Week 43 - ITF ($10K) - Stockholm, Sweden Hard

Peter too · Tennis legend

Week 43 - ITF ($10K) - Stockholm, Sweden Hard

Maza1987 · Challenger level

Dean def. Njuki 61 61

Peter too · Tennis legend

Q2: DEAN, Eleanor (GBR) 1 831 v BIANCO, Megane (SUI) UNR

steven · Tennis legend

Q2: DEAN, Eleanor (GBR) 1 831 beat BIANCO, Megane (SUI) UNR 6-2 6-0

We won't know who she plays in R1 of the main draw until later.

RBBOT · Futures qualifying

Doubles:

2047 GBR DEAN, Eleanor / GER LOTTNER, Antonia vs 2001 GER HOLERT, Katharina / GER SCHAEDER, Laura

They have played together once before winning 2 rounds.

Peter too · Tennis legend

R1: DEAN, Eleanor (GBR) Q 829 v ABDALA, Nadia (MEX) 4 548

Maza1987 · Challenger level

(6)Alice Moroni (ITA) v Beatrice Cedermark (SWE)
Anna Zaja (GER) v (Q)Veronica M. Corning (USA)
(wc)Sandra Roma (SWE) v (wc)Hannah Liljekvist (SWE)
(4)Nadia Abdala (MEX) v (Q)Eleanor Dean (GBR)

More info on Adbala, anyone?

Edit: In fact, after some crude research of my own, I can see that Adbala's hard court results of late have been nothing to sing home about. She lost to a '95 in Greece recently as well. I'm quietly/overtly confident here. Second round looks pretty tasty as well. So much so that I might actually go and make myself a sandwich.

-- Edited by Maza1987 on Monday 24th of October 2011 02:56:30 PM

Mervatron · Masters Series Champion

Sandra Roma rings a bell. I'm sure she was a decent player a few years ago.

Nobody to fear there. Lets hope Eleanor can pick up some bigish points here.

steven · Tennis legend

Mervatron wrote:
Sandra Roma rings a bell. I'm sure she was a decent player a few years ago.

She had a junior career high if 11 in 2008, reached the semis of the girls' doubles at Wimbledon in 2007 and the Final of girls' doubles at the USO the following year.

Or you may remember her losing to Amanda Carreras in the Finals of both singles and doubles at a 10K in Turkey in 2009.

Roma was out virtually the whole of last year with a back injury, reached 10K semis in March and May this year but was then out again until last week, when she qualified for another 10K in Turkey before going out in R2 to player ranked outside the top 600.

Peter too · Tennis legend

Maza1987 wrote:

More info on Adbala, anyone?

R1: DEAN, Eleanor (GBR) Q 829 v ABDALA, Nadia (MEX) 4 548

Abdala is at a career high She is 23 years old, played since 2004 but only occasionaly until December last year. If fact she seems not to have played at all in 2007. I suspect she has been studying somewhere and decided to go full time last year. She has played a lot of $10Ks this year reaching 2QFs, 3SFs and one F.

philwrig · Hall of fame

Interesting that Eleanor continues to avoid British events, trying to do her development outside the spotlight.

RBBOT · Futures qualifying

I think that's partly because she's moved to the Netherlands to work with Bok and partly the strategy of working on clay, although there may also be some spotlight avoidance. She's staying in Stokholm for another 10k next week, which is eminently sensible considering the relative strength of the Sunderland field. After that, I hope we will see her in the final 3 big junior events putting that clay practice to good use.

-- Edited by RBBOT on Monday 24th of October 2011 09:23:48 PM

Peter too · Tennis legend

There should be a live score for Eleanor's doubles match later this afternoon.

http://iof3.idrottonline.se/SvenskaTennisforbundet/TavlingarSeriespel/Internationellatavlingar2011/

-- Edited by Peter too on Tuesday 25th of October 2011 12:28:44 PM

SMC1809 · All-time great

Eleanor not playing singles today, but is playing doubles with Lottner today.

Live-scoring also available on the more familiar site (at least for followers of mens tennis anyway) at - http://www.tennisscores.de/livescore/itfswe/livescorer.html

RBBOT · Futures qualifying

6-3 2-2* at the moment.

6-3 4-2* smile

6-3 5*-2 smile

6-3 6-2 biggrin

That's the number 4 seeds dispatched. Local wildcards Valeria Osadchenko & Alexandra Wetterstrom next who won 6-4 6-0 today.

Her singles match is 2nd up on court 4 after an 11am (10am BST) start.

-- Edited by RBBOT on Tuesday 25th of October 2011 09:48:33 PM