Week 31 - ITF ($60K) - Lexington KY, USA - Hard

the addict · Tennis legend

RE: Week 31 - ITF ($60K) - Lexington KY, USA - Hard

tony_orient · ATP qualifying

I only saw the last point - an Ace to win it - but sounds like most of the match was a struggle for Laura. Still, good that she battled through when she could have got despondent after the first set. That was a tricky first round draw too.

Jan · Hall of fame

Phew!

Julia Carrot · All-time great

The stream disappeared for the last game - what was the score of the last and winning game ?

the addict · Tennis legend

Well looking at live scores, and the momentum graph, looks like it went 0-15, then last four points to Laura, finishing with an ace

Samson · Lower Club Player

I only watched the first set... phew! Absolutely great to see Laura push through to snatch the win.

Julia Carrot · All-time great

the addict wrote:
Well looking at live scores, and the momentum graph, looks like it went 0-15, then last four points to Laura, finishing with an ace

Thanks, I guess i could have looked at that too, but kind of you to work it out for me !!

PaulM · Tennis legend

Top seed withdrew so if Katie can play well she has a real chance at going deep.

(Frustratingly the biggest winner is Em's conquerer Routcliffe, who took the top seeds slot as a qualifier and plays a weak local wildcard)

-- Edited by PaulM on Tuesday 1st of August 2017 08:23:37 PM

the addict · Tennis legend

Katie might well have to play Paquet (5) WR203 in the second round, so still tough going

philwrig · Hall of fame

Just the sort of match Laura needs, fighting hard to come through, without playing her best tennis, against a useful opponent.

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

I'm pleased. I was hoping that she would return to her form pre the grass court season, and this seems to have happened - at least in the latter stages. This gives me hope for the rest of the American swing where she had good results last year.

Strongbow · All-time great

Jan wrote:
Phew!

Seconded smile

Oakland2002 · All-time great

Very nice to see Laura in the top 200 and beginning to develop some sort of form that suggests she belongs there. I feel she fully identifies with being an adult pro tennis player and is beginning to enjoy the grind as opposed to a teenager flying through the adult rankings as a product of natural growth of her stellar junior career.

My only worry for Laura is that the ladies game has really improved over the last two years in terms of the fitness levels of players across the top 75 or so, I don't know whether I can see her being able to power through the cohort just outside that ie the Hev's/Nicola Gibbs type player who are much more mobile and the weight of shot differential not that different. The key will be rediscovering her big lefty serve and taking advantage of it.

the addict · Tennis legend

No streaming today unfortunately, as Katy D has just taken the first set of Hozumi [4] 6-2. Was 4-0* up, then games went with serve.

PaulM · Tennis legend

Up a break in the second.

This match is being played indoors due to rain.