Week 49 - ITF W100 Dubai, UAE - Hard

the addict · Tennis legend

Week 49 - ITF W100 Dubai, UAE - Hard

Mervatron2 · Challenger qualifying

Really good to see. Would be great to see her keep going.

indiana · Tennis legend

the addict wrote:
RJH1962 wrote:
Good win. Only saw the last bit but her serve really looked good.
Yes, 19 aces and 85% of first serves won

That certainly helps things along

SuperT · Futures level

I notice that Pidankina (5) got beaten this morning so there are no seeds left in Jodie's half of the draw.

Lambda · Challenger level

Jodie is in the AO main draw with her SR of 85. Cut off is WR98, so Harriet is 4 out unless there's any SRs between her and the cut off.

Mervatron2 · Challenger qualifying

Good to see Jodie get in. Im sure Harriet will make it in the end.

the addict · Tennis legend

QF:- Jodie Anna Burrage (GBR) WR238 [WC] def Amandine Hesse (FRA) WR289 [LL] 6-4 6-4

That was a tough one, Hesse was very solid today and Jodie not quite as good as yesterday.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

well done, Jodie, good to see that.

the addict · Tennis legend

Now live ranked at 209

Tanaqui · Club Coach

I was a bit worried when I saw she'd had a wobble at the start of the second set after breaking convincingly to win the first, so really pleased to see her bringing it home in two sets.

I haven't watched her play since her comeback, but I get the impression from the scores that she's got much better at raising her game at the end of sets and closing them out, and is having fewer mini meltdowns when the pressure is on or she gets annoyed and frustrated. If so, that's a welcome development! (I've probably jinxed her now, haven't I?)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Only saw the last 15 mins of that match - but, exactly as Tanaqui says, I've been pleased/impressed over the last couple of events that Jodie has kept her cool (pretty much) when things have looked a bit dicey - that second set from what I saw was very close, could have gone either way - and she kept to her plan, played good offensive tennis, kept moving, didn't back off

the addict · Tennis legend

Yes, she was in trouble in the second set with frustration starting to show, but settled down. Saving break points at *0-2 was crucial, especially as her second serves were coming back with interest. In the end it was Amandine that felt the pressure and played a poor final game.

the addict · Tennis legend

The draw continues to be kind to Jodie

SF:- Jodie Anna Burrage (GBR) WR238 [WC] v Sofia Costoulas (BEL) WR298/CH=248 in January [Q]

indiana · Tennis legend

To be fair to Jodie, she has been much better at staying with matches and seeing them out over the last year or two, very clear from the scorelines in many of her matches. She has matured in her reactions and it is eeking out wins in tighter matches that largely got her into the top 100.

Still, good he hear the above and something she no doubt has to keep aware of and aim to continually improve.

Tanaqui · Club Coach

Oh yes, Jodie definitely started improving a lot mentally during last year, but was still prone to unexpectedly losing it sometimes and therefore losing matches she should have won. She's of my favourite players but has been extremely frustrating to follow because of that. So I'm very pleased to see evidence she's not only still got that mental strength after all her time out but now seems to be able to apply it more consistently.