Week 17 - ITF W35 Nottingham, Great Britain - Hard

indiana · Tennis legend

Week 17 - ITF W35 Nottingham, Great Britain - Hard

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Unfortunately you didn't

Talia lost the third set 3-6

the addict · Tennis legend

Only two singles matches involving Brits today - and they both lost

R1:- Akiko Omae (JPN) WR701 def Talia Neilson-Gatenby (GBR) WR1002 [WC] 2-6 6-3 6-3

R1:- Hollie Smart (GBR) UNR [WC] LOST TO Marie Weckerle (LUX) WR698 2-6 0-6

-- Edited by the addict on Tuesday 23rd of April 2024 03:10:17 PM

the addict · Tennis legend

Doubles roundup - just three wins out of seven for the Brits

L16:- Holly Hutchinson (GBR) / Ella McDonald (GBR) CR724 (278+446) [1] def Carolann Delaunay (CAL) / Lucie Nguyen Tan (FRA) CR1731 (1296+435) 6-2 6-1
L16:- Katherine Barnes (GBR) / Summer Yardley (GBR) UNR (UNR+1138) LOST TO Amandine Monnot (FRA) / Arlinda Rush!ti (KOS) CR2232 (1523+709) 4-6 (3)6-7

L16:- Lauryn John-Baptiste (GBR) / Marie Weckerle (LUX) CR798 (481+317) [4] LOST TO Akiko Omae (JPN) / Hikaru Sato (JPN) CR1271 (624+647) 4-6 6-4 6-10
L16:- Ali Collins (GBR) / Tess Sugnaux (SUI) CR1345 (206+1139) def Alana Parnaby (AUS) / Ella Simmons (AUS) CR1236 (225+1011) 7-6(2) 6-1

L16:- Danielle Daley (GBR) / Talia Neilson-Gatenby (GBR) UNR (1044+UNR) def Annabelle Lammas (GBR) / Francesca Simpson (GBR) UNR (UNR+1578) 6-0 6-2
L16:- Julie Belgraver (FRA) / Katarina Stresnakova (SVK) CR1180 (578+602) LOST TO Jessica Failla (USA) / Madison Sieg (USA) CR801 (395+406) [3] 4-6 6-2 7-10

L16:- Tamira Paszek (AUT) / Valentina Ryser (SUI) CR1866 (1411+455) def Alisha Reayer (GBR) / Emma Wilson (GBR) CR1542 (917+625) 6-1 6-2
L16:- Ellie Blackford (GBR) / Mika Stojsavljevic (GBR) CR2668 (1334+1334) LOST TO Elena-Teodora Cadar (ROU) / Diana Marcinkevica (LAT) CR761 (543+218) [2] 1-6 1-6

*****

QF:- Holly Hutchinson (GBR) / Ella McDonald (GBR) CR724 (278+446) [1] v Amandine Monnot (FRA) / Arlinda Rush!ti (KOS) CR2232 (1523+709)
QF:- Akiko Omae (JPN) / Hikaru Sato (JPN) CR1271 (624+647) v Ali Collins (GBR) / Tess Sugnaux (SUI) CR1345 (206+1139)

QF:- Danielle Daley (GBR) / Talia Neilson-Gatenby (GBR) UNR (1044+UNR) v Jessica Failla (USA) / Madison Sieg (USA) CR801 (395+406) [3]
QF:- Tamira Paszek (AUT) / Valentina Ryser (SUI) CR1866 (1411+455) v Elena-Teodora Cadar (ROU) / Diana Marcinkevica (LAT) CR761 (543+218) [2]

the addict · Tennis legend

The remaining 12 first round singles matches are being played today, with Brits involved in 8 of them.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

The betting has been truly mad around Sophie

Against Sarah Tatu she was a 3.6 outsider

And suddenly, this morning, against a player ranked about 500, Sopheie was evens, both at 1.83

Whereby, promptly, a lot of money must have gone on Parnaby (quite understandably) at Sophie's now at 2.5

You sometimes wonder ...

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Wednesday 24th of April 2024 08:59:55 AM

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Some other interesting matches today

Monnot is no great shakes - am hoping Emma Wilson plays well

And Mika on court is always interesting

Just possible for an upset for Dani too

emmsie69 · Top national player

Well Sophie won the 1st set.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Yes - thoroughly enjoying it !

As did Emma

(I had two 50ps on Parnaby - locked out one pretty much 15 mins later when it was well in the money before they even started. And don't mind in the slightest if the other goes south - I won a tenner on Sophie against Sarah - and really want Sophie to win here - it could be a great story - and, having seen her life, she doesn't half crack the ball)

By the way, for anyone who knows Sophie, at Redbridge she was with a bloke who looked rather like her - I wondered if maybe it was a brother? Possible?

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

One of the most enjoyable matches watched on livestream this year

Who had Sophie Drakeford-Lewis in their top ten ?

Sophie played an excellent balance of tennis and won 6-4 6-3

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Shame for Emma but decent enough effort:

Monnot def. Emma, 2-6 6-2 6-1

emmsie69 · Top national player

Will we see her at Wimbledon qualies. If so and she gets through that would be a huge story and people love a story.

paulisi · Tennis legend

Apologies, but i know very little about Sophie.
Never saw her play at juniors
She is 25 an a netball international.

Is she still a professional netball player?
If so how does she manage both sports?

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Sorry, paulisi, I don't know about her scheduling

Although if she's only just picked up tennis 'seriously', then maybe she wasn't expecting to get very far or for it to take up much of her time

Like you, I don't remember seeing her play live - although I do know the name from back in 2015 or so

Seeing her at Redbridge, though, she's a tall woman, with a fast arm, cracking serve and forehand and, although she's not the nippiest, she moves OK and is also well-balanced and pushes into the ground well (netball traits?)

Today, in particular, she also played an intelligent game - balancing attack and defence very well.

As you say, emmsie - there's marketing potential for a great story here :)

I'd have thought grass would suit her just fine !

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Based on her 3 wins so far and the rankings of the players, and the ease of the wins, it looks like she is playing at top 500 level already. Feels very promising!