R1:- Ranah Akua Stoiber (GBR) WR462 [5] lost to Anastasia Bertacchi (ITA) WR695 4-6 4-6
Sad to see Ranah here and losing in R1.
She is potentially so very much better than she has displayed of late. But I gather she has generally received little support from the establishment and it looks like her confidence has maybe been ebbing away.
I really do hope that she finds ways to turn things around.
I think 15s is a sensible choice but I'm slightly surprised at the decision to come to Turkey for clay, rather than Sharm on hard (or doing a couple of 35s in Tunisia and staying for when it goes back to 15s for a couple more weeks).
Are the doubles cancelled for the day or just cancelled ?
Good question. The main ITF website says the tournament is cancelled, but the live scores page shows the matches that were posted this morning. I see that the ITF Masters due to be held in Turkey next week has been cancelled for safety reasons, so I presume this tournament is cancelled as well, as is the concurrent mens M15.
Next week's tournament is also cancelled.
-- Edited by the addict on Thursday 5th of March 2026 01:36:31 PM