Fed Cup 2010: Europe/Africa Zone Group 1

DavidC · Tennis legend

RE: Fed Cup 2010: Europe/Africa Zone Group 1

DavidC · Tennis legend

Katie got 1 break back but immediately lost serve

GSM BLR 6-3 6-3

an improvement of one game on Katie's previous best against Olga

Peter too · Tennis legend

Sarah/Bally 2-2

Peter too · Tennis legend

Sarah/Bally 3-6

wolf · Tennis legend

Sarah/Bally lost seven games in a row from 3-2 up in the first set, but have won the next four:

Sarah/Bally 3-6 *4-3

-- Edited by wolf on Friday 5th of February 2010 09:37:00 PM

DavidC · Tennis legend

3-6 5-5* (2 matchpoints saved)

DavidC · Tennis legend

Poutchek broken and second set won 7-5

DavidC · Tennis legend

Bally/Sarah break in the third game of the decider

3-6 7-5 2*-1

DavidC · Tennis legend

on a roll...

5-1*

DavidC · Tennis legend

5*-2 (had a matchpoint on the Poutchek serve)

DavidC · Tennis legend

GBR win (don't know score - this is a twitter update) and take the match 2-1

A consolation, but could be useful in closing the rankings gap on Belarus and increasing the likelihood of avoiding a strong nation next year.

wolf · Tennis legend

Sounds like a great match and a fighting victory for the girls.

The first 'live' rubber Sarah has won (at the second attempt), although in fairness she won matches last year the were more live than this.

Good to see ACE actually providing some insightful insight into the match for a change.

philwrig · Hall of fame

Decent effort.
Obviously all hope was lost yesterday and in hindsight whichever lineup had been put out would have probably resulted in defeat.
Hellishly difficult section to get out of unless you have 2 top 50 singles players and a good doubles partnership.

DavidC · Tennis legend

For completeness the score was 3-6 7-5 6-2 winning on their fifth matchpoint

wolf · Tennis legend

We play Holland tomorrow in the 5-8 place play-off tomorrow morning.

Completely pointless of course, but it does affect Fed Cup ranking.