Week 10 - ITF ($25K) - Preston, UK Hard

TomTraubert · Futures level

RE: Week 10 - ITF ($25K) - Preston, UK Hard

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Well done Naomi ! and to all of them - three victories !!!

And Manisha loses the first set 6-4 but she's the queen of the drawn-out battle so you'd never write her out . . .

TomTraubert · Futures level

real impresive from manisha against this quality of oponnent
4-6 3-2*

indiana · Tennis legend

Proving not a bad week at all for the top GB women ( while we may bemoan the lack of depth ).

While Laura rests up, the GB nos 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 have looked in very decent form, here and in Indian Wells.

Pity Jade couldn't add no 7, but as said it's been a far from ideal few weeks for her.

TomTraubert · Futures level

manisha keeping it really close against pliskova (the junior wimby champ one)

only 3 bp against her the whole match but the czech took two

fighting to hang in there at 6-4 4-5*
2 break back points 40-15*...

TomTraubert · Futures level

yes!!! come on manisha!!

4-6 *5-5

TomTraubert · Futures level

ack! pliskova regains the break
repeat the trick the manisha

4-6 5-6*

TomTraubert · Futures level

it's live again!!! live.drakulastream.eu/static/popups/20520904993340.html

TomTraubert · Futures level

manisha goes down 4-6 5-7
highly encouraging performance against a qulaity foe with a massive serve on these courts - almost as good for me as a win

interested to see what paulisi says if he managed to catch her play in the flesh

hard luck today manisha but playing like this more good things got to be on the horizon

steven · Tennis legend

Two higher-ranked opponents beaten, GB nos. 4-6 all through and a much better scoreline in defeat for Manisha than many people probably expected. I'd say that's a good day

L32: (WC) Samantha Murray WR 230 beat (WC) Jessica Simpson WR 956 by 0 & 1
L32: (WC) Manisha Foster WR 711 lost to (3) Kristyna Pliskova (CZE) WR 147 (CH 86 in 2013) by 4 & 5
L32: Tara Moore WR 239 beat (5) Marta Sirotkina (RUS) WR 165 (CH 115 in 2013) by 1 & 4
L32: (WC) Jade Windley WR 288 lost to (Q) Gioia Barbieri (ITA) WR 238 (= CH) by 2 & 1
L32: Naomi Broady WR 222 beat Stéphanie Foretz Gacon (FRA) WR 195 (CH 62 in 2003) by 3 & 4

L16: (WC) Samantha Murray WR 230 v (1) Claire Feuerstein (FRA) WR 136 (CH 116 in 2012)
L16: Tara Moore WR 239 v Alberta Brianti (ITA) WR 193 (CH 55 in 2011)
L16: Naomi Broady WR 222 v (Q) Anett Kontaveit (EST) WR 201 (= CH)

Kontaveit upset the 2nd seed in R1. Top seed Feuerstein didn't have it all her own way against Smitková (who is ranked just 5 places above Sam) today.

Btw, I should add that the Feuerstein win isn't 100% confirmed. The scores froze on both bet365 and ITF at 6-5 and the stream froze with Feuerstein up 40-15 serving for the match. When the stream came back less than 30 seconds later, the on-screen score said 6-6 in the 3rd but the players were packing up confuse so I think the Frenchwoman must have won! Edit: now confirmed that she won 7-5 in the 3rd.

-- Edited by steven on Wednesday 5th of March 2014 06:40:07 PM

philwrig · Hall of fame

What happened to Katy's LL spot, or did something go awry there ?!

steven · Tennis legend

philwrig wrote:
What happened to Katy's LL spot, or did something go awry there ?!

There just weren't any - she was obviously gutted, having thought that being first in line would give her a good chance, especially when Birnerová pulled out with illness after playing 5 games, tweeting that she would given her the prize money to have had a chance to play - a tweet she seems to have since diplomatically deleted.

TomTraubert · Futures level

mostly promising in the dubs action atm

anna & joss got a walkover
sam and jade a set up but breaks down 6-3 0-3*
Tara (with sirotkina) a set up 7-6(6) 2-2*
jess simpson (with skamlova) yet to start

naomi as top seeds got a bye (with voracova - looking to make their second $25K final on the bounce together)

TomTraubert · Futures level

tara & marta win 7-6(6) 6-4

sam & jade have clawed back in set 2: 6-3 5-4*

TomTraubert · Futures level

sam and jade complete the second set comeback

6-3 6-4

pretty good day in preston indeed