PaulM on Sunday 3rd of March 2024 06:49:17 PM

the addict · Tennis legend

Peter too wrote:
Emily has now played 1000 matches in her career, winning nearly half of them.

That is just singless though - the ITF say 878 doubles as well !

PaulM · Tennis legend

Emily has just been on the receiving end of a diabolical call at 5-4 30-40* - ball landed in the corner, several inches inside both lines, called out. I'm usually ok with giving umpires a bit of benefit of the doubt when there is no line judge and the calls are on the close side. But the ball landed with acres of space all around it.

*5-5

-- Edited by PaulM on Monday 4th of March 2024 11:42:43 AM

PockyTastic · Futures level

Sadly Em went onto lose 7-5 6-3.

the addict · Tennis legend

QR2:- Emilie Lindh (GBR) WR461 [1] def Daria KHOMUTSIANSKAYA (***) WR660 [10] 6-3 6-4

QR2:- Emily Webley-Smith (GBR) UNR/UNR (CH240 in 2011) [ALT] LOST TO Virginia Ferrara (ITA)WR869 [16] 5-7 3-6

the addict · Tennis legend

R1:- Emilie Lindh (GBR) WR461 [Q] v Arianna Zucchini (ITA) WR577 [WC]

Doubles

L16:- Sofia Shapatava (GEO) / Emily Webley-Smith (GBR) CR720 (402+318) v Mariia Kostiuk (UKR) / Katrina Scott (USA) CR2083 (1331+752)

L16:- Manon Leonard (FRA) / Isabella Shinikova (BUL) CR872 (501+371) v Emilie Lindh (GBR) / Barbora Palicova (CZE) CR883 (561+322)