Week 5 - WTA500 - Upper Austria Ladies, Linz, Austria - Indoor Hard

the addict · Tennis legend

Week 5 - WTA500 - Upper Austria Ladies, Linz, Austria - Indoor Hard

GAMEOVER · Satellite level

Jodie lost 4-6,6-7.

seagull · Hall of fame

GAMEOVER wrote:
Jodie lost 4-6,6-7.

Finished a while ago which is a bit ironic given your user name!

DF · Tennis legend

L16:- Tereza Mihalikova (SVK) / Olivia Nicholls (GBR) CR84 (43+41) def Shuko Aoyama (JPN) / Eri Hozumi (JPN) CR90 (46+44) 7-5 6-4

the addict · Tennis legend

L16:- Tereza Mihalikova (SVK) / Olivia Nicholls (GBR) CR84 (43+41) def Shuko Aoyama (JPN) / Eri Hozumi (JPN) CR93 (48+45) 7-5 6-4

That's worth 108 points, but they both have a lowest counter of 98, so only a small gain

*****

QF:- Tereza Mihalikova (SVK) / Olivia Nicholls (GBR) CR84 (43+41) v Timea Babos (HUN) / Luisa Stefani (BRA) CR84 (54+30) [4]

(Timea is down 1 and Stefani down 3 whilst Tereza is +0 and Liv is +0 in the new rankings. Almost seeded in a 500 !)

indiana · Tennis legend

With as said now 108 ranking points for reaching the QF, all Olivia's counters will now be in the range 108 to 250 ( her WTA 250 Austin, TX title last March with other Olivia Gadecki )

Can she at some time this year push to an over 300 points week with at least a WTA 500 RU, a WTA 1000 SF or a Slam QF?

( she has had 280 points from her WTA 250 Granby title in 2022 with Lissey Barnett in the days before the WTA decided it might be quite a good idea to adjust title points in line with their renamed tournament categories )

Hey, why not this week?

-- Edited by indiana on Tuesday 28th of January 2025 09:44:39 PM

the addict · Tennis legend

Some great points in the highlights reel on the WTA tournament site

www.wtatennis.com/tournament/528/linz/2025/overview

(might have to scroll through to find it as there are some from each match)

paulisi · Tennis legend

If Olivia want to move up the rankings, she needs to go deep at these bigger events.
They are a decent pairing and more than capable of getting into the top 25 in the world

the addict · Tennis legend

QF:- Tereza Mihalikova (SVK) / Olivia Nicholls (GBR) CR84 (43+41) lost to Timea Babos (HUN) / Luisa Stefani (BRA) CR84 (54+30) [4] 3-6 0-2 retired

I had to go out at the end of the first set - anybody know what happened ?

-- Edited by the addict on Thursday 30th of January 2025 07:26:05 AM

the addict · Tennis legend

Tereza on Instagram

Unfortunately I got injured right before the tournament started, I was able to push through in our first round yesterday, but was forced to retire today in our second round because it got worse.

I suspect their opponents realised she was suffering, because she saw a lot of the ball in the first set. It'sa pity, because they could have easily gone deep this week.

Peter too · Tennis legend

Is that score correct? It looks as if she lost rather than retired.

indiana · Tennis legend

Peter too wrote:
Is that score correct? It looks as if she lost rather than retired.

The TNNS App shows it as 3-6 0-2 retired

Peter too · Tennis legend

indiana wrote:
Peter too wrote:
Is that score correct? It looks as if she lost rather than retired.
The TNNS App shows it as 3-6 0-2 retired

Thanks, that looks better.