Week 32 - ITF ($10K) - Nottingham, GB - Hard

paulisi · Tennis legend

RE: Week 32 - ITF ($10K) - Nottingham, GB - Hard

Reeltime · Satellite level

Any particular reason Alicia Barnett is classed as English in the ITF page, where as all the other players are British?

Mervatron · Masters Series Champion

I was thinking the same thing

steven · Tennis legend

Reeltime wrote:
Any particular reason Alicia Barnett is classed as English in the ITF page, where as all the other players are British?

It happens for a handful of Brits who don't play that often - just a mistake that has never been put right, I think.

steven · Tennis legend

With 4 Brits through and 1 all-GB R2 match still to go, there will be 5 British quarter-finalists here despite just 1 Brit being seeded

A fantastic performance (especially given that the 4 seeds whose places are being taken by unseeded Brits were all beaten by Brits) which definitely suggests that there are enough GB girls around to make it worth holding more 10Ks.

philwrig · Hall of fame

Really encouraging stuff, absolutely agree with the consensus that we need more 10ks and probably at the expense of the 25ks.

indiana · Tennis legend

Yes, there was a case that folk here had been making even without these great couple of days, which I think is probably a bit more than one could expect on a regular basis.

Get it sorted, LTA !

And well done, girls !

steven · Tennis legend

L16: Eden Silva WR 876 beat (Q) Alicia Barnett UNR by 6-4 5-7 6-3
L16: (WC) Jazzamay Drew WR 1147 beat (Q) Charlotte Pearce UNR by 3 & 3
L16: Manisha Foster WR 740 beat (5) Yumi Miyazaki (JPN) WR 540 (CH 493 last month) by 7-6(4) 6-4
L16: (WC) Emily Arbuthnott UNR beat (Q) Olaya Inclán Solís (ESP) WR 1171 (CH 1166 last week) by 1 & 1
L16: (2) Katie Boulter WR 475 beat (Q) Freya Christie WR 905 by 4 & 1

QF: Eden Silva WR 876 v (1) Mari Tanaka (JPN) WR 335 (CH 287 in 2013)
QF: (WC) Jazzamay Drew WR 1147 v (8) Amy Bowtell (IRL) WR 567 (CH 449 in 2013)
QF: Manisha Foster WR 740 v (WC) Emily Arbuthnott UNR
QF: (2) Katie Boulter WR 475 v Mai Minokoshi (JPN) WR 697 (CH 326 in 2013)

Jazzamay v Bowtell H2H: 0-1 - Amy won 0 & 4 in Bath last year

Edit: Jazzamay's opponent now decided

-- Edited by steven on Wednesday 6th of August 2014 03:51:43 PM

paulisi · Tennis legend

I'm afraid I will have to stick to my incorrect predictions this week and suggest just one semi finalist.

Eden has the top seed, which may be a step too far
Jazzamay may have improved since last year, but I think she will struggle to beat either girl
Manisha v Emily could go either way
Katie looks like a tough match, the Japanese girl has a decent CH this year and she took out a very decent junior in the last round.

Peter too · Tennis legend

QF: DREW, Jazzamay (GBR) WC 1147 v BOWTELL, Amy (IRL) 8 567

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

As everyone has said (both before, and now) - the argument for more 10ks seems a lot stronger and vindicated.

I do remember a previous 10k, however, that was pretty poor (back in springtime ???)

But the 10Ks in summer seem particularly savvy because,as well as the pro lot, there are (a) the juniors who, by and large, have school/studies/junior tournaments to fit in during the rest of the year and find it a lot more tricky and (b) the college players who are back for summer hols and want a chance to find out where they fit in the scheme of things.

Of course, also just possible that the girls will blow the 25k out of the park next week ! (not that likely though . . . )

The other thing worth mentioning is that not only have we had a heap of great wins but that a lot of the MD losses (nicola George, Fran, beth) and the FQR losses (Georgia, Nicole Peterson, Aimee, Olivia Nichols, Grace Dixon etc.) were three set or tight two set matches - i.e. games that were at the right level and worth something.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

A collapse of the seeds in the doubles, with the second, third and fourth seeds losing, and with some excellent results, again, from the non-seeded Brits:

Quarterfinal

Alison BAI (AUS) / Mari TANAKA (JPN) [1] 6-2 6-1 Francesca STEPHENSON (GBR) / Gabriela VAN DE GRAAF (NED)
Sarah Beth ASKEW (GBR) / Charlotte PEARCE (GBR) 6-1 3-6 [10-2] Lou BROULEAU (FRA) / Jazzamay DREW (GBR) [4]
Katie BOULTER (GBR) / Freya CHRISTIE (GBR) 4-6 6-3 [10-7] Mai MINOKOSHI (JPN) / Yumi MIYAZAKI (JPN) [3]
Aimee GIBSON (GBR) / Olivia NICHOLLS (GBR) 5-7 7-6 [10-8] Mana AYUKAWA (JPN) / Akiko OMAE (JPN) [2]

paulisi · Tennis legend

Don't forget Katie and Freya are top junior doubles players, so no surprise. I'd have them down as favourites to win the whole thing.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

paulisi wrote:
Don't forget Katie and Freya are top junior doubles players, so no surprise. I'd have them down as favourites to win the whole thing.

Yes. That said, they only won 10-7 in the MTB.

I was more pleased for the other four GB girls who are less 'high-flying' but have done great to beat the second and fourth seeds and make the semis.

paulisi · Tennis legend

Beth has also won a doubles title with Katy Dunne, but nice to see some new names.

-- Edited by paulisi on Wednesday 6th of August 2014 08:54:53 PM