Week 17 – ITF W35 Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt - Hard

the addict · Tennis legend

Week 17 – ITF W35 Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt - Hard

the addict · Tennis legend

QF:- Katie Swan (GBR) UNR/SR609/CH=118 [WC] v Eva Guerrero Alvarez (ESP) WR528 [SR=336/CH=221]

B00thy · Intermediate Club Player

the addict wrote:
L16:- Katie Swan (GBR) UNR/SR609/CH=118 [WC] def Polina Iatcenko (***) WR418 [8] 6-2 6-2

That's a nice solid win biggrin and hopefully no MTOs

B00thy · Intermediate Club Player

the addict wrote:
Close, but lost the last four games

L16:- Angelica Blake (GBR) UNR/1773 [Q] lost to Mariia Tkacheva (***) WR273 [2] 6-1 2-6 4-6

nevertheless a great performance .. holding her own against top 300 she will now have learned the level required to do that and will be able to match it again soon

foobarbaz · Strong Club Player

B00thy wrote:
the addict wrote:
L16:- Katie Swan (GBR) UNR/SR609/CH=118 [WC] def Polina Iatcenko (***) WR418 [8] 6-2 6-2
That's a nice solid win and hopefully no MTOs

12 aces and a healthy 2nd serve success rate.

the addict · Tennis legend

L16:- Amelia Rajecki (GBR) WR459 lost to Martyna Kubka (POL) WR378 [6] 4-6 4-6

the addict · Tennis legend

QF:- Victoria Allen (GBR) / Marie Weckerle (LUX) CR1173 (710+463) [4] lost to Varvara Panshina (***) / Daria Zelinskaya (***) CR1199 (601+598) 4-6 6-2 6-10

B00thy · Intermediate Club Player

foobarbaz wrote:
B00thy wrote:
the addict wrote:
L16:- Katie Swan (GBR) UNR/SR609/CH=118 [WC] def Polina Iatcenko (***) WR418 [8] 6-2 6-2
That's a nice solid win and hopefully no MTOs
12 aces and a healthy 2nd serve success rate.

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Strongbow · All-time great

B00thy wrote:
foobarbaz wrote:
B00thy wrote:
the addict wrote:
L16:- Katie Swan (GBR) UNR/SR609/CH=118 [WC] def Polina Iatcenko (***) WR418 [8] 6-2 6-2
That's a nice solid win and hopefully no MTOs
12 aces and a healthy 2nd serve success rate.

DF · Tennis legend

the addict wrote:
QF:- Katie Swan (GBR) UNR/SR609/CH=118 [WC] v Eva Guerrero Alvarez (ESP) WR528 [SR=336/CH=221]

One set all 5-7 6-2 and Katie is into a deciding set here

the addict · Tennis legend

Maybe a match too far, but Katie doing well on her retrurn

QF:- Katie Swan (GBR) UNR/SR609/CH=118 [WC] lost to Eva Guerrero Alvarez (ESP) WR528 [SR=336/CH=221] 5-7 6-2 3-6

Showing on OER as with a new live ranking of 1108 on 12 points, with Angelica just ahead at 1081 on 13 points

Mervatron2 · Challenger qualifying

Glad to see her come through 3 matches.

I just hope she can stay healthily and fulfil her potential over the coming years.

B00thy · Intermediate Club Player

Mervatron2 wrote:
Glad to see her come through 3 matches.

I just hope she can stay healthily and fulfil her potential over the coming years.

Agreed. I also wondered if she ran of of steam, needing match fitness.

But more than anything I hope she can stay healthy. A bonus would be fit enough to reach the previous level she attained. Beyond that, I'm not going to hope 'out loud'

SuperT · Futures level

I was really happy see Katie making her return at such a low key event. I've seen nothing about this is the main stream media which is good news as she doesn't need the pressure of expectation which media coverage would create. Hopefully she can continue to progress under the radar until (hopefully) she feels ready to show her face at some point during the grass court season.

wales1994 · County player

SuperT wrote:
I was really happy see Katie making her return at such a low key event. I've seen nothing about this is the main stream media which is good news as she doesn't need the pressure of expectation which media coverage would create. Hopefully she can continue to progress under the radar until (hopefully) she feels ready to show her face at some point during the grass court season.

I'm not sure Katie Swan is particularly newsworthy anymore - so I don't think the media would pick up on her returning even if it was at a British event.

But I'm glad to see her back, and hopeful she can remain healthy.