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markymc1983 · Club Coach

Week 26 - Wimbledon, Women's Qualifying - Grass

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Excellent , well done Emily! She has a game for grass- good luck tomorrow to her and the two lads

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Anyone wanting to take part, have ago here

britishtennis.activeboard.com/t71981111/how-many-british-main-draw-wins-will-we-get-at-wimbledon-202/

emmsie69 · Top national player

Bianca Adreescu lost today. People moan about Emma but it could be a whole lot worse

indiana · Tennis legend

PaulM wrote:
Oh Emily

Tense tiebreak but she is going for it and gets to *6-4

Hits the right serve out wide, short reply, is up to it early and has a huge space to hit into but blasts it way long. Then keys a fairly straightforward pass to lose the set.

6-2 6-7(6)

She just had to get that second shot anywhere on the ad side and she'd won the match

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This was the point I got up and left in disgust at Emily not following my requested script.

Seriously, yes the TB should have been done and dusted 7-4 and the match won. It was an awful miss. But I would have stayed on if time wasn't moving on so much as well.

I did feel a bit guilty after following her through QR1 and these first 2 sets today. With my phone then switched off to save the battery, I am absolutely delighted to just now read re what occurred in the third set.

Brilliant! Well done, Emily!

the addict · Tennis legend

One for CD. During the Martic - Janicijevic match I picked my seat on court 3 for the view I wanted for Marni's match and found myself sitting next to Pauline Parmentier - and surrounded by French fans.

-- Edited by the addict on Wednesday 25th of June 2025 09:22:43 PM

emmsie69 · Top national player

indiana wrote:
PaulM wrote:
Oh Emily

Tense tiebreak but she is going for it and gets to *6-4

Hits the right serve out wide, short reply, is up to it early and has a huge space to hit into but blasts it way long. Then keys a fairly straightforward pass to lose the set.

6-2 6-7(6)

She just had to get that second shot anywhere on the ad side and she'd won the match
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This was the point I got up and left in disgust at Emily not following my requested script.
Seriously, yes the TB should have been done and dusted 7-4 and the match won. It was an awful miss. But I would have stayed on if time wasn't moving on so much as well.
I did feel a bit guilty after following her through QR1 and these first 2 sets today. With my phone then switched off to save the battery, I am absolutely delighted to just now read re what occurred in the third set.
Brilliant! Well done, Emily!

I bailed then, changed my mind and went back then bailed for good at 3-2. My reasoning was that I'm there tomorrow so if she won today, I'll see her tomorrow and if she lost today I'd be annoyed that I stayed.

Thrilled I'll be able to see her tomorrow.

I'm hoping atleast 1 of the 3 will win.

indiana · Tennis legend

Anyone care to explain why Mboko vs Hon is the women's match that follows Oliver T vs Blockx on Court 1, while Emily vs Erjavec is on Court 4?

markymc1983 · Club Coach

Scheduling has been ridiculous!

indiana · Tennis legend

Emily's mstch is not before 12.30. Well that would have been unlikely anyway since the men play best of 5 in the FQR.

But if the Court 4 men's match runs shorter than say your choice of Oliver T on Court 1or Hamish on Court 2 then you will probably have to bail out early from that match to catch all of Emily or even to claim one of the limited available seats. There are only 2 matches on each court, once folk settle down for Emily's match ( maybe there before the match ) they are not very likely to be leaving

I'm relatively near by for the week, and I've already had a very good 3 days. But there are clearly some folk travelling quite a distance on FQR day. And sorry AELTC, but a great many will want to see Brits, including our one remaing woman, trying to take that final step into the main draw, and you serve up this.

It's a piece of nonsense in my humble opinion.

-- Edited by indiana on Wednesday 25th of June 2025 11:13:44 PM

Pierrot · Social player

from the beeb yesterday

"Meanwhile, in the women's event the British interest lies with Amarni Banks, Lily Miyazaki, Ella McDonald, Amelia Rajecki, and Ranah Stoiber."

Emily not mentioned ? . confuse

emmsie69 · Top national player

indiana wrote:
Emily's mstch is not before 12.30. Well that would have been unlikely anyway since the men play best of 5 in the FQR.

But if the Court 4 men's match runs shorter than say your choice of Oliver T on Court 1or Hamish on Court 2 then you will probably have to bail out early from that match to catch all of Emily or even to claim one of the limited available seats. There are only 2 matches on each court, once folk settle down for Emily's match ( maybe there before the match ) they are not very likely to be leaving
I'm relatively near by for the week, and I've already had a very good 3 days. But there are clearly some folk travelling quite a distance on FQR day. And sorry AELTC, but a great many will want to see Brits, including our one remaing woman, trying to take that final step into the main draw, and you serve up this.

It's a piece of nonsense in my humble opinion.

-- Edited by indiana on Wednesday 25th of June 2025 11:13:44 PM

Unfortunately with 2 matches on each court it's impossible to schedule so we can see all 3. You can see the next court from the high stand at court 1 if you sit on the right (which I tend to do) but the next court doesn't have much seating. Atleast court 4 has the sliding bank. It would have been nice to have Emily on court 1 though.

the addict · Tennis legend

Pierrot wrote:
from the beeb yesterday
"Meanwhile, in the women's event the British interest lies with Amarni Banks, Lily Miyazaki, Ella McDonald, Amelia Rajecki, and Ranah Stoiber."
Emily not mentioned ? .

The Beeb put out a short article yesterday evening about the qualifying.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/articles/cdjxy9elwgvo

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

I bailed on Emily at 6-6

It was getting TOO late

And I'd missed the MTB for Hamish - and he won it - so I thought it might bring Emily good luck if I skipped hers

You're welcome, Emily biggrin

And if I make it today, and anyone else has a MTB, I promise faithfully to make myself scarce

Well done to her, though - although arguing about the linecalls is not very productive smile

Some really lovely serving though - always said she has one of the best serves of all the Brits - the out wide one was absolutely killing Barbora

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

emmsie69 wrote:
Minor Jeremy Bates thing. All through the 1st set and up to 6 -4 in the tiebreak for the 2nd set he was standing in the corner above the court by some railings. At 6-4 in the tiebreak he moved to the path running parallel to the court.
I thought it very stupid.

That IS stupid - I saw him up in his eyrie for the most part - but hadn't noticed him moving at 6-4