week 15 - ITF W75 Bellinzona, Switzerland Clay

Peter too · Tennis legend

week 15 - ITF W75 Bellinzona, Switzerland Clay

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Peter too wrote:
Q1: APPLETON, Emily (GBR) (5) 396 (CH=368 2023) v CORLEY, Ivana (USA) 1299 (CH=1050 2022)

Emily won, 6-4 6-3

the addict · Tennis legend

QR1: Emily Appleton (GBR) WR393 [Q5] def Ivana Corley (USA) WR1299 6-4 6-3

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FQR: Emily Appleton (GBR) WR393 [Q5] v Noelia Manta (SUI) UNR/UBR/15yo

the addict · Tennis legend

L16:- Emily Appleton (GBR) / Lena Papadakis (GER) CR415 (127+288) v Alexandra Eala (PHI) / Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) CR337 (247+90) [3]

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

It looks like Emily App has won her doubles through w/o

the addict · Tennis legend

Coup Droit wrote:
It looks like Emily App has won her doubles through w/o

Wickmayer has withdrawn from the singles as well. Eala is still in though.

the addict · Tennis legend

FQR: Emily Appleton (GBR) WR393 [Q5] def Noelia Manta (SUI) UNR/UNR/15yo 6-3 6-3

the addict · Tennis legend

R1:- Emily Appleton (GBR) WR393 [Q] v Lucrezia Stefanini (ITA) WR150 [4]

the addict · Tennis legend

R1:- Emily Appleton (GBR) WR393 [Q] LOST TO Lucrezia Stefanini (ITA) WR150 [4] 1-6 5-7

wolf · Tennis legend

QF: Martena Colmega (ITA) / Aneta Kucmova (GER) CR510 (238+272) vs Emily Appleton (GBR) / Lena Papadakis (GER) CR415 (127+288)

the addict · Tennis legend

QF:- Emily Appleton (GBR) / Lena Papadakis (GER) CR415 (127+288) def Martena Colmega (ITA) / Aneta Kucmova (GER) CR510 (238+272) 6-4 6-4

jb288 · Satellite level

I find it a bit odd that the likes of Emily, Eden, Beth etc seem to now only be playing these high-level tournaments. I get that W35s/W50s are probably not big earners, and that doubles is important to them, but they have loads of low singles scores that would be displaced by runs to QFs/SFs at lower-level events - and they're capable of doing that. You'd think a calendar mixing weeks at this level for doubles with weeks at the appropriate singles level would be totally manageable - especially for Emily who is close to her singles CH and could take it out with some good runs.

the addict · Tennis legend

Good point jb. Emily's doubles this week has gained her 29 points, which will still be a non-counter. And the prize money isn't great either. As for the singles, she only gets three points for this week and even one win at W35 is better than that. The girls are obviously good enough at doubles to maintain their rankings, but all seem to struggle to move up further in singles.

wolf · Tennis legend

SF: Emily Appleton (GBR) / Lena Papadakis (GER) CR415 (127+288) vs (2) Jesika Maleckova (CZE) / Conny Perrin (SUI) CR 263 (153+110)

Kennykoalabear · Lower Club Player

I suppose regarding w75/w100 tournaments, I suppose players will always enter hoping to qualify and make the final and win and get plenty of ranking points even if that seems realistic.