Week 6 - ITF ($100K) - Midland, USA Hard

philwrig · Hall of fame

RE: Week 6 - ITF ($100K) - Midland, USA Hard

indiana · Tennis legend

Yes, just the 6 points from qualifying if you lose in the first round. That is the case generally for the women. You don't get qualifying points added to first round losing points. They do add to all subsequent losing round points.

Reeltime · Satellite level

Ok, ignore last post, it's not Jeuking thats available for a qualifier. It's Larcher De Brito! Not quite so appealing, but still winnable imho.

4 Qualifying places and 2 LL's available so far

Sam is also in the doubles here, playing with Whitney Jones(USA)

R1: Murray/Jones vs Hlavackova/Hradecka(1)

steven · Tennis legend

No Brits involved, but a good response to a request for an interview reported on the Midland twitter account:

"Brengle d. Falconi 6-1, 6-2 after intense 30 ball match point. We asked for a post-match interview. Her response: "Hold on, I'm gonna puke."

steven · Tennis legend

L32: (Q) Samantha Murray WR 375 v Gail Brodsky (USA) WR 204 (= CH)

Not the worst R1 draw Samantha could have got by a long way, but Brodsky is in ominous form having reached finished as runner-up in both of the 25Ks she played last month.

Reeltime · Satellite level

R1: Murray/Jones Lost to Hlavackova/Hradecka(1) 6-4 6-1

Not a huge surprise tbh

philwrig · Hall of fame

Of course this is a part of the world that Sam is very familiar with, having studied at nearishby northwestern university in Illinois.

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Finally a tweet.............

Gail Brodsky serving for the match against Samantha Murray at 5-4 in the third set. Over 2.5 hours of play!

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Gail Brodsky d. Samantha Murray (Q) 4-6, 6-2, 7-5

ooooohhhhhhhh. Shame. What a fight though. Much closer than most of us would have expected.

philwrig · Hall of fame

Yes great effort, this form is a major step up from Sam, so really encouraging going forward. Playing near to where she studied may have helped her this week.

indiana · Tennis legend

Pity for Sam, looks to have played a good match there. Brodsky had some good wins latterly last year, and although both her 25K finals this year were on clay and she only beat two top 300 players ( WR 285 and WR 290 ), ( losing both finals to players outside the top 300, including having another 7-5 final set win over Jo Konta in the Plantation SF ), she is a decent level player in fair form to be getting so close to.

Sam gets 6 points here, so close to another 18 for a R1 win and really capitaling on her qualifying draw opening up to an extent.

Encouraging form going forward.