Week 16 - ITF ($50K) - Dothan, AL, USA - Clay

steven · Tennis legend

Week 16 - ITF ($50K) - Dothan, AL, USA - Clay

philwrig · Hall of fame

According to Mel, Tara lost 6-2 in the third which looks a somewhat disappointing loss, but clay really doesn't suit Tara's gamestyle.

Peter too · Tennis legend

Q1: MOORE, Tara (GBR) 3 335 lost to ABAZA, Jan (USA) 756 4-6 6-2 2-6

philwrig · Hall of fame

Decent draw for Mel against an American wc Pegula, and its on the livestream at around maybe 5pm.

jb288 · Satellite level

Livestream is here: http://www.livestream.com/wtvy

Czink is making short work of Dabrowski at present (going for way too many low % shots), so may not be too long!

For a 1994, Pegula has a pretty strong record - was a finalist in the 25k on clay at Lutz in Jan, has beaten Hendler, Boserup & MLDB this year, pushed Malek & Tomljanovic to 3 in the last few weeks, so could be a tricky one for Mel. Really interested to see how she does in her first clay tournie outside RG in 5 years tho! Cmon Mel :)

philwrig · Hall of fame

Hopefully Mel can pull her down a peg or two !

philwrig · Hall of fame

jb288 wrote:
Livestream is here: http://www.livestream.com/wtvy

Czink is making short work of Dabrowski at present (going for way too many low % shots), so may not be too long!

For a 1994, Pegula has a pretty strong record - was a finalist in the 25k on clay at Lutz in Jan, has beaten Hendler, Boserup & MLDB this year, pushed Malek & Tomljanovic to 3 in the last few weeks, so could be a tricky one for Mel. Really interested to see how she does in her first clay tournie outside RG in 5 years tho! Cmon Mel :)

I agree having had a look at Pegula's record I might even make her the favourite to beat Mel. A win here would a top effort by Mel on a surface she has very little experience of playing on.

philwrig · Hall of fame

Match will start shortly.

philwrig · Hall of fame

2-2* very tight so far Mel had 0-30 in one game, my forecast is this match could go the distance.

philwrig · Hall of fame

4 points on the bounce from 30-0 leads to a first break for Mel, Pegula does have a tendency to make alot of UE's.

philwrig · Hall of fame

*3-2

philwrig · Hall of fame

4-2* looking good at the moment

philwrig · Hall of fame

tea time

philwrig · Hall of fame

I'm back from tea, Mel just got broken at start of second set having had 2 game points, just seemed to get a little tight.
I'm assuming Mel won the first set.
0-1* 0-30

philwrig · Hall of fame

First set score I think was 6-3 with a double break.
*0-2 in second