Week 44 - ITF ($10K) - Stockholm, Sweden Hard

Maza1987 · Challenger level

RE: Week 44 - ITF ($10K) - Stockholm, Sweden Hard

indiana · Tennis legend

Yes, well dome Ali ( and no bad at all, Eleanor too smile ), you're entitled to bring your neck back in and sit back there.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

QF: Eleanor Dean WR 832 vs (5) Alice Moroni (ITA) WR 592

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Just to tidy things up:

SF: (1) Karen Barbat & Julia Kimmelmann (DEN/GER) WR 1191 defeated (3) Eleanor Dean & Quirine Lemoine (NED) QR 1498 by 1 & 3 cry

Peter too · Tennis legend

Play starts tomorrow in Stockholm at 12.00 local time 11.00 UK. Eleanor is on 2nd, around 12.30 UK.

RBBOT · Futures qualifying

No sign of Eleanor on the entry lists for the big end of season junior events in mexico/florida.

Maza1987 · Challenger level

^That's good news imo.

I want her to fly (or drive in Eleanor's case) under the radar then BAMMM. Serena Williams 2.0. biggrin

Priesty · Challenger level

Nice one Eleanor :) hope she gets revenge over Moroni.

PockyTastic · Futures level

Maza1987 wrote:
^That's good news imo.

I want her to fly (or drive in Eleanor's case) under the radar then BAMMM. Serena Williams 2.0.

Exactly. If her coaches think she can gain more from winning matches at the lower end of the senior tour then that's fine by me.

Eleanor gained a lot of hype from her Wimbledon 3rd round run last year, so a few years out of the lime light could allow her to improve without scrutiny.

RBBOT · Futures qualifying

Exactly. If her coaches think she can gain more from winning matches at the lower end of the senior tour then that's fine by me.
The only problem with that tactic is it limits the number of tournaments a year you can play. If you don't also keep a high enough junior ranking, the junior tournaments you can top those senior tournaments up with won't be competitive enough. Avoiding UK tournaments & grand slams is enough if a junior really wants to stay out of the limelight - the media hardly notices any other junior G1/GA events. The orange bowl gets the odd mention if a Brit wins it, but that's it.

-- Edited by RBBOT on Friday 4th of November 2011 10:30:49 AM

PockyTastic · Futures level

RBBOT wrote:
Exactly. If her coaches think she can gain more from winning matches at the lower end of the senior tour then that's fine by me.
The only problem with that tactic is it limits the number of tournaments a year you can play. If you don't also keep a high enough junior ranking, the junior tournaments you can top those senior tournaments up with won't be competitive enough. Avoiding UK tournaments & grand slams is enough if a junior really wants to stay out of the limelight - the media hardly notices any other junior G1/GA events. The orange bowl gets the odd mention if a Brit wins it, but that's it.

-- Edited by RBBOT on Friday 4th of November 2011 10:30:49 AM

True... I guess finding the balance will be key.

KK · Club Coach

PockyTastic wrote:
RBBOT wrote:
Exactly. If her coaches think she can gain more from winning matches at the lower end of the senior tour then that's fine by me.
The only problem with that tactic is it limits the number of tournaments a year you can play. If you don't also keep a high enough junior ranking, the junior tournaments you can top those senior tournaments up with won't be competitive enough. Avoiding UK tournaments & grand slams is enough if a junior really wants to stay out of the limelight - the media hardly notices any other junior G1/GA events. The orange bowl gets the odd mention if a Brit wins it, but that's it.

-- Edited by RBBOT on Friday 4th of November 2011 10:30:49 AM
True... I guess finding the balance will be key.

The juniors who have been hyped up in the non-sports pages of the national press from a very young age - Jade Curtis and the Ren sisters come to mind - have not been the ones who have ended up being the most successful. I suppose this was initiated by their parents, and you can't blame them if it is done to bring in sponsorship.

RBBOT · Futures qualifying

Match has started:

Eleanor 1-2*

Scoreboard has corrected itself to the much better: Eleanor 1*-2

3*-4 Eleanor is winning far fewer points at the moment.

-- Edited by RBBOT on Friday 4th of November 2011 12:24:39 PM

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Another plucky effort by Eleanor this week, but she bows out of the quarters by 3 & 2. cry

steven · Tennis legend

A pity the scoreline was worse than last week, but nevertheless, 2 QFs in a row unseeded is pretty respectable and she will rise around 100 places into the top 750 over the next two Mondays.