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Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Week 31 - W100 Gran Canaria-Maspalomas, Spain - clay

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Freya P put up a good show - she really took the game to her opponent

But the Chinese girl was having some difficulty with her left hip and it's a shame that Freya couldn't really take advantage

QR1: Freya Peet UNR (age 17) LOST to (q14) Tianmi Mi (CHN) WR 877 6-1 3-6 6-1

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Freya Christie was relatively cruising in the first set - EM WS playing well, but Freya being a touch above

And Freya served for it at 5-3

And then Em wouldn't go away, and Freya did her classis slight wobble, can't decide whether to attack or go for consistency, has no real gameplan, gets cross, and suddenly she's lost the first set TB

PaulM · Tennis legend

Odd second set as well. Emily had 1-0 *40-0, got broken, broke again. Had a point for 5-3* but Freya broke back and then really should have broken to take the set, but had to go through a tiebreak. It was a slog, but Freya got a handy net cord at 5-4* and took it.

She's now cruising in the third, Em's resistance has sort of faded understandably.

I've not watched Freya play singles for a while, when did she get so, well, lazy? So many balls she just doesn't even try for.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

PaulM wrote:
Odd second set as well. Emily had 1-0 *40-0, got broken, broke again. Had a point for 5-3* but Freya broke back and then really should have broken to take the set, but had to go through a tiebreak. It was a slog, but Freya got a handy net cord at 5-4* and took it.

She's now cruising in the third, Em's resistance has sort of faded understandably.

I've not watched Freya play singles for a while, when did she get so, well, lazy? So many balls she just doesn't even try for.

Knowing Freya, you might be a bit premature with that biggrin hmm

PaulM · Tennis legend

Ha no she was fairly safe I think and sees it through 6-1 in the third.

Feel for Em, she was very close and played some nice tennis across the whole match, and will be very disappointed especially as she had a chance to put clear water between them early in the second but couldn't quite manage it.

Really this one was always though more about whether Freya could string enough sensible tennis together - she just has so much more power to play with. And eventually she did.

the addict · Tennis legend

Freya playing sensible tennis ? - that must deserve a POM nomination. It's been a while.

dodrade · Futures qualifying

It seems Emily was given quite a hard time by trolls on social media after the match.

emmsie69 · Top national player

dodrade wrote:
It seems Emily was given quite a hard time by trolls on social media after the match.

Almost certainly gamblers from around the world that bet on her.

DF · Tennis legend

FQR:- Freya Christie WR697 (q10) lost to Gina Marie Dittman (GER) WR681 (q8) 1-6 5-7

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

QR2: Freya lost to (q8) Gina Dittmann (GER) WR 675 6-1 7-5

the addict · Tennis legend

emmsie69 wrote:
dodrade wrote:
It seems Emily was given quite a hard time by trolls on social media after the match.
Almost certainly gamblers from around the world that bet on her.

She also posted about the rough day she had had with travel, meals and injury all before the match. Then she basically ran out of energy.

the addict · Tennis legend

L16:- Freya Christie (GBR) / Lisa Zaar (SWE) CR411 (215+196) / Aliona Bolsova (ESP) / Ruth Roura Llaverias (ESP) CR1039 (115+924)

L16:- Ekaterina Ovcharenko (***) / Emily Webley-Smith (GBR) CR695 (344+351) v Ines Ibbou (ALG) / Naima Karamoko (SUI) CR371 (171+200) [4]

L16:- Lucia Cortez Llorca (ESP) / Ekaterina Kazionova (***) CR960 (586+374) v Madeleine Brooks (GBR) / Eudice Chong (HKG) CR278 (124+154) [2]

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

the addict wrote:
L16:- Freya Christie (GBR) / Lisa Zaar (SWE) CR411 (215+196) / Aliona Bolsova (ESP) / Ruth Roura Llaverias (ESP) CR1039 (115+924)

L16:- Ekaterina Ovcharenko (***) / Emily Webley-Smith (GBR) CR695 (344+351) v Ines Ibbou (ALG) / Naima Karamoko (SUI) CR371 (171+200) [4]

L16:- Lucia Cortez Llorca (ESP) / Ekaterina Kazionova (***) CR960 (586+374) v Madeleine Brooks (GBR) / Eudice Chong (HKG) CR278 (124+154) [2]

Special well done to Ms Wibbly-Wobbly-Webbly biggrin

Wins for Maddy+ and Emily WS+, over the 4th seeds smile

the addict · Tennis legend

Yes, Indy, I remember reading that as well. Except you've deleted it !

L16:- Ekaterina Ovcharenko (***) / Emily Webley-Smith (GBR) CR695 (344+351) def Ines Ibbou (ALG) / Naima Karamoko (SUI) CR371 (171+200) [4] 6-1 2-6 10-6

L16:- Madeleine Brooks (GBR) / Eudice Chong (HKG) CR278 (124+154) [2] def Lucia Cortez Llorca (ESP) / Ekaterina Kazionova (***) CR960 (586+374) 7-6(6) 6-1

Freya's match about to start

-- Edited by the addict on Wednesday 30th of July 2025 04:39:05 PM