Anna Smith Thread

Seems like she deserves a thread of her own...she's winning a few matches which kind of makes her our #1 :p

About to turn 17 and she just won the Wrexham doubles with Rebecca Llewellyn and has qualified for the 10K London main draw (and is also playing doubles again with Rebecca).

She's already made the QF of a couple of 10K tournaments and won a match at a 25K as well...

Anyone seen her play at all...how does she play and does she have any potential for 4/5 years time?

Well, she retired in her first round match against Ekaterina Kozhokina after trailing 60 21. :sad: Hopefully it's nothing serious! :D

Well, she retired in her first round match against Ekaterina Kozhokina after trailing 60 21. :sad: Hopefully it's nothing serious! :D

That's a shame... :sad:

Another QF and a good shot at a SF...

Go Anna! She plays Rebecca Fong next who has been struggling for form this year and isn't on Anna's level. Anna actually has a great shot at the title! :D

Anna is a good player reminds me of Katie O'Brien in her style of play shes quite small but deceptively powerful.

Has a great backhand down the line. Is definatly someone to look out for. Top 500 for sure and higher i'd think.!

Anna Smith is playing qualifying at the $25K Bolton challenger and beat Julia Bone in the first round 61 75. She plays Sarah Riske for a spot in the main draw! Go Anna! :D

She trains at Sutton pretty much full-time, I think. She is fit! Nicest belly button piercing I've ever seen :D! :lol:

:sad: NO photos, anywhere!

She may be good but she has such a aboring name :tape:

:lol: Perhaps that's why it's so hard to find photos of her :sad:

She trains at Sutton pretty much full-time, I think. She is fit! Nicest belly button piercing I've ever seen :D! :lol:

you and your piercings/tattoos :lol: ;)

:lol: Perhaps that's why it's so hard to find photos of her :sad:

There is a picture of Anna in the latest BritishTennis on page 28.

you and your piercings/tattoos :lol: ;)

:lol: I know, it's ridiculous!

Thanks for uploading the pic, WIMBY, nice to see her in there :D What ranking jumps she has been making! :yeah:

According to the WTA rankings, Anna is now ranked in Sweden not Great Britain!!!!

According to the WTA rankings, Anna is now ranked in Sweden not Great Britain!!!!
That must be a mistake. Every other website has her listed as British and I personally have never heard of any Swedish heritage in her.

Plus, I doubt the British tournaments would be handing her wildcards so easily if she was going to defect ;)

Go Anna :D

Anna beat Catherine Fall 62 64 at the $10K in Sunderland. She plays Samantha Murray for a spot in the quarterfinal. Go Anna! :bounce:

Anna's Mum is from Sweden Her ranking makes her number 8 over there, so perhaps she is thinking more help/wild cards?

Anna beat Samantha 26 60 60! :D

Rankings are out and Anna is still not on the GB list!!!!!!!!!

;) Maybe she decided to change!

Did Anna win Sutton?

Nope she lsot in the final to Naomi Broady... :eek:

She played a great tournament at Sutton ITF though, and also made doubles final with a friend of mine.

Anna is in Surby qualifying entry :D Last acceptance at the mo, hopefully can improve on last year's result.

http://www.lta.org.uk/NR/rdonlyres/775E2D83-808A-41BB-A466-A90D25B82743/0/060908_Anna_Smithx140.JPG

Anna's got a lot of talent. I hope she can play a fuller schedule in 2007 and break the top 500 soon.

Anna just won 10K Nottingham! For Britain not Sweden.

Congratulations on your 1st ITF $10k Title. :banana:

(from the sweaty person you talked to on Saturday):scratch:

Well done :)

Anna through to final qualifying round in France. :)

:bounce: Well done Anna, keep this good run going.:bounce:

Well done on reaching the final Anna :)

Anna had a wild card and defeated Christina Wheeler, well done :)

Keep on winning Anna:)

That's a really good win for Anna and she has a winnable second round against Tongsalee I think! :D

Anna lost however it went to 3 sets

yeah 4-6 6-1 6-2. Shame but a decent ranking rise to around 470ish. Hopefully a good week next week should see her get into the top 450.

into doubles final @ $10,000 Sunderland (w. Larsson), lost in singles to her doubles partner in the quarters

Won the doubles title, Anna and Johanna :)

The first Brit win of the year

Well Done Anna. I want to see her kick on in 2008 top 300 is a must reach this year.

Johanna and Anna made $25,000 doubles final last week.

Now their in $25,000 Stockholm doubles final :woohoo:

She is just kicking some serious doubles butt this year!

They won the title :woohoo:

Anna's doubles ranking rises to about 287, with last weeks final and this weeks win :)

cant see what her next event is ??

looks like its $25,000 Minsk,

Ranking (18th Febuary)

Singles: 419 (Career High)

Doubles: 334 (Career High)

25k Minsk

Anna SMITH (GBR) (3) defeated Vladislava KUZMENKOVA (BLR) 6-2 6-1

Well Done Anna. She should be ranked much higher than she is. She needs to start getting to QF and SF of 25ks. Hopefully she fit for wimbledon quallies and can win a match or two there to really boost her rank.

Nicely done Anna, keep it up girl :yeah:

lost marathon in main draw :(

5-7 7-6 6-7 or something :o

She choked a double break lead in every set, and a 50 in 3rd set TB.

oh dear anna,, the worst loss of your carrer,, tht is like so bad for words to describe:help:

Back in action in Spanish $25,000,

lost in singles qualifying :(

In doubles her and Johanna Larsson won opening round 6-3 6-0 :woohoo:

Keep up the wins in doubles Anna and Johanna :D

Cagnes-sur-Mer $100,000+H qualies
Anna Smith (GB) vs Natalie Piquion (It) :eek:
GL Anna

she lost in singles.... :o

In doubles her and Savranska are into semi finals, and Smith's ranking should rise to around 230 now :woohoo:

She'll probably be back in action with Johanna next week in the doubles at $25,000 Florence

goo anna :D,,, doubles atm for her is amazin :D

*bump*

Anna reached Q2r of Wimbledon before losing in three to Ondraskova.

Next lined up for Palermo, Tier IV on clay. In qualifying against Anne Priska Schaefer of Germany, a bit of a bagel girl. YTD WL: 0-5. Career WL: 1-40

If Anna loses this :spit:

Anna will so win tho!

:cool:

lucky draw

she won 6-0 6-0 :) :lol:

whose up next?

She next plays a Spanish girl with a long name :lol: who beat seeded Masa Zec Peskiric 6-4 6-2

Eloisa Compostizo De Andres

Vamos Compost ;)

could she win this?? is this the final round of qualies??

Lost 6-2 6-2 to Compost girl :sad:

Poor Anna was at 6-2 0-3 when she had to retire from her second round qualy match at 75K Petange.

Good luck to Anna as she is the top seed at the 10K in London. She faces Khan in the quarters. Broady is also in the quarters. We will also have a Brit in the doubles final as there is an all brit semifinal match today as well.

Anna is in the final for the 10K in London!

Anna won!!!!!!

Anna won 7/5 in the thrid :D:D:D:D

she plays doubles but not singles next week in belgium.

Well done Anna :)

Anna did play singles in Belgium but lost in the first round. Smith and Stoop are playing doubles together, but alas it is not meant to be as they lost their first round doubles match.

Anna is back playing with Johanna Larsson

they are in the semi-finals at $75.000 Shrewsbury

Doubles Semi Final: Smith/Larsson d. Marosi/Tavares 6-3 6-4

Anna and Johanna won the title :)

http://www.lta.org.uk/Global/Images%20-%20News%20(square%20corners)/Events/shrewsbury/trophy_shrewsbury_womens_doubles_CJ_large.jpg

Final: Smith/Larsson d. Borwell/Nagle 7-6(6) 6-4

Ranking: Anna will rise to around 180 in the doubles rankings :)

Well done :) Her and Larsson go well together hope they can do it in Barnstple aswell ;)

Well done Anna :)

Anna's Ranking: 187

Well done on new career-high :)

Anna is in singles and dubs this week in Helsiniki. She is partnering with Hawkins this week.

Anna won a tight 3-setter in the first round in Helsinki. Next up she plays Emma Laine.

GL against Emma :kiss:

Anna lost to Laine!

Good news is she and Hawkins are into the dubs semifinals!

Anna playing in Barnstaple and beat Ungur in her opening round match 7-5 6-1 :)
Now faces Bally for a place in the last eight. At least one British quarterfinalist guarenteed!

A.Smith (GB) def. (5)E.Baltacha (GB) 6-2 6-1
:eek:

Now faces qualifier Lina Stanciute in the quarterfinals

Swedish Team Tennis

Singles: Anna Smith d. Gabriella Boboc 6-1 6-0

Doubles: Smith/Larsson d. Boboc/Lundsgard 6-2 6-0

Her Team won 6-0 and currently top in the table (Helsingsborg TK; Sofia Arvidsson, Johanna Larsson, Hanne-Skak Jensen).

A video with Anna in background practising: http://hd.se/sport/2008/11/12/sofia-arvidsson-ska-samla-poaeng/

Swedish Team Tennis

Singles
Anna Smith d. Marit Nordfors 6-3 6-1
Anna Smith d. Mikaela Hockman 6-2 6-2

Doubles
Smith/Larsson d. Kristoffersson/Nordfors 6-1 6-4

http://media.hd.se/2008/11/30/365833/large/55227_789713.jpg

http://media.hd.se/2008/11/30/365833/large/55230_789713.jpg

I translated a Swedish article about Anna Smith...

She says she has dual citizenship for UK and Sweden, however is keen to play Fed Cup for Sweden next year. Therefore Anna may represent Sweden, the coach (Ola Kristiansson) at Helsingsborg, Sweden has said she has a very good game, but nees to use her shots at the right moment.

Anna don't change to Swedish please :sad:

Anna should play for Sweden most of the year and the make the most of her British citizenship to apply for wildcards into Wimbledon ;)

Yeah...hope she plays for sweden!!!

http://www.tennistalk.com/gfx/flags/small/it.gif $25.000 Bari

R1: Larsson/Smith d. Giovine/Besser 2-6 6-2 [10-5]
QF: Larsson/Smith d. Fondevila-Castro/Khan 6-0 7-5
SF: Larsson/Smith d. Evtimova/Kozic 7-6(4) 6-1

was quite impressed with her in the doubles, very good at the net.

And nice backhand !

anna is playing in the $25k Ystad, Sweden next week:)

Anna won $10.000 Felixstowe

$25.000 Koksijde

Singles

R1: Anna Smith d. Laura Robson 36 76 63
R2: Anna Smith vs. Soetkin Van Deun

Great start Anna, finally winning a good match on clay. And decent chance for QF!

Doubles

R1: [3] Larsson/Smith d. Oyen/Van Dyck 61 64
QF: [3] Larsson/Smith vs. Bou-Nogueiro/Parasyuk

Nice start Anna and Johanna!

$25.000 Koksijde

Singles

R1: Anna Smith d. Laura Robson 36 76 63
R2: Anna Smith d. Soetkin Van Deun 36 61 64

Anna into quarter finals!

Doubles

R1: [3] Larsson/Smith d. Oyen/Van Dyck 61 64
QF: [3] Larsson/Smith vs. Bou-Nogueiro/Parasyuk

Nice start Anna and Johanna!

Anna defeated Emily :):sad:

$25.000, Jersey

R1 Anna Smith def. Stephanie Cohen-Aloro [6] 7-5 6-4
R2 Anna Smith def. Emily Webley-Smith 6-2 6-3

She's climbing back up the rankings again!

Anna is into the semis!

Anna SMITH (GBR) defeated Eva HRDINOVA (CZE) 6-3 6-1 :) :yeah:

She's beaten Bremond :eek: :woohoo: Anna Smith d Severine Bremond 6-3 6-3 :)

Woow so great :hearts:

She lost the final 62 63 but she can be very proud about her week :)

Anna back in action winning her 1st qualifying match at Strasbourg. Lets hope she can qualify.

Double bagle. :drool:

Just stupid she has to play against Cirstea now, lost the first set 63 :sad:

And she lost 63 63... :hug:

Great effort! I'm pretty sure Sorana is the highest ranked player she has ever played? If not, shes definitly the most notable! :)

She's playing in the MD dubs with Laura so they are not out of Strasbourg just yet:)

She plays Scheepers in Birmingham QR1 who may have reached R4 of RG, but has no game. If Anna plays well, she will crush this girl with her flat strokes :D
Good Luck Anna! :D

a good win in q1 for Anna ;)

Good one :)

She lost against Doi 75 61 :sad:

Anna Smith has moved up to British number 8 in the WTA Tour Singles Rankings list!

:confused: Wonder where Anna is, no matches played yet in 2011 :o

Sadly, Anna is injured at the moment.

Thanks for the news, sadly enough it's bad news :sad:

:sad: Was just wondering what was up with Anna, shame she's injured to start the year as she has a fair bit of singles points to defend in the spring...Get well soon!

Does anyone have an idea how Anna's recovery is going?

Still no play since 2010...I take it the injury was much worse than anticipated

She is still injured?

Anna replied to someone asking about her plans on twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/anna_smith1488/status/182800013318041600
@Shane9Cox I've been injured the last year and 3 months but trying for a comeback, no specific date planned just yet!

Good to see she is still trying a comeback :)

Good luck to Anna Smith on her comeback, whenever it may be!

Anna is on the entry list (http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/women%27s-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100027604) for Loughborough 10K. The withdrawal deadline is in the future, of course, but it seems like a good sign.

Exciting stuff! Fingers crossed she'll be fit :)

I guess she needs a wildcard to get it :unsure:

Due to play her first match at the Swansea ABT on Thurs: http://lta.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draw.aspx?id=2ECE7994-9AEB-4009-A041-51ECE5FA809E&draw=5

@anna_smith1488 (https://twitter.com/anna_smith1488/status/261501637145808896)

A nice 2hr 30min match to ease me back into tournaments #littletired

(She beat Kate Green after dropping the first set.)

Well she won her PRO comeback match in R1 $10k Loughborough....defeated Tess Sugnaux SUI 7-5 6-4 :)

That's good news :)

Anna back on the rankings :)

Good to see :)

THrough to the Semi Finals in Edinburgh after wins over Kontaveit (GREAT win!), Konotoptseva and Jorovic :D

It's great to see her back! Keep it going Anna :cheer:

Well done :cheer:

MCTA seem to be picking up all the second tier Brits.
Good luck to Anna Smith in final today in Edinburgh. Anna will be joining Bath and Jim has been helping her this week in preparation.
10:01am - 5 May 13
Alas, Despite a titanic effort, it seems Anna ran out of fuel in the final.

Well still a great week :hug: