Week 32 - ITF ($60K) - Landisville, USA - Hard

christ · Futures qualifying

RE: Week 32 - ITF ($60K) - Landisville, USA - Hard

PaulM · Tennis legend

Set points missed

indiana · Tennis legend

Naomi with just about as many return points in one long game as she has had in the rest of the match had a BP to nick the second set.

2-6 *5-5

Katie S comfortably through 6-3 6-2

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

christ wrote:
RedSquirrel wrote:
Naomi about to start. If, like me, you can't get the ITF stream, you can stream from livestream.com/procircuit/landisville2018
My goodness me that is difficult to watch. Ms Broady appears only able to hit the ball if it is hit directly to her, and even then there is only a low percentage chance of her hitting it back. Do they play on smaller courts in WTT?

smile

Or should I say cry ....

PaulM · Tennis legend

Didn't play great, out 62 76(4)

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

13 Aces is all well and good, but kind of a Pyrrhic victory if you can't compete on your opponents service games, wwhich currently, Naomi can not.
Well beaten in truth 2-6 6-7(4)

Well done Katie for calmly managing the change of opponent

Hopefully Hev will bring her improving form today, and give us 3 into the next round.

the addict · Tennis legend

Sounds like a typical Naomi match cry

At least Katie won't have to play her in the second round !

indiana · Tennis legend

Should have been ensuring a British quarter finalist and (2) Rus is out from that bottom quarter.

Naomi though can be just soooo frustrating.

Hope Katie S can come through there. She has generally made pleasing progress this year.

PaulM · Tennis legend

Hev didn't get started before rain.

Em/Gabi *6-5

Were 4-1 down, had 3 set points at *5-4

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Not the start we were looking for, Hev, 0-2*

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Gabi & Emily secure the first set in their doubles, 7-5

RedSquirrel · Satellite level

Play back underway and Gabi and Em take the first set 7-5 0-0*
Heather 0-2*

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

This is pretty melancholy, 1-6

PaulM · Tennis legend

She was so much better last week as well

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Gabi & Emily win their doubles, 7-5 6-4
Glad to see Emily recovered from whatever ailed her in singles, and also that she is teaming up with one of the younger Brits. The last time she played with another Brit was at Eastbourne $50K in May 2016!
Someone (Jezza) should really tap her for her experience of the touring life, and employ her to help with development and or something, rather than letting all that knowledge about the realities of the circut stand idle, or go to waste.