British Tennis Forum - Celebrating 20 Years!

Jan · Hall of fame

Week 30 - WTA 125 - Palermo, Italy (clay)

KK · Club Coach

Yes. An amazing achievement! Thrilled for her.

Mervatron2 · Challenger level

Well done Fran. Got a bit nervous for her when she let the lead slip.

Theres no one left she isnt capable of beating so lets hope she goes all the way now.

jb288 · Satellite level

indiana wrote:
It will be the 8th week this century that we have had 4 in the top 100.

The longest continuous period has been 4 weeks in October to November last year with Katie, Emma, Harriet, and Sonay.
Our highest #4 has been Sonay WR 88 on 04/11/24, so Fran would take that out with the title here.

Amazing achievement.

Also to note that the only countries with a #4 above us are USA, Russia, Australia and Czechia. If Fran takes the title she also take Aus off that list.

B00thy · Club Coach

Mervatron2 wrote:
Well done Fran. Got a bit nervous for her when she let the lead slip.

Theres no one left she isnt capable of beating so lets hope she goes all the way now.

I got nervous too at that point, but then I caught the look on her face .. it was saying "I'm doing this .. try stopping me!"

I'm hoping she's done with the emotion of that result's meaning now .. and we see that confident concentration expression back for the next match

paulisi · Tennis legend

What this does is it almost guarantees GS entry and revenue, so Fran can potentially build and pay for a team around her. She probably needs a specialist fitness/medical person on board who can help her with her health and fitness issues which have been issues in the past.

Peter too · Tennis legend

Fran said some years ago that she wanted to show that anyone could achieve their dreams even a disabled person and I reckon she has done that. It should inspire many other disabled children not to give up but to give it a go in whatever walk of life their dreams take them.

PeteM · Improver

So pleased for her, what a brilliant achievement.

Peter too · Tennis legend

Fran took the first set of her SF 7-5

B00thy · Club Coach

Well played Fran!!!

Peter too · Tennis legend

Fran won 7-5 6-2

B00thy · Club Coach

Live Ranking 92 !!!

Oscariyan · Club Coach

Well done Fran, made that second set look easy!

PaulM · Tennis legend

Woop woop! Played with so much freedom now the monkey is off her back so to speak

indiana · Tennis legend

Live ranking points earned this year ( before Emma's SF and Fran's final )

25. Emma 1180
60. Fran 705 !!
61. Sonay 702
69. Katie. 660

These figures and breakdowns can be seen in the Open Era Rankings (OER) WTA Race standings ( which are not the official WTA race points but indeed points from all ranking events this year rather than just WTA tour events ).