Week 19 - ITF ($50K) - Fukuoka, Japan Grass

Peter too · Tennis legend

Week 19 - ITF ($50K) - Fukuoka, Japan Grass

Peter too · Tennis legend

Q1: MURRAY, Samantha (GBR) 4 353 lost to HONG, Hyun-Hui (KOR) 528 2-6 2-6

Mervatron · Masters Series Champion

A trip worth forgetting for the girls me thinks

steven · Tennis legend

Give them a chance - there are 3 of them still to play in the main draw!

(but yes, I know what you mean

)

steven · Tennis legend

L32: Mel South WR 318 v (6) Misa Eguchi (JPN) WR 214 (= CH)
L32: Emily Webley-Smith WR 404 v (4) Chan Yung-Jan (TPE) WR 154 (CH 50 in 2007)
L32: Tara Moore WR 327 v (WC) Risa Ozaki (JPN) WR 527

Rubbish R1 draws really

- Tara's looks ok until you realise that Ozaki was the player who thrashed Emily in R1 last week, going on to reach the QFs where she in turn got thrashed by Kimiko Date-Krumm.

steven · Tennis legend

A much-needed win for Mel and oh-so-close for Tara against last week's quarter-finalist:

L32: Mel South WR 318 beat (6) Misa Eguchi (JPN) WR 214 (= CH) by 7-6(4) 2-6 6-3 biggrin
L32: Tara Moore WR 327 lost to (WC) Risa Ozaki (JPN) WR 449 by 6-4 4-6 7-6(7) bleh

steven · Tennis legend

A very happy Mel - "Won today 7.6 2.6 6.3 best match I have played in a long long time. Feels good"

steven · Tennis legend

A short interview with Mel after her win yesterday together with a little footage of the match:

http://youtu.be/NDiroFD2fbo

steven · Tennis legend

L32: Emily Webley-Smith WR 404 lost to (4) Chan Yung-Jan (TPE) WR 154 (CH 50 in 2007) by 3 & 3

L16: Mel South WR 318 v (Q) Sun Sheng-Nan (CHN) WR 334 (CH 216 in 2011)

SMC1809 · All-time great

Another surprise win for Mel, winning 6-2 6-4.

steven · Tennis legend

L16: Mel South WR 318 beat (Q) Sun Sheng-Nan (CHN) WR 334 (CH 216 in 2011) by 2 & 4

QF: Mel South WR 318 v (LL) Ksenia Lykina (RUS) WR 366 (CH 171 in 2010)

H2H 0-2, both in Japan - 3 & 5 at Toyota 2008, 5 & 1 at Fukuoka 2010.

adz1983 · Intermediate Club Player

Nice to see her get a couple of good wins.

What is she defending before Wimbledon? Could she be on for a WC if she get back into top 250?

Not sure we are ever going to see her take out her career high of 99 are we?

steven · Tennis legend

adz1983 wrote:
Nice to see her get a couple of good wins.
What is she defending before Wimbledon? Could she be on for a WC if she get back into top 250?
Not sure we are ever going to see her take out her career high of 99 are we?

Just 4 points (Nottingham fqr) then she is defending 40 qr2 points from Wimbledon itself.

I very much doubt we'll ever see her back in the top 100, but getting into the top 250 before Wimbledon would be a good target under the current circumstances, whether she gets a WC as a result or not.

steven · Tennis legend

QF: Mel South WR 318 beat (LL) Ksenia Lykina (RUS) WR 366 (CH 171 in 2010) by 7-6 6-4

SF: Mel South WR 318 v Monique Adamczak (AUS) WR 232 (CH 138 in 2010)

H2H 0-1, 3 sets, Nuriootpa AUS 25K SF in 2007.

This is Mel's first ITF semi since she reached some 25K semis in Australia in the autumn of 2010 and her highest points haul from an ITF since she reached the Final of Glasgow 25K in October 2009.

-- Edited by steven on Friday 11th of May 2012 06:31:38 AM

steven · Tennis legend

They must be getting these videos up a couple of days after filming them. but Emily features in the latest one - http://youtu.be/8JNrvsSkTHM