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04/04/2022
Annecy Open 2022
Annecy Open 2022
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Annecy Open 2022
Women's Draw
05 - 09 Apr
Annecy, France, $30k |
ROUND TWO
06 APR |
QUARTERS
07 APR |
SEMIS
08 APR |
FINAL
09 APR |
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[1] Nele Gilis (BEL)
11-5, 13-11, 11-3 (29m)
[9/16] Marie Stéphan (FRA) |
Nele Gilis
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Énora Villard |
Nele Gilis
11-4, 11-7, 15-13 (39m)
Jasmine Hutton |
Nele Gilis
11-6, 11-6, 13-11 (60m)
Tinne Gilis |
[5] Énora Villard (FRA)
11-7, 13-11, 11-6 (28m)
[9/16] Nadia Pfister (SUI) |
[9/16] Grace Gear (ENG)
11-5, 11-8, 6-11, 11-6 (34m)
[8] Milou van der Heijden (NED) |
Grace Gear
11-7, 11-6, 11-7 (24m)
Jasmine Hutton |
[4] Jasmine Hutton (ENG)
11-9, 7-11, 3-11, 12-10, 11-8 (56m)
[9/16] Julianne Courtice (ENG) |
[3] Tinne Gilis (BEL)
11-8, 11-8, 11-1 (22m)
[9/16] Tessa ter Sluis (NED) |
Tinne Gilis
11-7, 11-5, 11-4 (23m)
Nardine Garas |
Tinne Gilis
11-4, 6-11, 11-2, 11-4 (41m)
Nada Abbas |
Nardine Garas (EGY)
11-6, 11-5 ret. (14m)
[7] Emilia Soini (FIN) |
Saskia Beinhard (GER)
11-6, 11-2, 11-6 (25m)
[6] Anna Serme (CZE) |
Saskia Beinhard
11-4, 11-1, 11-2 (21m)
Nada Abbas |
[9/16] Sarah Cardwell (AUS)
11-5, 11-6, 11-5 (24m)
[2] Nada Abbas (EGY) |
[1] Nele Gilis (BEL) bye
[9/16] Marie Stéphan (FRA) bt Élise Romba (FRA) 11-4, 11-4, 9-11, 10-12,
11-5 (44m)
[9/16] Nadia Pfister (SUI) bt [WC] Vanessa Florens (MRI) 11-8, 11-3,
11-2 (16m)
[5] Énora Villard (FRA) bye
[8] Milou van der Heijden (NED) bye
[9/16] Grace Gear (ENG) bt Ella Galova (FRA) 11-8, 11-9, 5-11, 11-8
(31m)
[9/16] Julianne Courtice (ENG) bt Ali Loke (WAL) 11-3, 11-4, 11-2 (19m)
[4] Jasmine Hutton (ENG) bye
[3] Tinne Gilis (BEL) bye
[9/16] Tessa ter Sluis (NED) bt Taba Taghavi (FRA) 11-7, 11-9, 11-9
(21m)
Nardine Garas (EGY) bt [9/16] Cristina Gomez (ESP) 12-10, 1-11, 11-6,
11-6 (31m)
[7] Emilia Soini (FIN) bye
[6] Anna Serme (CZE) bye
Saskia Beinhard (GER) bt [9/16] Anna Kimberley (ENG) 11-9, 11-8, 11-7
(42m)
[9/16] Sarah Cardwell (AUS) bt [WC] Ninon Lemarchand (FRA) 11-6, 11-1,
11-4 (20m)
[2] Nada Abbas (EGY) bye |
Tinne Downs Nele To Claim Biggest Tour Title
Tinne and Nele Gillis (Picture Credit: Nicolas Barbeau)
The final of the Annecy Rose Open was a sibling battle Nele and Tinne
Gilis, with the younger of the two Belgians getting the better of the
World No.12 to take home thee biggest title of her professional career.
Tinne, the World No.24, came into the contest having never beaten her
elder sister, but she was in arguably the better form, having reached
the quarter finals of the Allam British Open at the start of the month.
The first couple of games were straight forward for the lower-ranked
Belgian, as she ran out in to a two-game lead, having won both the first
and second by an 11-6 scoreline, as she aimed to go on to take a first
win over Nele in five matches on the PSA World Tour.
The third game was much more of a battle, as the older Nele fought back,
and the game lasted almost half an hour. It went to a tie-break, but
Tinne was able to come through it to take it 13-11, and win her first
Challenger 30 level title, the biggest victory of her career. |
Villard On The
Right Path
The Annecy Rose Open is one of three tournaments on the Challenger Tour
getting underway on Tuesday, March 5, with the Challenger 30 ever
women’s event taking place at the RM Club in Annecy, France.
The tournament will feature nine of the world’s top 50, including the
Belgian duo of Nele and Tinne Gilis, with the pair among the top three
for the event. Egypt’s Nada Abbas will join those two in that bracket,
with England’s Jasmine Hutton making up the rest of the top four seeds.
Enora Villard will be the leading French player on home soil for the
event, and one of seven taking part, along with Marie Stephan, Taba
Taghavi and Elise Romba also featuring. We spoke to Villard prior to the
tournament getting underway, and she believes that she is improving
day-by-day.
“To be honest, I think I have improved on many things I am working on in
training but it takes time to see it coming in the matches, especially
because I have been playing a lot of big events and facing higher ranked
players straight away in first round,” the Frenchwoman said.
“I can feel the gap and the huge amount of work I still have to do. But
I know where I want to take my game and I can feel that I’m on the right
path. I am very happy to be in the top 40 and I’ve worked very hard to
reach this ranking but of course I am hungry for more and I know I can
still improve in each and every part of the game.
“As I said I think that to beat girls from the top 30 I have to take
everything to another level but I would say that right now the main
improvement could come from the mental part, change the way I approach
matches, get more confident in my game and also become more consistent
because that’s what makes the girls in the top 30 so tough to beat. The
game has also become much more physical so Improving the fitness will
always be helpful.”
This tournament will be the biggest to be held on French soil since the
Silver level Open de France – Nantes presented by Tailor Capital, back
in September 2019. Villard is hoping that the home crowd will be able to
spur her on this week.
“It’s true that we don’t have a lot of big events in France so I’m very
excited about this tournament and the fact that I might have the crowd
behind me could be a big help, especially after this tough period of
COVID, and not being able to have any coaches or people watching,” she
explained.
Along with personal achievements, the Frenchwoman is looking forward to
being a part of the team at the European Team Championships, where her
nation will aim to defend the title they won three years ago, the last
time the event was held.
“Annecy will be my last event before the Europeans and I will make the
most of these few weeks to be ready to compete under the French flag
because this is always an amazing event, a great atmosphere and huge
pride to play for France,” Villard said.
“We also have to remember that we are the defending champions so we will
be hungry to do as well as possible even if the team won’t be as strong
without our leader, Camille Serme. We will still try to do the job and
make her, and everyone else supporting us, proud.” |
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