Weeks 21-22 - French Open Main Draw

jb288 · Satellite level

RE: Weeks 21-22 - French Open Main Draw

stfletch · Junior player

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stfletch · Junior player

and there it is!

Well done Mel, that was nearly as fun as a Katie match!

jb288 · Satellite level

And it's over. Jesus wept, I almost want Katie to lose 0 and 0 after that.
All the worse because if you'd said a month or two ago that Mel would be 2 points from the 2nd round here we'd've snapped it up. She'll be lucky to get a GS draw like that again in a hurry.

stfletch · Junior player

I bet MDLB's reaction at the end was fun!

markymc1983 · Club Coach

Out she goes!

steven · Tennis legend

And Larcher de Cheato wins 0-6 7-6(5) 7-5. It takes sheer British grit to win 3 more games and 6 more points than your opponent and still lose. doh

Sadly, this is probably going to be even tougher to take mentally than Anne's loss, I would have thought.

philwrig · Hall of fame

How inevitable was that and now are best chance of the day according to the bookies although I fear another defeat

S&V · Club Coach

Tough day at the office so far.

jb288 · Satellite level

33 break points in that match. Which doesn't sound so bad when you consider there were 31 games! Mel won more points in total, and more winners. Hope this doesn't knock her confidence overmuch - though obviously she needs to be critical of herself for this too.

stfletch · Junior player

steven wrote:

And Larcher de Cheato wins 0-6 7-6(5) 7-5. It takes sheer British grit to win 3 more games and 6 more points than your opponent and still lose.
Sadly, this is probably going to be even tougher to take mentally than Anne's loss, I would have thought.

Well Anne can easily chalk her loss up to a bad day on her least favourite surface when playing against the #1 player in teh world on a very good day.

Mel will have to chalk her loss up to an erm... well... yes... erm... being british?

Silver · County player

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh dear.

No words. Words fail.

FAIL.

Peter too · Tennis legend

It will be interesting to hear Mel's account of what it is like playing Larcher de Brito. The combination of the noise plus switching from useless to brilliant must take some adjusting to.

jb288 · Satellite level

I think we should all go away now. Or at least get a strong cup of tea.
Mind you, Katie may surprise us all...

stfletch · Junior player

S&V wrote:

Tough day at the office so far.

Yep, think I'll forgot about today and just bask in the glory of yesterday where we had a british winner in the tennis, a british winner in the F1, a british winner in the golf and a british winner in the cricket.