Girls: 2024 Billie Jean King Cup finals, Antalya, Turkiye, clay (Week 46)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Girls: 2024 Billie Jean King Cup finals, Antalya, Turkiye, clay (Week 46)

DF · Tennis legend

Mika lost in a third set tiebreak. Hannah and Mika team up in the doubles to decide who wins

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Bit of a struggle today but the girls get the job done in the doubles, 6-3 6-4

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Day off tomorrow to regroup! Job done so far. 3-0 in matches . 8-1 in rubbers. Top spot and a quarterfinal to come. Time to step it up after the day off.

simon381 · Lower Club Player

Not sure how the seeding works but the obvious draw would have us playing one of Japan, Australia or Germany in the QF. I would guess the opponent would be Japan.

DavidC · Tennis legend

simon381 wrote:
Not sure how the seeding works but the obvious draw would have us playing one of Japan, Australia or Germany in the QF. I would guess the opponent would be Japan.

As top seed we get drawn into position 1 in the quarter-finals, playing against one of the two second placed teams in the bottom half (Australia/Germany). Beating Brazil was very important, as the USA have been extremely impressive, losing only 1 game in the two singles today (against Germany, who fielded 2 top 50ish players) and only 8 games in their previous 4 singles. The USA are seeded 2 and will be at the bottom of the draw, one of two potential opponents for Brazil.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

DavidC wrote:
simon381 wrote:
Not sure how the seeding works but the obvious draw would have us playing one of Japan, Australia or Germany in the QF. I would guess the opponent would be Japan.
As top seed we get drawn into position 1 in the quarter-finals, playing against one of the two second placed teams in the bottom half (Australia/Germany). Beating Brazil was very important, as the USA have been extremely impressive, losing only 1 game in the two singles today (against Germany, who fielded 2 top 50ish players) and only 8 games in their previous 4 singles. The USA are seeded 2 and will be at the bottom of the draw, one of two potential opponents for Brazil.

I hope we get Australia rather than Germany

Babfive · Satellite level

Coup Droit wrote:
DavidC wrote:
simon381 wrote:
Not sure how the seeding works but the obvious draw would have us playing one of Japan, Australia or Germany in the QF. I would guess the opponent would be Japan.
As top seed we get drawn into position 1 in the quarter-finals, playing against one of the two second placed teams in the bottom half (Australia/Germany). Beating Brazil was very important, as the USA have been extremely impressive, losing only 1 game in the two singles today (against Germany, who fielded 2 top 50ish players) and only 8 games in their previous 4 singles. The USA are seeded 2 and will be at the bottom of the draw, one of two potential opponents for Brazil.
I hope we get Australia rather than Germany

But of course we got Germany.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Hmmm...

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

There's a notice that due to bad weather they've moved the QFs to today, in stead of having a rest day

Hannah has taken the first set off Mariella Thamm 6-2

Which is a great score as Mariella has been making big waves recently

Keep it up, Hannah !

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Super win on clay for Hannah

6-2 7-6(3)

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Good stuff, well done Hannah. I wonder when they knew they would be in action today, I guess all are in the same boat but some might have been more ready than others!

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Babfive wrote:
Coup Droit wrote:
DavidC wrote:
simon381 wrote:
Not sure how the seeding works but the obvious draw would have us playing one of Japan, Australia or Germany in the QF. I would guess the opponent would be Japan.
As top seed we get drawn into position 1 in the quarter-finals, playing against one of the two second placed teams in the bottom half (Australia/Germany). Beating Brazil was very important, as the USA have been extremely impressive, losing only 1 game in the two singles today (against Germany, who fielded 2 top 50ish players) and only 8 games in their previous 4 singles. The USA are seeded 2 and will be at the bottom of the draw, one of two potential opponents for Brazil.
I hope we get Australia rather than Germany
But of course we got Germany.

Australia were beaten pretty easily by the youngsters from Romania

Meanwhile we're into a decisive doubles against Germany

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

I guess Mika is playing a higher standard of opponent, but Hannah seems to have had a much more comfortable ride this week, so far.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

USA, Czechia and Romania into the semis - who would we get next if we prevail over Germany? ITF draw seems to only be up to the round robin groups...