Week 11 - ITF ($25K) - Clearwater, FL, USA - Hard

steven · Tennis legend

RE: Week 11 - ITF ($25K) - Clearwater, FL, USA - Hard

Jan · Hall of fame

yes I do try to have something else useful I'm doing at the same time, but the screen is strangely compelling!

philwrig · Hall of fame

Results are in: (well at least one and latest)

Hev won 6-2 6-3
Laura would you believe hasn't finished and is in the third set, no idea of the score though, so will ring back a little later.

Jan · Hall of fame

thanks for that! hope Laura finds a way through.

Julia Carrot · All-time great

philwrig wrote:
Results are in: (well at least one and latest)

Hev won 6-2 6-3
Laura would you believe hasn't finished and is in the third set, no idea of the score though, so will ring back a little later.

Oh dear! Oh dear! That's over 3 hours - poor Laura

tony_orient · ATP qualifying

Julia Carrot wrote:
philwrig wrote:
Results are in: (well at least one and latest)

Hev won 6-2 6-3
Laura would you believe hasn't finished and is in the third set, no idea of the score though, so will ring back a little later.
Oh dear! Oh dear! That's over 3 hours - poor Laura

Probably a good thing that Laura isn't involved in doubles as well this week then!

Hope she can squeeze through today but either way the fact it's such a long match represents an improvement in her recent form.

Maza1987 · Challenger level

yes
well in, heather!

philwrig · Hall of fame

Final result for Laura's match sadly lost: 7-5 6-7(8) 6-1.
Still a great effort though, and probably still her best performance of the year.

tony_orient · ATP qualifying

Shame Laura lost. Looks like she tried at the end from the score, not surprising given her lack of recent match time and a 3 setter yesterday afternoon.

KK · Club Coach

Hopefully done her bit for Heather by wearing out Zhang!

steven · Tennis legend

Yes, hopefully Heather can finish the job, as it were. She played Zhang once before, in Hammond LA back in 2010, losing 5 & 2.

philwrig · Hall of fame

Julia Carrot wrote:
What a shame. i wonder how many match points she had in that second set.

Thanks Phil.

I think she won the second set, so not this time. You can never be 100% certain when someone is calling back the score over a mobile phone, but I'm pretty confident Laura lost the first and won the second, so actually probably saved MPs in the second.

Julia Carrot · All-time great

philwrig wrote:
Julia Carrot wrote:
What a shame. i wonder how many match points she had in that second set.

Thanks Phil.
I think she won the second set, so not this time. You can never be 100% certain when someone is calling back the score over a mobile phone, but I'm pretty confident Laura lost the first and won the second, so actually probably saved MPs in the second.

Yeah, I just spotted my error and edited the post. #goingsenile biggrin

indiana · Tennis legend

Not too bad at all.

Another Heather vs Laura match would have been interesting and of course guaranteed a semi finalist here. But Heather has got another pretty decent looking win there and that's 6 sets of what it seems has been generally very competitive tennis that Laura has got under her belt.

philwrig · Hall of fame

Naomi and Hev won their doubles 3-6 6-0 10-7.

Hev is up first , but again not on the Bet 365 court, not sure the lady running the tournament will relish another phonecall from me on her mobile, but she might not have any choice, haha.

Hev and Naomi play their doubles SF later on which is on the Bet 365 court.