Week 30 - ITF ($60K) - Granby, Canada Hard

Grachka · Club Coach

RE: Week 30 - ITF ($60K) - Granby, Canada Hard

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Looks like livescores have frozen again, been 40-40 for ages, Sam had 40-15 and then a couple of A-40's but no idea what the score is now.

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Seems to be working again. Sam back to A-40, may have been a dispute.

the addict · Tennis legend

Sam held serve after an 18-point game. Now *5-3

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Takes the match 6-4 4-6 6-3

Fantastic win, Sam's lost to worse players than Inglis since her comeback. Wasn't expecting her to come through to be honest.

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Good work. 2 out of 3 through to the main draw in a 3 round draw with only 4 qualifiers overall.

Freya gets the tough draw against Di Lorenzo 194 - up coming, top 200
Sam gets the equal worst draw, against Glushko [5] 196

The other 2 spots were much more palatable

indiana · Tennis legend

We have just Sam in the doubles draw.

L16: (4) Samantha Murray & Akiko Omae (JPN) CR 531 (329+202) vs (WC) Catherine Leduc & Layne Sleeth (CAN/CAN) UNR (1201 & UNR)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Ace Ventura wrote:
Takes the match 6-4 4-6 6-3

Fantastic win, Sam's lost to worse players than Inglis since her comeback. Wasn't expecting her to come through to be honest.

Hear, hear.

Lovely win.

Peter too · Tennis legend

Q3: MURRAY, Samantha (GBR) 5 486 def INGLIS, Maddison (AUS) 3 485 6-4 4-6 6-3
Q3: CHRISTIE, Freya (GBR) 7 587 def BENNETTO, Leena (CAN) WC UNR 6-1 6-4

R1: CHRISTIE, Freya (GBR) Q 575 v DI LORENZO, Francesca (USA) 4 194 CH=171 11/6/18
R1: MURRAY, Samantha (GBR) Q 493 v GLUSHKO, Julia (ISR) 5 196 CH=79 2014

Oakland2002 · All-time great

Great to see Freya qualify and I really hope to see her get back to the form of two years ago imminently but she faces a battle.

Having received Bakery products at the hands of this years NCAA champion Astra Sharma in Winnipeg she now faces Francesca Di Lorenzo (20), an even more classical example of the level you have to be at in college to make WTA transition likely, the no 1 recruit from HS nationally, she played two years in a very strong power conference programme, ITA indoor singles champion twice. Top ranked NCAA player at end of her sophmore year and NCAA doubles champion. Quit at end of Autumn term as a junior to go pro after US Open M.D. wildcard in Sept 2017.

Michael D · All-time great

Great to see the two qualify. Encouraging wins for them both and the 5pts very useful. Sam has quite a fall in points this coming week, so recovering these 5 will be very helpful to her, Freya too of course who also needs a confidence boost. Hope they can perform at least against their first round opponents.

the addict · Tennis legend

Play just started for the day
Freya is 1-1* in the first match on court 7
Sam is third match on court 8

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Has Freya turned a little corner? Coming through qualifying was a good step.
In the early exchanges, she's gone and broken Di Lorenzo now, too, which is another good step.
It has been a long period of injury and otherwise hibernation of form, but are there signs of stirring? Green shoots?
Let's go Ms. Christie!
*2-1

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

OK. So, she was broken right back. All is woe and despond.

the addict · Tennis legend

Jinxed !

But looks like it could be one of those matches - Freya won 6 points in a row - Di Lorenzo has responded with 7 points in a row.