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the addict · Tennis legend

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

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

the addict wrote:
indiana wrote:
TA, ask the Italians how they have been enjoying the World Cup, or maybe they are boycotting it like CD?

All over after this coming Sunday.
Just the sort of question not to ask in the big cities !
I'm hoping they haven't got big screens up in some of the squares.

France never puts up big screens unless they themselves are playing

So I would imagine Italy are watching tiddlywinks

(PS I got an email back from FIFA saying they were sorry to hear of my boycott biggrin biggrin biggrin )

GAMEOVER · Futures qualifying

Just in the senior game Mika has now lost 5 singles matches in a row.

sammmm · Intermediate Club Player

JonH wrote:
12 women in the last 16 of a W50 level event is great from a points perspective - in fact, in general, that feels like that won't have happened much in the past, if at all? (Realise if it has, it would be a British event!)

I think winners today will be, Hannah (just), Vic, Alice, Brooke, Alicia, Indi

sammmm · Intermediate Club Player

Hannah has settled quickly after losing her serve to start, being very aggressive on Ella's serves and making good use of the drop shot today, sometimes I feel like she over uses it rather than it being a surprise shot, won 5 straight games and is 5-1 up and serving for the set

sammmm · Intermediate Club Player

Naiktha takes a tight first set against Alice

Vic serves out the 1st set at the second time of trying, can someone tell me more about Vic because I see she had a 4 or so year gap before playing again in 2024 and had a strong year last year?

Lambda_ · Social player

The gap is because she had 5 years at Florida State University.

https://seminoles.com/sports/womens-tennis/roster/vic-allen/6757

sammmm · Intermediate Club Player

Lambda_ wrote:
The gap is because she had 5 years at Florida State University.
https://seminoles.com/sports/womens-tennis/roster/vic-allen/6757

Thanks for that Lambda, looks like she was particularly successful in doubles with Millie Bissett who is doing another year at FSU?

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Hannah defeats Ella, 6-1 7-5

Hannah was in the driving seat for nearly all that match

Both players have trouble with serve (the wind, maybe, if one were being generous)

Ella played better in the second, but the score was more than fair

sammmm · Intermediate Club Player

L16:- Alicia Dudeney (GBR) WR243 [1] v Clara Vlasselaer (BEL) WR707
L16:- Esther Adeshina (GBR) WR490 lost to Victoria Allen (GBR) WR460 [8] 3-6 4-6

L16:- Manon Leonard (FRA) WR330 [3] v Amelie Brooks (GBR) WR1177 [Q]
L16:- Ella McDonald (GBR) WR540 lost to Hannah Klugman (GBR) WR414 (5) [WC] 1-6 5-7

L16:- Naiktha Bains (GBR) WR433 [6] def Alice Gillan (GBR) WR605 6-4 6-2
L16:- Leticia Romanova (GBR) UNR [Q] v Katja Wiersholm (NOR) UNR [Q]

L16:- Emily Appleton (GBR) WR532 [7] v Indianna Spink (GBR) WR601
L16:- Brooke Black (GBR) WR864 [WC] v Oceane Dodin (FRA) WR401

sammmm · Intermediate Club Player

Coup Droit wrote:
Hannah defeats Ella, 6-1 7-5

Hannah was in the driving seat for nearly all that match

Both players have trouble with serve (the wind, maybe, if one were being generous)

Ella played better in the second, but the score was more than fair

Agreed it always felt like Hannah was in control even through the break trading in the second set. Ella had a MTO at 5-4* in the second but not sure what for

Lambda_ · Social player

sammmm wrote:
Lambda_ wrote:
The gap is because she had 5 years at Florida State University.
https://seminoles.com/sports/womens-tennis/roster/vic-allen/6757
Thanks for that Lambda, looks like she was particularly successful in doubles with Millie Bissett who is doing another year at FSU?

Millie should have finished at college in May, but she's been out with an ACL injury since February. Under the eligibility rules that applied at the time, for missing a significant chunk of the season with injury she gets another year of eligibility. She said shortly after her surgery she was coming back as a grad student

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

sammmm wrote:
Coup Droit wrote:
Hannah defeats Ella, 6-1 7-5

Hannah was in the driving seat for nearly all that match

Both players have trouble with serve (the wind, maybe, if one were being generous)

Ella played better in the second, but the score was more than fair
Agreed it always felt like Hannah was in control even through the break trading in the second set. Ella had a MTO at 5-4* in the second but not sure what for

At 4-4, Hannah played in behind Ella in a rally and Ella turned and fell

I think she wrenched her leg slighty but she carried on and won that game

And then had an MTO where the physio was moving her leg/hip a bit

But she didn't seem to be hampered at all

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Naiktha has got two wins even though everyone on this board (who posted - and it's too late for everyone who didn't) predicted she'd lose

DO you think she's got a point to prove ?

sammmm · Intermediate Club Player

Anyone watching Alicia's match and know what's gone wrong for her in this set because it's quite the turnaround