Week 30 - WTA Tier II - Los Angeles, California

murrayman650 · ATP level

RE: Week 30 - WTA Tier II - Los Angeles, California

murrayman650 · ATP level

30-15
40-15
4-2 SOUTH

15-30
5-2 south breaks

murrayman650 · ATP level

15-0
15-15
30-15
40-15

6-4 6-2 south biggrin

Salmon · Tennis legend

64 62. Unbelievable... I thought she would lose by something like that as Kvitova is going places soon.

goldfish · Futures qualifying

That's a great win for Mel. The girls are certainly both getting and taking their opportunities - not consistently, but sufficiently often recently to give them some confidence and a good rankings boost. Well done to them.

DavidC · Tennis legend

Congratulations Mel! That really is taking advantage of being a Lucky Loser! First WTA main draw outside the UK, parachuted into the second round, and she wallops a player who is streets better than the one she comprehensively lost to in qualifying (best win outside the UK on ranking incidentally).

Salmon · Tennis legend

See how nicely she planned it all.

Tank in the qualies match, getting a bye into the second round, followed by a win. Minimum effort, maximum returns.

Tutu · Club Coach

Lol. Who's next. Anne had her chance last week.. Will mel be the first brit player in years to make the QF or a tier II or above event?

PockyTastic · Futures level

Meng Yuan or Sania Mirza

Happycynic · Pro player

Great stuff. A very happy LL. serendipity used nicely.

35 points for the win; does she also get the 5 qualies points?

Should put her up around 140 I think.

djlovesyou · Strong Club Player

Both Yuan and Mirza's form have been decidedly sketchy recently. I know it's always hard to follow one unexpected win with another but she must feel she has a chance.

I guess a win against Yuan wouldn't be a big shock to be fair though.

-- Edited by djlovesyou at 21:23, 2008-07-23

steven · Tennis legend

Wow, what a great win

- obviously she'd been given a great chance, but the Brits don't usually taken them as well as that. That scoreline too!

I believe she does get the 5 points for reaching the fqr too, so that should take Mel into the high 130s (my estimate using my usual GB top 25 table method is 136), almost certainly a career high and it will make her GB no. 2 unless Elena wins in Lexington later tonight.

ForeverDelayed · Grand Slam Champion

What a surprise!!!!

Great win for Mel, and wonderful that she took advantage of the fact she was a LL, and her next match isn't unwinnable by any means, so a very surprising QF could be on offer here.

It's amazing how often LL's win though, and practically every time they make the draw, they end up winning a round.

jamatthews · Strong Club Player

No she doesn't get her 5 points for FQR, the 35 points replace them.

johnnylad · Tennis legend

Great going Mel South. I assume she just went for her winners again like at Wimbledon and with nothing to lose it all paid off!