Week 3 - (ITF 15k) - Antalya, Turkey Clay

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Week 3 - (ITF 15k) - Antalya, Turkey Clay

Barefoot · Lower Club Player

I know these changes have been unpopular, but this is surely a case of it working correctly -good players do well enough to earn the right to step up to the next level with ease, rather than having to scrabble around for ages for points. Old 15k points were always very low in comparison.

Peter too · Tennis legend

Francesca is entering 15Ks but she has been putting $25Ks higher in her list of preferences but then withdrawing from them. It may be that she thinks she has little chance of getting into the $25Ks at present so prefers the certainty of getting into $15Ks.

TomTraubert · Futures level

useful start again 62 *44

TomTraubert · Futures level

but lukacs hit back with a tidy 2nd set 62 46

the addict · Tennis legend

Well, I don't know about tidy - Fran was 4-1 up, and had a bad spell, so Lukacs came back. No trouble in the third set though 6-2

Peter too · Tennis legend

QF: JONES, Francesca (GBR) 1 474/44 18yo def LUKACS, Vanda (HUN) 8 785/157 6-2 4-6 6-2

SF: JONES, Francesca (GBR) 1 474/44 v OZ, Ipek (TUR) 7 723/238

Oakland2002 · All-time great

Barefoot wrote:
I know these changes have been unpopular, but this is surely a case of it working correctly -good players do well enough to earn the right to step up to the next level with ease, rather than having to scrabble around for ages for points. Old 15k points were always very low in comparison.

I think you are right and Fran is very close to being dominant at 15K level. The clearer demarcation in terms of access to 25Ks will make it obvious to players where they sit and more clearly define apprentice professionals ie. young players making a transition to the main tour from this that have found their level just short of a career in tennis being financially viable in their mid twenties.

-- Edited by Oakland2002 on Saturday 19th of January 2019 03:22:50 AM

TomTraubert · Futures level

bit of a strugle today
looked like leveling up at 26 51* but oz turned on some wizard form to get a few games back
26 53*

TomTraubert · Futures level

4 games in a row for the turk whilst francesca only won 6 points 26 55*

Mervatron2 · Challenger qualifying

Come on Fran

TomTraubert · Futures level

digs in and gets a break somehow 26 *65

TomTraubert · Futures level

francesca pulls back the curtain and oz folds in the set 26 75
i got a feeling we aint in kansas no more anyones guess for the decider

TomTraubert · Futures level

v brief 3rd set

26 75 06

RedSquirrel · Satellite level

Fran didn't lose out too much by not making the final, as only 10 minutes and 2 games were managed in the final yesterday and with today being a washout the final was abandoned.