Para Tennis-World Championships in Annecy 9th-14th September 2024

AnnaM · Junior player

Para Tennis-World Championships in Annecy 9th-14th September 2024

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Great stuff, thanks Annas dad- I knew these were approaching. All the best to Anna and the other British players taking part. Will you post updates through the event if you get time?

AnnaM · Junior player

Thanks

I will update the important stuff. I will only be there for the last two days, which is when the best matches are.

Results will be on this link:

https://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/events.aspx?id=9c36dbb6-093e-42a3-917f-0e2b4d49d804

The main court will be livestreamed here:

https://app.sportall.tv/sportitemset/66d02db2feff8b428d43b303

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Out of interest - with Paralympics on at the moment, has there ever been discussion of an intellectual impairment classification event at the paralympics?

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Also, I noticed Lambda commented that Flynn Thomas who is a top junior at the US Open, from Switzerland, is on the autism spectrum, not sure if that was something you were aware of, or if him.

AnnaM · Junior player

Because of the Spanish basketball cheating scandal 20 years ago, most Paralympics LD events were stopped. They are starting to be reintroduced. There has been talk of a possibility of tennis for this category being included in the 2032 Brisbane Paralympics.

I am not aware of Flynn, but autism in tennis is very common. Many of the II1 category have it. There is also a new category of II3 that is exclusively for autism without a LD. Anna is in the top end of the II1 section and is not far off the II3.

AnnaM · Junior player

World Championships Annecy day 2, 10th Sept 2024.

Two days of torrential rain ruined yesterday and the matches were reduced and played in a small poorly lit indoor centre. Anna has three matches today. She has already won her first singles 6-0. She has a ladies doubles now. Although, the opponents just target her partner, so no guarantees there. Anna also has a mixed doubles against a decent team in about 1-2 hours from now. 1-2pm our time.

Hopefully, the French officials are better today than they were yesterday. Yesterday, an Oz team lost to a French team when the umpire twice reversed a 40-15 score to 15-40. In Paris 2018 and Vichy 2023, I noticed a number of partisan line calls, which improved a bit when on the livestreamed court. But even there, anything close was always to the French players benefit.

Results www.tournamentsoftware.com/tournament/9c36dbb6-093e-42a3-917f-0e2b4d49d804/Matches

Livestream of court one which requires you to register for a free account. app.sportall.tv/sportitem/66d70218283519b9736bec65

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Thanks Annas Dad - glad to see Anna got a good start though today 6-0 is always nice! Good luck in the womens and mixed doubles later !

AnnaM · Junior player

Thanks

AnnaM · Junior player

For Anna's women's doubles they had a young kid umpiring who could not possibly have qualifications and could not call lines, or even focus. Balls 6 feet out called in and balls 2 feet in were called out. He was really small and refused to even get off his chair to check ball marks. Under the circumstances Anna did well, as the other team hit as many balls as they could at Anna's partner. So they lost 6-3 with one break gifted by the umpire.

The mixed doubles will hopefully, be a better match.

AnnaM · Junior player

Anna's mixed doubles is now live

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

AnnaM wrote:
For Anna's women's doubles they had a young kid umpiring who could not possibly have qualifications and could not call lines, or even focus. Balls 6 feet out called in and balls 2 feet in were called out. He was really small and refused to even get off his chair to check ball marks. Under the circumstances Anna did well, as the other team hit as many balls as they could at Anna's partner. So they lost 6-3 with one break gifted by the umpire.

The mixed doubles will hopefully, be a better match.

Are they playing on clay on the indoor courts or have they moved out doors?

I guess the big one for Anna is singles, presumably, where she is more in control of her own results. Is she quite a long way ahead of Lily Mills in terms of capability?

AnnaM · Junior player

Good umpiring this time, 6-0 win in the mixed doubles

AnnaM · Junior player

They are outdoors on the clay with some sunshine. The indoor clay is very slow and the courts dark.

Anna is defending the mixed doubles and the singles. The singles in the main priority with the mixed a very close second.

The women's doubles is a nightmare. The difference in playing strength between Anna and Lily is massive. Over 5 UTR points difference. People think Anna is Lily. Someone even came to her at Queens and said you play better than you did on the BBC and she said no that was Lily on the BBC, not me. Everything is hit to Lily and she refuses to come away from the net and gets in the way. So Anna cannot do what she did in OZ and have a clear court to herself. Even then Anna felt they were robbed bigtime in the women's doubles match by poor umpiring. The umpire in the mixed doubles was much better.

Anna has just been told not to worry about the women's doubles and focus on her other matches.

Apparently, the French 2nd seeded player is playing very well. So it is going to be a tough singles defence.

-- Edited by AnnaM on Tuesday 10th of September 2024 01:58:33 PM

AnnaM · Junior player

Anna won her 2nd singles match 6-0 in the rain. This continued and all further matches have now moved to the dark indoor courts a few miles away.