Week 28 - ITF ($25K) - Woking, Hard

SMC1809 · All-time great

RE: Week 28 - ITF ($25K) - Woking, Hard

Tennis36 · Masters Series Champion

10 minute game that, wonder how many bp's

-- Edited by Tennis36 on Thursday 15th of July 2010 01:17:00 PM

wolf · Tennis legend

Laura 3-6 6-3 *1-2
Katie 7-6(4) 5-5* - served two doubles serving for the match.

-- Edited by wolf on Thursday 15th of July 2010 01:36:37 PM

PaulM · Tennis legend

Oh Katie. Katie, Katie, Katie.

Why?

wolf · Tennis legend

Laura 3-6 6-3 *2-3
Katie 7-6(4) 6-6*

SMC1809 · All-time great

Katie wins 7-6(4) 7-6(5).

indiana · Tennis legend

PaulM wrote:

Oh Katie. Katie, Katie, Katie.

Why?

I hardly think she's doing it on purpose.

Yes, her serve does let her down at crtical times, which must be really frustrating for her. I am sure she and others have really worked to try and sort this.

But at least the girl's a fighter

wolf · Tennis legend

Laura 3-6 6-3 *4-5

PaulM · Tennis legend

Got there in the end :D

Tennis36 · Masters Series Champion

Laura in a final set tie break, just came back from 0-30 to stay in match, phew

Tennis36 · Masters Series Champion

Lost to 3 , very dissapointing

indiana · Tennis legend

Diasappointing for Laura, and as I said yesterday it was certainly a match I had her as a pretty strong favourite for.

There may be something in RBBOT's thoughts that she doesn't do quite as well against other rising stars, can't say that I am particularly aware of this or have analysed it, though she wasn't quite with it at Junior Wimbledon.

Still she should really be beating Babos. Guess maybe just one of these days when she wasn't functioning as well as she can, which was my one worry, since they do still happen with Laura although not as much as in the past.

Credit though to Babos assuming part of the reason was that she no doubt played pretty well.

steven · Tennis legend

SF: (3) Katie O'Brien WR 138 v Emma Laine (FIN) WR 334 (CH 50 in 2006)
SF: Nigina Abduraimova (UZB) WR 441 v Timea Babos (HUN) WR 379

Katie has played Laine once, in Jersey way back in 2004, when she lost 2 & 2. Abduraimova turned 16 only a week ago.

RBBOT · Futures qualifying

I think high wind may also be something that counts against Laura; she often seems to be affected by it more than her opponent and given the way it is gusting through my office window in Central London, I'd imagine conditions weren't good on court either.

philwrig · Hall of fame

No disgrace in that defeat for Laura. It seems to me Babos was marginally the better player, but Laura fought very hard even going a break up at the start of the third set. When it went to the TB Babos became the favourite( she's won her last 9/10 TBs at senior level) and Laura does tighten up at times in TBs. Babos clearly playing very well. Laura still due to play in Wrexham next week, so we shall see if she sticks with this entry. Laura still to make that breakthrough ( either win a challenger or win a few back to back matches at WTA tour level). Babos better watch out for her next match against Laura though as Laura has a knack for dishing out immediate revenge.

Katie still struggling but wins, could find it difficult against Laine as she seems to be in top notch form.