Week 2 - WTA International ($220K) - Hobart, Australia Hard

Tennis36 · Masters Series Champion

RE: Week 2 - WTA International ($220K) - Hobart, Australia Hard

alex03maccy · Grand Slam Champion

*5-3

alex03maccy · Grand Slam Champion

6-3* 3mp

Tennis36 · Masters Series Champion

3 match point's here, surely now

Maza1987 · Challenger level

comon 3mp
surely

Tennis36 · Masters Series Champion

great win

Maza1987 · Challenger level

gsm
the 12 dbf's from chokevetadze sure helped.

alex03maccy · Grand Slam Champion

FQR: BALTACHA, Elena def. CHAKVETADZE, Anna (RUS) 7-5 7-6 (3)

good fight from bally, will need to improve on serve in the MD though.

-- Edited by alex03maccy on Sunday 10th of January 2010 01:06:35 AM

Smidster · Challenger level

Fantastic stuff

Lets just hope she avoids Dokic - the Aussie WC would be nice though!

steven · Tennis legend

Sadly she got what is probably the worst possible draw under the circumstances:

L32: (Q) Elena Baltacha WR 83 v Jelena Dokic (AUS) WR 56 - 2nd on Centre at c. 01.30 GMT

Winner likely to play (2) Shahar Peer (ISR) WR 30 in R2.

DavidC · Tennis legend

She beats a former top 5 player and another one pops straight up cry

Unfortunately this one is in much better form, having won a couple of 100Ks at the back end of last year.

Very impressive start to the year by Bally, leading as a British number 1 should. Her coach tweeted "Bally delivered and more,physically,mentally and technically.Very good quality tennis,winners left,right and centre!! Contented,Coach"

Silver · County player

To think Chakky was number five, US Open semi-finalist and former champ here...

What went so horribly wrong for her? Yeesh.

Cannot take anything from Bally though. That was a great win, particularly against a player with those credentials. Will be interesting to see if Dokic's serve holds out too. Last year's Aus Open was eye-opening on that account...

PockyTastic · Futures level

Excellent win from Bally and sounds like she fully deserved it.

[Side note: As for Anna, it's a real shame to see talented players in these types of slumps, it must be so dispiriting for her to lose in qualies for an event she's won in the past - hopefully she will get back into winning ways soon]

philwrig · Hall of fame

Great effort from Bally now the main draw which proved very disappointing last week. Chance to put the bad memories from last week to bed.

Mervatron · Masters Series Champion

Great stuff from Bally, annoyed she got Dokic when Ferguson was a possible draw.

on Chak, i think she got to #5 when womens tennis was at its lowest, at best she's a player that would be fighting for a top 10 place.