Week 15 - ITF ($100K+H) - Johannesburg, RSA - Hard

steven · Tennis legend

RE: Week 15 - ITF ($100K+H) - Johannesburg, RSA - Hard

steven · Tennis legend

She did, but then got broken in her second service game. 3-3* and now 2 more bps for Elena.

steven · Tennis legend

Elena went a break up with her won 3-game winning streak, then lost it again as Wörle had another 3-game streak of her own. It's now *5-6, danger time.

steven · Tennis legend

Tiebreak time.

SMC1809 · All-time great

Well, the tie-break was a lot more comfortable than the rest of the set. 7-6(1) smile

steven · Tennis legend

7-6 (1)

hopefully that will crack Wörle's resistance ...

SMC1809 · All-time great

As we've seen so many times, important now to hold her first service game.

And to do it emphatically to love would be even better. smile

-- Edited by SMC1809 on Wednesday 14th of April 2010 10:41:34 AM

DUSTY DICK · Club Coach

C'mon Elena.

steven · Tennis legend

Missed the end, but 7-6(1) 6-2 I think

steven · Tennis legend

That's enough to add 20 points (i.e. she's now got 40 but her previous 16th best was 20) and puts her provisionally at WR 58, though she's overtakable this week and some way off WR 57.

Next up, (6) Jarmila Groth, whom she lost to in 3 sets in Lexington way back in 2004 when Groth was called Gajdosova (yes, it was one of the all-time great Brit-bashers, Sam Groth, she married last year ...) or Ksenia Lykina, whom she mullered 1 & 0 in Fukuoka last year.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

steven wrote:

Next up, (6) Jarmila Groth, whom she lost to in 3 sets in Lexington way back in 2004 when Groth was called Gajdosova (yes, it was one of the all-time great Brit-bashers, Sam Groth, she married last year ...) or Ksenia Lykina, whom she mullered 1 & 0 in Fukuoka last year.

Groth apparently beat Lykina by 2 & 2, so:

QF: (1) Elena Baltacha WR 59 vs (6) Jamila Groth (AUS) WR 114

Let's hope she gets through that one with fewer wobbles...

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

QF: (WC) Katie O'Brien & Neuza Silva (POR) WR 1012 lost to (2) Oksana Kalashnikova & Andreja Klepac (GEO/SLO) WR 232 3 & 4 cry

A yawning rankings gap & no doubt Klashnikova borrowed her dad's/grandad's/uncle's/cousin's best AK 47 for the occasion, too! wink

indiana · Tennis legend

Certainly Kalashnikova sounds a bit more fearsome than her partner, who is maybe more into paintball biggrin

steven · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:

steven wrote:

Next up, (6) Jarmila Groth, whom she lost to in 3 sets in Lexington way back in 2004 when Groth was called Gajdosova (yes, it was one of the all-time great Brit-bashers, Sam Groth, she married last year ...) or Ksenia Lykina, whom she mullered 1 & 0 in Fukuoka last year.

Groth apparently beat Lykina by 2 & 2, so:

QF: (1) Elena Baltacha WR 59 vs (6) Jamila Groth (AUS) WR 114

Let's hope she gets through that one with fewer wobbles...

Groth is 8-0 v Brits, starting with the win against Elena the only other time they played and hubby Sam (they married last year) is, as most of you will be only too well aware, on a very long (15-match, I think) Brit-bashing streak.

I hope Bally will be the one to stunt this annoying Groth!

-- Edited by steven on Wednesday 14th of April 2010 03:45:34 PM

SMC1809 · All-time great

Elena on centre court again tomorrow, so should be covered by Bet365. Hopefully we'll see Bally dance her way to victory again. biggrin