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RE: Week 28 – ITF W50 Nottingham, Great Britain - Hard

sammmm · Intermediate Club Player

Mika is on the brink of going out now, 2-5* in the decider, Amelie is 2 games away from the second round

Maza1987 · Challenger level

That's disappointing for Mika.

sammmm · Intermediate Club Player

What a disappointing end for Mika, fights back from a double break down to level at 5 all, gets broken to leave Dodin serving for the match and hammers a forehand return from a 2nd serve miles long on match point to lose 7-5 in the decider

the addict · Tennis legend

Last singles match is underway. 11 GB winners so far, but two disappointing losses.

Results so far

R1:- Alicia Dudeney (GBR) WR243 [1] def Tegan Bush (GBR) WR1040 [WC] 6-3 6-4
R1:- Clara Vlasselaer (BEL) WR707 def Nagi Hanatani (JPN) WR769 [Q] 7-6(7) 6-2

R1:- Esther Adeshina (GBR) WR490 def Urszula Radwanska (POL) WR670 6-3 6-2
R1:- Victoria Allen (GBR) WR460 [8] def Amelia Rajecki (GBR) WR478 6-3 6-3

R1:- Manon Leonard (FRA) WR330 [3] def Sabine Rutlauka (LAT) WR713 6-1 2-6 6-3
R1:- Amelie Brooks (GBR) WR1177 [Q] def Zuzanna Bednarz (POL) WR877 [Q] 6-3 6-3 smile

R1:- Ella McDonald (GBR) WR540 def Mia Wainwright (GBR) WR1127 [Q] 6-2 6-1
R1:- Hannah Klugman (GBR) WR414 (5) [WC] def Sayaka Ishii (JPN) WR860 7-6(3) 6-1

R1:- Naiktha Bains (GBR) WR433 [6] def Eliz Maloney (GBR) WR831 [Q] 7-5 6-3
R1:- Alice Gillan (GBR) WR605 def Karla Popovic (CRO) WR733 6-4 6-3

R1:- Leticia Romanova (GBR) UNR [Q] def Maaya Rajeshwaran Revathi (IND) WR1074 [Q] 6-4 7-6(5) smile
R1:- Katja Wiersholm (NOR) UNR [Q] def Mimi Xu (GBR) WR326 [4] 6-4 7-6(6) cry

R1:- Emily Appleton (GBR) WR532 [7] def Lauryn John-Baptiste (GBR) WR822 [WC] 6-3 6-1
R1:- Indianna Spink (GBR) WR601 def Angella Okutoyi (KEN) WR513 6-2 1-6 7-5 smile

R1:- Brooke Black (GBR) WR864 [WC] def Andre Lukosiute (LTU) WR502 6-3 6-1 smile
R1:- Oceane Dodin (FRA) WR401 def Mika Stojsavljevic (GBR) WR278 [2] 6-4 (5)6-7 7-5 cry

Edit:- Last result added

-- Edited by the addict on Tuesday 14th of July 2026 04:15:21 PM

sammmm · Intermediate Club Player

First time watching Leticia, she has easy power and doesn't need to hit the ball hard to generate pace, looks like it's all timing

sammmm · Intermediate Club Player

Leticia responds to being broken by breaking back to take the first set 6-4, her serve isn't the strongest but her returning is very good especially off her forehand side

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

sammmm wrote:
First time watching Leticia, she has easy power and doesn't need to hit the ball hard to generate pace, looks like it's all timing

Leticia has a good powerful build for tennis too

She doesn't move the best (as common with those who aren't the little, scrappy types) and so she overhits rather a lot, always quite a lor of errors. But it's nice technique and nice timing.

Mind you, noweher near as many as Maaya is making - for someone who got that huge publicity a year ago or so, and all the help from Nadal, you'd think she could find the court at least a couple of times in a game, but seemingly not

I've always liked Leticia, not only from her tennis, but her brother is often with her, and I like her mum too - and I got the feeling her mum was rather on the outside, not one of the clique (she's Bulgarian, I think?)

sammmm · Intermediate Club Player

Coup Droit wrote:
sammmm wrote:
First time watching Leticia, she has easy power and doesn't need to hit the ball hard to generate pace, looks like it's all timing
Leticia has a good powerful build for tennis too
She doesn't move the best (as common with those who aren't the little, scrappy types) and so she overhits rather a lot, always quite a lor of errors. But it's nice technique and nice timing.
Mind you, noweher near as many as Maaya is making - for someone who got that huge publicity a year ago or so, and all the help from Nadal, you'd think she could find the court at least a couple of times in a game, but seemingly not
I've always liked Leticia, not only from her tennis, but her brother is often with her, and I like her mum too - and I got the feeling her mum was rather on the outside, not one of the clique (she's Bulgarian, I think?)

She's been keeping the errors to a minimum today and chasing down along the baseline when needed, playing very well.

From the video stream her serve looks like a 'get the ball in play' type serve compared to some of the other women though

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

sammmm wrote:
Coup Droit wrote:
sammmm wrote:
First time watching Leticia, she has easy power and doesn't need to hit the ball hard to generate pace, looks like it's all timing
Leticia has a good powerful build for tennis too
She doesn't move the best (as common with those who aren't the little, scrappy types) and so she overhits rather a lot, always quite a lor of errors. But it's nice technique and nice timing.
Mind you, noweher near as many as Maaya is making - for someone who got that huge publicity a year ago or so, and all the help from Nadal, you'd think she could find the court at least a couple of times in a game, but seemingly not
I've always liked Leticia, not only from her tennis, but her brother is often with her, and I like her mum too - and I got the feeling her mum was rather on the outside, not one of the clique (she's Bulgarian, I think?)
She's been keeping the errors to a minimum today and chasing down along the baseline when needed, playing very well.
From the video stream her serve looks like a 'get the ball in play' type serve compared to some of the other women though

Definitely the second one

Her serve should be better, I agree, there's no reason for it not to be

She's playing more carefully today but it's because Maaya is so off the pace - and Leticia is right

But it' risky - not sure it's going to end well in this set

sammmm · Intermediate Club Player

That makes sense and glad she's playing the situation well. That was a big hold from 15-40, hopefully she can get a point early here and put pressure on Maaya

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

5-5

this is tight .......

the addict · Tennis legend

Emily and Ella blow a double break in the second set, lose the TB and the MTB. Well done Sam and Naiktha for fighting through.

sammmm · Intermediate Club Player

This is such a nice court to watch the stream for with the campus trees and the Trent building in the background

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

YYYEEEEEHHHHHHHHHHH !!!!

I could barely watch that

So many errors, and so many chances

That SP where Maaya served, thought her serve was out, didn't play the return - and no out call came

But yippety skippety - Leticia won :)

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Tuesday 14th of July 2026 04:15:09 PM