No end-of-season finale appearance for GB’s Johanna
RUSSIA’S Svetlana Kuznetsova has secured the final place at the WTA Finals in Singapore – at the expense of Britain’s Johanna Konta – by winning the Kremlin Cup in Moscow.
The defending champion and top seed overcame Australia’s Daria Gavrilova 6-2 6-1 to overtake Konta and claim the last spot for the seasonending eight-woman showpiece.
It is the sixth time in Kuznetsova’s career that she has qualified for the WTA Finals, while Konta, who earlier this month became the first British woman since Jo Durie in 1984 to make the world’s top 10, had been aiming for her first.
Konta is in Singapore and has been taking part in the build-up to the event but, having been sidelined by an abdominal injury, could do nothing but watch and wait.
THE Copper Rib Olive Nymph is a great all-year round nymph pattern tied on a size 12 Kamasan B175 hook using red UTC 70 thread.
The tail is dyed olive hare’s fur and the body is dubbed olive hare, ribbed with copper tinsel. The thorax is dubbed olive hare and the thorax cover is brown cock pheasant centre tail.
VARIOUS Buzzers, Bibio, Snatcher, Hare’s Ear and a selection of mini lures in various colours, including Yellow Dancer, Hot Head Damsel and with anything black and green are all doing well at Swanswater Fishery, near Stirling.
There have been some great catches recorded including those from Gordon Ferguson from Coatbridge who had four for 18lbs, including an 8lb 13oz rainbow. Lindsay Brown (Burntisland) took three for 15lbs 8oz, including a whopping 10lb 5oz rainbow. CRAIG HOWIESON (below) and Calum Main failed to make it out of their respective qualifying groups at the European Championships in Budapest.
Both players found the going tough and failed to win a match between them.
Howieson lost 5-11 2-11 7-11 11-8 9-11 to Croatia’s Tomislav Pucar, 9-11 12-14 5-11 7-11 to Hungary’s Daniel Kosiba and 11-3 7-11 10-12 9-11 6-11 to Estonia’s Alexsandr Smirnov.
Main went down 9-11 6-11 9-11 7-11 to Sweden’s Anton Kallberg, 8-11 4-11 7-11 11-6 6-11 to Belgium’s Florent Lambient and 11-13 5-11 7-11 6-11 to Slovenia’s Deni Kozul.