Maureen Connolly trophy time.

johnnylad · Tennis legend

Maureen Connolly trophy time.

imoen · Admin: Moderator+Tennis Legend

Our good friend Ken over at RadioTennis.com is covering this event so we can listen to the matches if we want.

Mervatron · Masters Series Champion

Britian are down 0-4 after day 1.

Heather lost 7-6 in the third as did Cornish.

johnnylad · Tennis legend

Heather won first 6-0 but lost he rmatch.

LTA bulletin:
GB joint team captain and LTA coach Luke Milligan said: "Today was a day of missed opportunities and we are unfortunate to finish the day 4-0 down.

No less than three wins will do on Friday and well have to work hard as a team to make that happen. It is not beyond our capabilities though.

LTA coach Iain Bates added: "We had a tough day and lost some close matches despite creating a lot of opportunities.

We need a strong response from the girls in the morning to get us back in the tie."

Friday order of play
Hannah James V Alexandra Cercone
Tara Moore V Jacqueline Cako
Laura Slater V Lilly Kimbell
Steph Cornish V Olivia Janowicz

RedCabbage · Club Coach

Hannah James bt Alexandra Cercone in 2 (64 75 I think)
Tara Moore bt Jacqueline Cako in 3
Laura Slater loses to Lilly Kimbell (60 62...not great)
Steph Cornish V Olivia Janowicz isn't over yet but Steph is 3-1 down in the first.
I got a mention from Ken, too :)

johnnylad · Tennis legend

are you still listening?

-- Edited by johnnylad at 22:08, 2007-09-28

RedCabbage · Club Coach

Yup. Steph won the first set (Ken hasn't mentioned the score). She's 4-3 up in the second with a break.

If Cornish wins this then it's 5-3 to the US with three matches to play tomorrow.

RedCabbage · Club Coach

Steph wins 6-4 6-2. It goes down to the last three matches. GBR need to win all three to beat the US.

I think it's Tara Moore, Heather Watson and a doubles match.

johnnylad · Tennis legend

Good comeback so far! And two of our best players still to come!

Is Ken really biased?

RedCabbage · Club Coach

Ken seems to be supporting the Brits! I think it's because he didn't really want a whitewash. He loves Tara Moore.

It's now 5-4 to the US so we won the first match!

It's now Moore vs Christie Ahn.

RedCabbage · Club Coach

Ahn beats Moore 63 26 64

The US win the trophy. Boo.

Granny · Social player

That was really close! Tara was the best member of the team although she is the youngest. Ken really likes her too, I think he must be in love with her!
I think Tara really has a great future.

johnnylad · Tennis legend

Great coverage of the event on LTA page. Blogs. reports and interviews.

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