Girls: Luxilon Cup 2007.

johnnylad · Tennis legend

Girls: Luxilon Cup 2007.

johnnylad · Tennis legend

Hampton at 3-6 4-4

15-0,
15-15,
15-30,
30-30,
40-30,
Ace number 6
5-4

johnnylad · Tennis legend

Cavaday serving to stay in second set 6-3 4-5...

15-0,
15-15, 4th double fault

15-30, 5th double fault

15-40 nooooooooo
30-40,
40-40, both set points saved!
Adv Hampton, another SP.
Hampton takes the second set 6-4

johnnylad · Tennis legend

Got to go.

Good luck Naomi!

VSandhi20 · Futures qualifying

Naomi breaks to lead 1-0!

VSandhi20 · Futures qualifying

Cavaday retired!

johnnylad · Tennis legend

Cavaday retired 2-1 in final set!

gutted. She didn't seem right throughout to be honest

Salmon · Tennis legend

Oh God! This can't be true.

Was such a great opportunity to get the wild card!

Hope she's all right.

David, have you heard from her?

She can still get the wild card by either improving her ranking in a major way and/or winning the Orange Bowl.

Sheddie · administrator

"There was only one third set in Wednesday's eight matches, and it wasn't completed. Jamie Hampton of Alabama moved into the semifinals when No. 2 seed Naomi Cavaday of Great Britain retired, giving Hampton a 3-6, 6-4, 2-1 victory. Cavaday, suffering from a fever prior to the match, decided to take the court, and outhit Hampton in the first set. But in the second, Hampton began to get her all-court game on track, took an early lead and held on to force a third."

I hope Naomi gets better soon and is ok for Alabama next week, she must be gutted at the moment.

I haven't heard from her yet, hopefully today

johnnylad · Tennis legend

A fever is at least not a long term injury...

Noticed Hendler went out to Martic as well. And Tara fared better than Hendler. Interesting

Sheddie · administrator

Naomi Cavaday's hopes of winning this week's Luxilon Cup in Miami and therefore winning a wildcard into next year's main draw were scuppered by a high fever which left her totally drained.

Doctors didn't want her to play her quarter-final match against American Jamie Hampton as the extreme heat rule was in place with humidity levels of 100 degrees. However, Naomi decided to have a go and it looked like a remarkable victory might be on the cards when she took the first set 6-3, outplaying her opponent. However, Hampton took advantage of an ailing Cavaday to edge the 2nd 6-4 and Naomi decided she was just unable to continue at 2-1 down in the 3rd.

Speaking afterwards Naomi told this site "I'm really dissapointed that I couldn't complete the match today but I have had a virus for the last week which really affected me and forced me to retire. I went to see the doctor the day before to get checked out as I was feeling horrible with a bad cough and head cold. They told me that I had a temperature of 102 degrees, which is way above the normal 98, and if it didn't go down to below 100 it wouldn't be safe to play. I was frustrated that I was sick but I knew that tomorrow was a new day and maybe my temperature would drop. I was relieved to hear that it had until I found out that it was now only 101 !! I got some accupuncture and accupressure which I was told should help with my fever, I was a little sceptical but it worked as it dropped below 100."

"I walked onto court knowing it was going to be an incredibly tough match as I was fighting my opponent and my body. I was struggling with my breathing but found a way to come from behind and win the first set 63. Towards the end of the second set I began to feel dizzy but I was still hoping I could close it out. I didn't have enough to come through and she forced it to a 3rd set. I was really struggling at this point and in the 3rd game I was feeling so bad I felt I had no choice but to retire. I am dissapointed but I am now focusing on resting up in preparation for the next couple of tournaments on the clay and Fed Cup in a few weeks."