Week 44 - ITF ($25K) - Mount Gambier, Australia - Hard

SMC1809 · All-time great

Week 44 - ITF ($25K) - Mount Gambier, Australia - Hard

SMC1809 · All-time great

R1: SOUTH (GBR) / WEBLEY-SMITH (GBR) (1) Vs KEIR (AUS) / WOOLC0CK (AUS)
R1: GIANOTTI (AUS) / RYAN (AUS) Vs MURRAY (GBR) / WHYBOURN (GBR) (4)

-- Edited by SMC1809 on Monday 31st of October 2011 08:51:49 AM

PockyTastic · Futures level

Oh dear, Lena Litvak again threatens to ruin yet another Australian 25k...

Ballavong · Lower Club Player

According to the draw sheet http://www.tennis.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/WMDS.pdf

Good news!! Straight sets win for Mel but even better news a 3 set win for Sam over the nemesis!!

SMC1809 · All-time great

TA also tweeted it but after last week's disappointment I was waiting for the draw sheet to confirm it.

Ballavong · Lower Club Player

Looks to be right this time then.....

Mel Vs Sam next too

alex03maccy · Grand Slam Champion

That's a great result for Sam! Kinda hope she can get past Mel too, but not too fussed either way to have a guaranteed Q-F.

steven · Tennis legend

SMC1809 wrote:
TA also tweeted it but after last week's disappointment I was waiting for the draw sheet to confirm it.

Yes, I wasn't sure whether to believe it until I saw it confirmed on the draw sheet either! 5th time lucky then - no surprise that it was a tight 3-setter!

indiana · Tennis legend

To confirm scores and with this week's rankings :

R1: Melanie SOUTH (GBR) (7) WR 300 beat Di ZHAO (CHN) WR 749 6 - 4 6 - 1
R1: Samantha MURRAY (GBR) WR 471 beat Lena LITVAK (USA) WR 341 6 - 2 2 - 6 7 - 6 (5)

R2: Melanie SOUTH (GBR) (7) WR 300 vs Samantha MURRAY (GBR) WR 471

-- Edited by indiana on Tuesday 1st of November 2011 01:06:20 PM

philwrig · Hall of fame

I think this is the first time I can say this during this tour Down Under. Two very pleasing wins for our girls, both looked to have stepped it up this week. Mel favourite but probably just about a guaranteed 3 setter.

Peter too · Tennis legend

It looks as if they must have been rained off today, all three matches involving our players are now scheduled for Thursday.

adz1983 · Intermediate Club Player

Peter too wrote:
It looks as if they must have been rained off today, all three matches involving our players are now scheduled for Thursday.

Mel South's last two tweets suggest this is the case

steven · Tennis legend

L32: Lisa Whybourn WR 418 lost to Tammi Patterson (AUS) WR 426 by 1 & 4
L32: (5) Emily Webley-Smith WR 250 lost to (Q) Emelyn Starr WR 804 (CH 370 in 2009) by 6-3 2-2 ret.

Emily: "Ibuprofen box no.7 of the trip complete.but the little white sweeties aren't working anymore.please can I just be healthy." She gets no luck, does she?

L16: (7) Melanie South WR 300 beat Samantha Murray WR 471 by 0 & 4

Mel: "tennis is so much more fun when you are actually winning matches, allez"

QF: (7) Melanie South WR 300 v (2) Isabella Holland (AUS) WR 193 or (WC) Daniela Scivetti (AUS) WR 974 (CH 465 in 2010)

-- Edited by steven on Thursday 3rd of November 2011 06:27:46 AM

Smidster · Challenger level

And it will be Holland who beat Scivetti 0 & 1

indiana · Tennis legend

Pity for Emily that after her really strong first half of the year, the second half hasn't really gone to plan with her appendectomy and not really being healthy in Australia.

As it is, with a number of Australian first round wins and her R2 win last week she will be close to her CH of WR 241 in Monday's rankings. Just feel that maybe with better luck she could be up much nearer Naomi Broady and looking towards the top 200.

Another good looking victory for Mel. Hopefully this will give her more confidence going into her meeting with Holland.

-- Edited by indiana on Thursday 3rd of November 2011 08:42:57 AM