Former WTA #38 Rebecca Marino (Can) is back! How far now?

[Marius_Hancu]

@Marius_Hancu
Former top-40 Rebecca MARINO (Can) b. Emilia DEJONCKHEERE (Bel) 6-0 6-1 in her return to professional competition at Antalya.http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/women's-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100041778 … Congratulations and keep it up! @TennisCanada

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Back after 5 years. In the meanwhile, she studied English at UBC and rowed for them.

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Welcome back to tennis, Rebecca!

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[marc45]

is she the one with depression?

 

[Marius_Hancu]

Antalya Q R2:
Dominique KARREGAT [3]

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Rebecca MARINO 2-6 4-6
beating a #900 ranked player

 

[Marius_Hancu]

ITF Antalya 15k MD:
After 3 Q rounds, Rebecca Marino (Can) faces Sina Zuger, another Q, in 1st R. Keep it up!

 

[MatsPhilander]

 

[boredone3456]

I remember the name, but nothing about her really. Good for her coming back though and wish her the best

 

[Capulin Zurdo]

 

[Capulin Zurdo]

 

[Harry_Wild]

What her ranking now?

 

[jaggy]

Good luck to her

 

[Harry_Wild]

What her ranking now?

http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/players/player/profile.aspx?PlayerID=100060292

Look her up and she has no ranking yet, so she is just starting out! She did make it through the 3 rounds of qualifying to get into the main 32 draw of a $15K ITF tournament in Antalya, Turkey. If she can win her first round and goes on to the second round, I believe she will get "one" ranking point which will get her a rank of around 1,700 in the world.

Most players usually have to try between 5-30 matches in break through to get on the ITF Futures ranking computer system!

 

[mule250]

Cool! This will be a fun follow. It would be great if she could get up to or surpass her previous heights.

 

[Deleted member 758553]

is she the one with depression?

I believe so iirc she was also pretty sensitive to abusive social media postings and had trouble adjusting to the nomadic tennis lifestyle.

Great to see her back and will be rooting for her.

 

[MarcusInKensington]

What great news. She used to absolutely wallop the ball.

 

[MarcusInKensington]

What great news. She used to absolutely wallop the ball.

 

[Marius_Hancu]

ITF Antalya 15k:
Her first match in a MD since coming back was with another Q:
R32 Sina ZUGER

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Rebecca MARINO 1-6 2-6
Next it's the [8] seed, more serious stuff

 

[Marius_Hancu]

ITF Antalya 15k:
R16
(Q)

Marino, Rebecca CAN b.

Jani, Reka-Luca[8]HUN 7-5 6-1
The first set was closer indeed. Her opponent is #626.

Next, in the QFs, Nicoleta-Catalina DASCALU [1]

, the biggest challenge available here, at #340.
She's 22, plateaued around #300-400 for 3 years, but with experience winning in Antalya.

 

[mule250]

Nice start! Thanks for the updates!

 

[Marius_Hancu]

QF
(Q)

Marino, Rebecca CAN b.

Dascalu, Nicoleta [1] ROU
WALKOVER
of [1] seed

 

[MarcusInKensington]

She can still become the GOAT!!!

 

[Marius_Hancu]

ITF Antalya 15k:
SF
(Q)

Marino, Rebecca CAN b (Q)

Kulikova, Anastasia RUS 7-5 6-1

So, tomorrow she plays her first final since coming back, in her first tourney

She will meet

Ene, Cristina [7 ]ROU
ranked cca #600.

 

[mule250]

That's awesome! Hope she goes undefeated now

 

[Harry_Wild]

Wow! Amazing!

 

[Marius_Hancu]

The funny thing is she is entered as a Q in 3 tourneys on consecutive weeks at Antalya, which seems to have a production line of such.
I wonder what happens with the 2nd one, next week, as she's not in the Q table any more. Have they promoted her to MD based on her results this week?
Has she retired from it because of still being involved in the 1st?

 

[Beacon Hill]

The funny thing is she is entered as a Q in 3 tourneys on consecutive weeks at Antalya, which seems to have a production line of such.
I wonder what happens with the 2nd one, next week, as she's not in the Q table any more. Have they promoted her to MD based on her results this week?
Has she retired from it because of still being involved in the 1st?

Maybe she got a special exemption into the main draw.

 

[gogo]

Go Rebecca!!
I love this woman. She is so courageous to come back after all of this time. And, she has so much talent.
I'll be cheering for her.

 

[Subway Tennis]

@Marius_Hancu
Former top-40 Rebecca MARINO (Can) b. Emilia DEJONCKHEERE (Bel) 6-0 6-1 in her return to professional competition at Antalya.http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/women's-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100041778 … Congratulations and keep it up! @TennisCanada

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Back after 5 years. In the meanwhile, she studied English at UBC and rowed for them.

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Welcome back to tennis, Rebecca!

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This is brilliant. Best of luck and good to see her back.

 

[Marius_Hancu]

@Marius_Hancu
Antalya F (Q) Marino, Rebecca CAN b. Ene, Cristina [7] ROU 6-3 6-3. Winning the first tournament played in her comeback!! @TennisCanada

 

[spystud]

You really shouldn't @ yourself.

 

[Marius_Hancu]

Maybe she got a special exemption into the main draw.

From Stephanie Myles:
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GD Tennis Cup
Antalya, Turkey ($15K ITF Pro Circuit)
Singles
Rebecca Marino (subject to WC/health)
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So, Rebecca's waiting for a WC into the MD now of this 2nd-in-a-series tourney, but she might be tired after 7 matches over 8 days with 1 day break only.

 

[Marius_Hancu]

OK, nice committee, they gave her an
[SE]
directly into the main draw
based on her winning the 1st tourney there:
Rebecca Marino 1st rd: vs. [5] Victoria Kan (RUS)

 

[diggler]

Fair enough to give her a wild card. Probably not available for qualifying if she was in the previous final.

 

[diggler]

I saw her in Sydney a few years ago and then she retired soon after.

 

[MarcusInKensington]

Give it a week or two and she’ll be ranked higher than Bouchard.

 

[Marius_Hancu]

Progress from last week wrt Antalya
live scoring is operational
http://live.itftennis.com/en/live-scores/
no live streaming AFAIK

 

[Marius_Hancu]

R32 Rebecca MARINO

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Victoria KAN [5] 6-4 6-1
to play

Dhruthi TATACHAR VENUGOPAL
in R16.

 

[Marius_Hancu]

Most relevant:
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A minimum of three tournaments must be played in a calendar year reaching at least the second round of the main draw in order to earn a [...] WTA ranking.
HOW TO GET STARTED ON THE WOMEN’S PRO CIRCUIT p. 2
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Two to go

 

[Marius_Hancu]

Winning the first tournament attended since comeback

Nice tournament motto

 

[Marius_Hancu]

R16 Rebecca MARINO

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Dhruthi TATACHAR VENUGOPAL] 6-3 6-1
to play in the QFs

Sanesi, Gaia [3] ITA
someone more dangerous, in the #400s, with ITF titles.

 

[Marius_Hancu]

Challenge dealt with swiftly
QF

Marino, Rebecca CAN b.

Sanesi, Gaia [3] ITA 6-2 6-1
Next, playing Raluca Georgiana SERBAN [1]

, 20, #386

 

[Bluefan75]

Go Rebecca!!
I love this woman. She is so courageous to come back after all of this time. And, she has so much talent.
I'll be cheering for her.

OK, this is a great story and all, but I think courageous is overdoing it just a bit.

Sorry, but there are very few situations in sports where it's actually courage that is needed. Frankly it cheapens the situations in real life where you actually need courage. If she loses a tennis match, what does she really lose? It's sports.

Again, it's great to see her doing well, but it's not a courageous effort she's putting forth.

 

[sportmac]

OK, this is a great story and all, but I think courageous is overdoing it just a bit.

Sorry, but there are very few situations in sports where it's actually courage that is needed. Frankly it cheapens the situations in real life where you actually need courage. If she loses a tennis match, what does she really lose? It's sports.

Again, it's great to see her doing well, but it's not a courageous effort she's putting forth.

I agree that the word can be misused and overused, especially in sports, but in this case it would seem to apply. She quit because of stress and mental issues much as Mardy Fish did. Facing mental issues and seeking help requires courage.

 

[Marius_Hancu]

> Next, playing Raluca Georgiana SERBAN [1]

, 20, #386

Was wrong in this one, as [1] was upset
by Melis SEZER

24, #600, who has a huge list of wins in ITF doubles

 

[Marius_Hancu]

Live now: Rebecca already 6-1 and a break up
Good bye

6-1 6-1

 

[Marius_Hancu]

F Antalya
Marino, Rebecca CAN vs

Stadler, Nina SUI 6-1 6-4
Winning both tournaments played in her comeback!!

 

[jaggy]

This thread could end up with some mileage. Good effort.

 

[NaomiKonjuhPotapova]

She should aim for challenger now but still not in rank yet

 

[gogo]

I agree that the word can be misused and overused, especially in sports, but in this case it would seem to apply. She quit because of stress and mental issues much as Mardy Fish did. Facing mental issues and seeking help requires courage.

Agree. And not just facing the issues and seeking help, but to come back into the public light (that originally contributed to the problem) with everyone watching....knowing your background.

 

[Deleted member 688153]

Never heard of her before but reading through this thread I kept expecting her to have lost a match and she's won them all!

Not bad at all.

 

[Marius_Hancu]

She should aim for challenger now but still not in rank yet

$15,000, $25,000, $60,000, $100,000

one small step at a time. This is how Mihaela Burzanescu got to #43 within 7 months