Week 11/12 - WTA Tier 1 Pacific Life Open - Indian Wells, California, USA

steven · Tennis legend

RE: Week 11/12 - WTA Tier 1 Pacific Life Open - Indian Wells, California, USA

steven · Tennis legend

Fed's now insisted Pete be given a point that Fed had won. At least they're not being subtle any more!

Normal service resumed at IW - Anne double-faulted to give Bremond a bp and we're in a tiebreak.

1-0 Bremond hold
1-1 Anne hold
2-1 Anne hold
2-2 Bremond hold
3-2 Anne m/break biggrin

wonder how long she'll hold onto that one
3-3 m/break Bremond bleh

quick answer to above question
4-4 jumped the 4-3 point
5-4 Anne m/break biggrin

please please hold on this time
5-5 m/break Bremond bleh

no chance

6-5 Anne - ACE smile

- set point
7-5 Anne m/break biggrin

and SET!!

- all is forgiven evileye

imoen · Admin: Moderator+Tennis Legend

i really didn't expect Anne to win that set, not with the way things seemed to be going. Hopefully she can make the second set slightly easier

steven · Tennis legend

Forgiven, but not for long, as she immediately goes to 0-40 on her serve. cry

Back to deuce! biggrin

Down bp for the 4th time in this game. cry

... and broken ashamed

Meanwhile, at the exo, it's a 2nd set tiebreak, as predicted at the start of the 2nd by everyone on MTF. biggrin

*0-2. Bremond holds to deuce.

steven · Tennis legend

Sampras wins the t/b, as also predicted ...

Easier? I think she thought you meant for Bremond. ashamed

Anne is self-destructing, 0-3* down in the 2nd. bleh

A chink of light as Anne gets a couple of bps, but Bremond shuts her out and it's 0-4* cry

steven · Tennis legend

Anne wonthe next game but eventually lost the 2nd set 1-6. ashamed

1-1 in the 3rd.

Meanwhile, Fed somehow managed to let Sampras win 5 games in a row to lead 5-2 in the 3rd, having the desired effect on the New York crowd. It's 5-5 now, as you might have guessed! doh

steven · Tennis legend

A second t/b having been nicely contrived at the exo, Fed wins it 8-6 to take the match by 2 sets to 1 and everyone's happy ... yawn

Anne has just gone a break down in the final set - 2-4* - she needs a bit of that Fed magic now!

*2-5 deuce - can she at least make Bremond serve it out?

MP Bremond, but Anne holds on after numerous deuces. smile

3-5*, Bremond serving for the match.

Anne storms to 0-40 and takes the third of her BPs.

*4-5, back on serve, I fear possibly not for long ...

steven · Tennis legend

... but she held for 5-5 ... and 6-6 ... and we're in a 3rd set tiebreak! smile

1-0 Anne m/break biggrin

will she hand it right back like in the last t/b?
1-1 m/break Bremond bleh

doh!!

2-1 Anne holds
2-2 Bremond holds - can't see Anne winning 2 service points in a row in a 3rd set t/b, so hopefully ...
2-3 Bremond holds, everything crossed
3-3 Anne holds
3-4 Bremond m/break bleh

don't say I didn't warn you cry

3-5 Bremond holds, last chance now, I feel
4-5 Anne m/break biggrin

5-5 Anne holds - my, this is tense!
6-5 Anne proves me wrong at the second time of asking smile

and it's MP Anne on Bremond's serve!
6-6 Bremond holds cry

7-6 Anne m/break biggrin

- match point no. 2, on her own serve this time
8-6 Anne holds and it's GAME SET & MATCH - come on!! biggrin

sd51rby · Lower Club Player

Go Anne! That really did get tense there she did great saving the mp. Lets hope she can make a real push and get herself into the main draw Katie too.

-- Edited by sd51rby at 04:33, 2008-03-11

john · Top national player

Thanks for the scoring guys. What a great comeback from Anne. So we have multiple Brits in the final qualifying round of a WTA event. Sound familiar?

goldfish · Futures qualifying

Faith restored in Anne and Katie. Well done girls for battling through but glad I wasn't around during Anne's match, only awake to see the result. smile

steven · Tennis legend

Summary

QR1: (q15) Katie O'Brien WR 124 beat Selima Sfar (TUN) WR by 6-3 7-6(6) smile
QR1: (q20) Anne Keothavong WR 132 beat Severine Bremond (FRA) WR 148 by 7-6(5) 1-6 7-6(6) smile

Although both Katie and Anne were higher-ranked than their opponents, Bremond was ranked 34 just over a year ago, while Sfar hit a career high of 75 in 2001. Anne really held her nerve well in that 3rd set when it really mattered, I'm happily amazed! biggrin

FQR: (q15) Katie O'Brien WR 124 v Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) WR 156 - 3rd on Court 8, maybe about 20.00 GMT
FQR: (q20) Anne Keothavong WR 132 v (q10) Galina Voskobaeva (RUS) WR 113 - 4th on Court 5, maybe about 21.30 GMT

Zahlavova Strycova was ranked as high as 55 in 2004, when she was 18, while Voskobaeva has also been in the top 100, with a career high of 84 in 2006.

imoen · Admin: Moderator+Tennis Legend

Wow, Anne did so well to turn that 3rd set around

Hopefully both girls get through their next matches

Drew · Mar 11, 2008

Thanks to those who posted scores....got a bit worried reading through but was thrilled to see both of them winning.

Heres hoping for both of them

DUSTY DICK · Club Coach

Fingers crossed for both girls.
Hope they make the main draw and get that lucky break to boost their rankings.