Akiko Omae & Misa Eguchi Support Thread

Akiko and Misa are now making their ways nicely up the rankings, time the Japanese youngsters got some support :bounce:

http://www.ariakeladies.org/photo/img/0612/p_06.jpg

Akiko left, Misa right :)

Great decision to start a thread! :D
Misa has improved so much this year, I'm quite surprised.

Some pictures of the two from Bangkok:

http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/260254_242618562417833_100000090748073_1083452_345 8833_n.jpg
http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/270595_199274926789676_174963079220861_598441_5437 658_n.jpg

i talked to akiko on facebook after she won! such a sweet girl. i am so happy for her.

Caceres R1
(7)Misa Eguchi (JPN) v Constance Sibille (FRA)

(7)Misa Eguchi (JPN) d. Constance Sibille (FRA) 64 46 76(10)

I wonder if she saved any match points in that final set tiebreak. :scratch:

Hopefully she won't be too tired tomorrow.

If I understand correctly from her twitter, she was down 2-5 in the final set and thought the match was over but kept fighting. :worship:

http://www.twitter.com/mi_saaa

Misa lost in the second round to Garbine. Still a nice week for her, nonetheless.

A 3 set loss to Garbine is not a bad result at all, especially coming the day after her marathon against Sibille.

Good luck next week Misa :)
And Akiko is playing in Spain next week also :D

Garbine ended up winning Caceres, so a nice effort from Misa last week.

La Coruna
R1 - Akiko Omae (JPN) vs (Q)
R1 - Misa Eguchi (JPN) vs (4) Alize Lim (FRA)

Tough opener for Misa. :scared:

Misa Eguchi (JPN) d. (4)Alize Lim (FRA) 7-5 6-2 :yeah:
Akiko Omae (JPN) vs (Q)Constance Sibille (FRA)

Very nice win for Misa. I think Akiko should get through her match comfortably as well :)

Misa :woohoo:

I'm so surprised at her improvement this year, the last few years she had pretty poor results. I'm not complaining though. :hug:

Vigo QR2
Marina GIRAL LORES (VEN) defeated Akiko OMAE (JPN) (1) 6-2 2-6 6-4

This trip to Spain has been pretty disappointing for Akiko :(

Vigo R1
(4)Naomi Broady (GBR) v Misa Eguchi (JPN)

Quite a tough one for Misa. However, Naomi lost in straights to Garbine Muguraza-Blanco in Wrexham last week who beat Misa in three sets the week before. :shrug:

Good luck Misa :hug: :D

Vigo R1
Misa Eguchi (JPN) def. (4) Naomi Broady (GBR) 6-3 6-4 :yeah:

Aranxa Salut (ARG) next.

Misa :yeah: Very solid win, should be the fav against Salut :D

Vigo R2
Misa Eguchi (JPN) d. Aranza Salut (ARG) 62 57 61

Now plays Koehler, who double bagelled her opponent today. :scared:

Misa :bounce: Koehler is a very good player, but weak mentally. If Misa keeps fighting to the end she could have a chance :)

Misa beat Koehler in 2 sets :yeah: So solid :) Now play Iryna Bremond :scared:

Vigo Quarter Final
Misa EGUCHI (JPN) defeated Maria Joao KOEHLER (POR) (6) 7-6(5) 6-4

Wow :eek: Next up is Iryna Bremond. Very likely the road will come to an end, but a great experience it will be for Misa to play a player of that calibre. I think she's the highest player Misa might have ever played?

Vigo Semi Final
(1) Iryna Bremond (FRA) def. Misa Eguchi (JPN) 7-5 6-3

A pretty encouraging scoreline I think. Best of luck wherever Misa plays next, I can't believe how much she has improved!

Fantastic week for Misa :) She has played a lot of tennis lately, so I hope she has time off and can be 100% in form for the busy fall Asian season. I have no idea what a good year end ranking goal could be for Misa? 250? Its crazy how realistic that seems considering where she started the year :lol:

I agree :D Top 250 seems quite feasible at the moment. This Autumn will be interesting for Misa, hopefully she can combine some of the WTA qualifying events in Asia as well as the Asian Challengers which will help boost her ranking even more.

It's a pity Akiko's Spanish tour didn't go as well. But she still has plenty of time and just needs to work on her consistency.

Any comment about their style of game?
Thanks

Both Akiko and Misa are having great weeks!

Akiko has reached the semis of 25k Alice Springs, while Misa is into the semis of 25K Noto. Misa has a great chance to win the tournament now I think! Good luck to both :bounce:

Akiko just got the last spot for AO qualies:),hope it's a good experience for her,She drew Arn first up,great experience for Akiko.........:)GS debut.