Week 42 - WTA ($220K) - Luxembourg, Hard

SMC1809 · All-time great

RE: Week 42 - WTA ($220K) - Luxembourg, Hard

RCD · Intermediate Club Player

Anne takes second set 6-2, 1-1* in the 3rd

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Anne breaks for a *4-3 lead in the third.

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Now *4-3 - c'mon, Anne!

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Darn it, as soon as I start following the match things go pear-shaped. . .

Edit - I thought somebody would have posted she dropped her serve and it's 4-4*- but she has a break point for a break-back again. . .

-- Edited by Madeline on Friday 22nd of October 2010 02:41:08 PM

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

And she does! *5-4, serve it out, Anne, no messing this time please.

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Whoopee, she gets it 6-7(3) 6-2 6-4

-- Edited by Madeline on Friday 22nd of October 2010 02:49:16 PM

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

And she finally pulls it off (6-4 in the third) in 2 hours 41 minutes & 6 seconds! biggrin

Well done, Anne!

PockyTastic · Futures level

All I can say is BRAVA. She could so easily have given up after losing the first set, but she kept at it and I am just so happy for Anne.

DavidC · Tennis legend

Very encouraging performance. It would have been easy to fall away after losing the first set, wihere she had so many breakpoints and setpoints, but she buckled down and played disciplined tennis sprinkled with some potent forehand winners. It means she bookends the season with WTA semifinals, and one more win here would almost certainly be enough to make the Australian Open main draw.

maddog · Improver

Not an avid poster as you can see but an avid follower of the Brits.

Great result for Anne. We know she has the ability and I am sure Anne knows she has but this week shows that she has the spirit as well to get back into the top 100 and who knows.........maybe even the top 50-60 as before.

Really pleasing news and well chuffed for her.

Mikeduke · County player

Well done Anne. What a great week for her.

philwrig · Hall of fame

Very impressive, and in my opinion playing better than yesterday. She was the better player throughout the whole match, somehow managing to lose the first set which she dominated. Her footwork was very good which resulted in her making far less mistakes than has been the case throughout most of this year. Very exciting times for Annie K.

Armchair · County player

When Anne lost the first set from such a good position I though it was all up.
So a fantastic win and a great confidence booster.

I'm a nats concerened that she's playing doubles tonight after a tough three sets, and
will be rested enough to put up a good fight tomorrow.

Some of us are never happy smile

Julia Carrot · All-time great

She was quite lucky at least to be playing the second doubles match and the first one is not exactly racing - though I suppose you can't really relax 'cos you never know if a match is likely to finish quickly or not. At least she and Sarah seem to have great fun playing together, so that is really a plus, like someone else said, for keeping her positive this tournament.

She tweeted something about sore feet though, and that is something that is not easy to remedy quickly I would think.