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the addict · Tennis legend

Week 38 - WTA125 - Porto, Portugal - Hard

the addict · Tennis legend

L16:- Naiktha Bains (GBR) / Sahaja Yamalapalli (IND) CR733 (384+349) def Celia Cervino Ruiz (ESP) / Maria Martinez Vaquero (ESP) CR675 (311+364) 7-5 7-5

*****

QF:- Mana Ayukawa (JPN) / Emily Webley-Smith (GBR) CR364 (210+154) v Naiktha Bains (GBR) / Sahaja Yamalapalli (IND) CR733 (384+349)

Peter too · Tennis legend

seagull wrote:
sammmm wrote:
Thats a great result for Katie, was worried about her drawing Andreeva and she could really use the points as this week one of her Australian titles drops off
There are no points dropping on WTA this week.

It looks as if she will get an unseeded player in R2 and if she gets that far the 3rd seed in the QF and top seed in the SF.

Lambda_ · Lower Club Player

the addict wrote:
Katie's title at Waga Waga has already dropped off - her next drop is the final at Wagga Wagga 2, which is on 05/10

12th. There won't be any rankings on the 5th with it being in the middle of Beijing

sammmm · Club Coach

the addict wrote:
Katie's title at Waga Waga has already dropped off - her next drop is the final at Wagga Wagga 2, which is on 05/10

Was it last week it dropped off then? I remember she had a couple of finals and titles over about 6-8 weeks for around 120 points

the addict · Tennis legend

Katie's 2025 tournaments in Australia - from her WTT profile

08/09-14/09 W35 Wagga Wagga - Won
15/09-21/09 W35 Wagga Wagga - Final
29/09-05/10 W35 Darwin - Second Round
20/10-26/10 W35 Brisbane - Final
10/11-16/11 W50 Brisbane - Won
She retired in the first round in both the following weeks.

sammmm · Club Coach

Katie has taken the first set 6-1 with few signs of trouble, first serve is working really well which is a good sign too

the addict · Tennis legend

R1:- Katie Swan (GBR) WR208 [9] def Sahaja Yamalapalli (IND) WR349 [LL] 6-1 6-0

sammmm · Club Coach

A little over an hour, very comfortable for Katie

-- Edited by sammmm on Tuesday 22nd of September 2026 11:19:25 AM

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Has it bee reported that Sofia Johnson has a LL spot?

And is drawn against the top seed?

But doing well in the very first few games?

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

3-0 to Sofia !

Allez, girl

DF · Tennis legend

Now 4-4

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

And now 4-5

(Afraid I put a fiver on Maria at 3-0 - rankings aren't there for nothing)

But Sofia is playing well - it's great how much more aggressive she is now

And Maria is a top-100 player

the addict · Tennis legend

Coup Droit wrote:
Has it bee reported that Sofia Johnson has a LL spot?

And is drawn against the top seed?

But doing well in the very first few games?

Yes, in the list posted yesterday.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

the addict wrote:
Coup Droit wrote:
Has it bee reported that Sofia Johnson has a LL spot?

And is drawn against the top seed?

But doing well in the very first few games?
Yes, in the list posted yesterday.

Tx, sorry, wasn't sure

Sofia lost the first set 4-6

Maria put her head down and really applied herself - it wasn't that Sofia particularly played worse

But still good to see how she's taking the game on