[matanuriel]

I've seen Aliev when she played in Israel and I thought that she got some great shots, her backhand is superb (a sing for good Israeli tennis player: Shahar, Dudi, Anna and Amos had one of those great backhand). But she is so inconsistent in the match, I saw her play this Austrian (I think) and she was dedicating the whole match and it still somehow went to 3 tough sets.

[neospecialist]

Tourney in Israel this week($10,000 ITF Marjorie Sherman Womens Cup) at Ra'anana should give a good indication if there are any hopes for the future. There are 20 Israeli girls in the main draw and most are are not even ranked. Anybody going to the tourney to file some scouting reports?

[justine schnyder]

I['m not gpoing, but the fact that there are 20 israelis in the MD, most of them without a rank that means it's a weakass tourny

[neospecialist]

I would be curious to see if Liat Zimmermann will be competitive in her 2nd round match with Julia Glushko.

[justine schnyder]

Yeah I agree with you on that..
Btw, Shlomo is out

[ronim1]

IMO one of the problems of all the girls is the inconsistency of level of play.
Only participation in a big number of tourneys can pull them to really improve.
Too bad that the Israeli Teunis federation instead of increasing # of tournies are doing exactly the opposite.

[neospecialist]

Two unexpected Israeli names in the quarter-finals at Ra'anana this week:

Olga Blank
Orian Ben Haim

Anybody know anything about these players?

[Meteor Shower]

I think I've seen both play before, wasn't that impressed, but I'm sure they have improved since.
Who else is in the quarters?

[Meteor Shower]

Originally Posted by justine schnyder

Yeah I agree with you on that..
Btw, Shlomo is out

Keren
I think she can make the big jump but its just not happening so far

[neospecialist]

Originally Posted by Meteor Shower

I think I've seen both play before, wasn't that impressed, but I'm sure they have improved since.
Who else is in the quarters?

Quarterfinal

Olga BLANK (ISR) Vs Julia GLUSHKO (ISR) (6)
Irini GEORGATOU (GRE) (4) Vs Chen ASTROGO (ISR) (7)
Orian BEN HAIM (ISR) Vs Manana SHAPAKIDZE (GEO) (3)
Margarita LAZAREVA (RUS) Vs Marcella KOEK (NED) (2)

[Meteor Shower]

its hilarious seeing those names in every israeli event
its the same players who was here a year ago, two years ago , ...

[ronim1]

Originally Posted by neospecialist

Quarterfinal

Olga BLANK (ISR) Vs Julia GLUSHKO (ISR) (6)
Irini GEORGATOU (GRE) (4) Vs Chen ASTROGO (ISR) (7)
Orian BEN HAIM (ISR) Vs Manana SHAPAKIDZE (GEO) (3)
Margarita LAZAREVA (RUS) Vs Marcella KOEK (NED) (2)

Only Julia in the SF.

Doesn't look like a bright future...

[neospecialist]

Originally Posted by ronim1

Only Julia in the SF.

Doesn't look like a bright future...

Julia lost in the semi-final:

Irini GEORGATOU (GRE) (4) defeated Julia GLUSHKO (ISR) (6) 7-6(3) 6-3

[Archer16]

Originally Posted by justine schnyder

I['m not gpoing, but the fact that there are 20 israelis in the MD, most of them without a rank that means it's a weakass tourny

With the exception of the qualies (only 1 round), it wasn't significantly different than any other 10K.

Originally Posted by ronim1

Only Julia in the SF.

Doesn't look like a bright future...

No surprises here... She is the only one with a future in tennis of her generation. Well, maybe Chen Astrugo can make some progress as well, but only after about 5 more tournament conclusions about her could be drawn.
It was a positive to see 3-4 others beat some guests.

[neospecialist]

New name for the future?

Results 1st round ITF $10,000 Sarajevo

Efrat MISHOR (ISR) defeated Dilara AHMETAGIC (GER) 6-0 6-2