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the addict · Tennis legend

Week 32 - W35 Roehampton, Great Britain - Hard

paulisi · Tennis legend

Who did Ava replace?
16 Brits in a 32 draw...

DF · Tennis legend

paulisi wrote:
Who did Ava replace?
16 Brits in a 32 draw...

Esther

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Given Ava's excellent score today, really nice that she gets the LL

telstar · Club Coach

the addict wrote:
Main draw is out - but without the qualifiers.

The wild cards are Alicia Dudeney, Brooke Black, Ruby Cooling and Indianna Spink. (Esther withdrew on Saturday)
Vic Allen has an SE following her efforts in Dublin, and Hannah Klugman is a JE.

It seems somewhat unfair that some players get significantly more main draw wildcards than others in British ITF events. Does anyone keep a league table of the 'fortunate few'?

-- Edited by telstar on Monday 4th of August 2025 10:02:12 PM

Lambda · ATP level

DF wrote:
paulisi wrote:
Who did Ava replace?
16 Brits in a 32 draw...
Esther

Ava replaced Ranah. Esther, if she was the intended recipient of a WC, was replaced by one of the other WCs, most likely Ruby.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

It was a bit of a battle

And Mimi didn't play the best tennis

But she got the job done - the key thing being hanging really really tough in the first set, where she was down, and it was a 50:50 set at best

The second set was far easier

7-6(3) 6-2

Var · Futures qualifying

Coup Droit wrote:
It was a bit of a battle

And Mimi didn't play the best tennis

But she got the job done - the key thing being hanging really really tough in the first set, where she was down, and it was a 50:50 set at best

The second set was far easier

7-6(3) 6-2

Not unexpected. Hasnt played since her defeat in the junior semis at Wim . Back on hard courts again so should progress nicely this week and get back into the groove.

Hannah takes the first set 6-3. Looking good.

-- Edited by Var on Tuesday 5th of August 2025 11:27:36 AM

-- Edited by Var on Tuesday 5th of August 2025 11:28:26 AM

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Var wrote:
Coup Droit wrote:
It was a bit of a battle

And Mimi didn't play the best tennis

But she got the job done - the key thing being hanging really really tough in the first set, where she was down, and it was a 50:50 set at best

The second set was far easier

7-6(3) 6-2
Not unexpected. Hasnt played since her defeat in the junior semis at Wim . Back on hard courts again so should progress nicely this week and get back into the groove.
Hannah takes the first set 6-3. Looking good.

Not unexpected because she wasn't playing very well at Wimbledon either

But good to see her looking more relaxed in the second

Hannah's match was all in threes - Hannah won three, Ankita won three, Hannah won three....

Ruby has started nicely too

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Hannah wins 6-3 6-3 (not surprisingly - it was all a threesome

)

Good match - some very nice backhands in there, which is pleasant to see

the addict · Tennis legend

Today's Singles Results

L32:- Hannah Klugman (GBR) WR665 [JE] def Ankita Raina (IND) WR371 6-3 6-3
L32:- Hiromi Abe (JPN) WR342 [8] def Ruby Cooling (GBR) UNR [WC] 7-5 7-5
L32:- Mimi Xu (GBR) WR329 [7] def Diana Martynov (FRA) WR456 7-6(3) 6-2
L32:- Ciara Moore (GBR) UNR/780 [Q] def Indianna Spink (GBR) WR1096 [WC] 6-2 3-6 7-6(5)

L32:- Alice Gillan (GBR) WR466 lost to Manon Leonard (FRA) WR213 [2] 1-6 6-4 5-7

-- Edited by the addict on Tuesday 5th of August 2025 05:16:25 PM

paulisi · Tennis legend

Lambda wrote:
DF wrote:

paulisi wrote:
Who did Ava replace?
16 Brits in a 32 draw...
Esther

Ava replaced Ranah. Esther, if she was the intended recipient of a WC, was replaced by one of the other WCs, most likely Ruby.

Ranah was a late withdrawal last week as well - I think...

paulisi · Tennis legend

I had it in my head that there would be 8 GB ladies through to the last 16.

B00thy · Club Coach

Coup Droit wrote:
Hannah wins 6-3 6-3 (not surprisingly - it was all a threesome )

Good match - some very nice backhands in there, which is pleasant to see

On paper this looks a great result WR665 v WR371

Obviously Hannah hasn't played seniors that much so her ranking doesn't reflect her level but nevertheless a pleasing result

PaulM · Tennis legend

Shame for Alice to get such tough draws these two weeks when she's playing very well. However, she'd have won today if she wasn't quite so allergic to coming forward. Lots of Leonard's shots were screaming to be plucked out the air.