Week 30 - ITF ($50K) - Lexington, USA Hard

murray_2k9 · Challenger qualifying

RE: Week 30 - ITF ($50K) - Lexington, USA Hard

Peter too · Tennis legend

If Johanna wins the title she will put herself in an elite group of Anne, Elena and Heather who have all won titles at $50K or higher, so it should augur well for her to progress towards the top 100. Elena has two at $100K, two at $75K and one at $50K. Anne has one at $100K, one at $75K and four at $50K. Heather has just the one at $50K.

-- Edited by Peter too on Sunday 29th of July 2012 04:10:47 PM

insomniacfolder · Challenger level

The final starts at 14:00 local time.
So, 19:00 UK time.

Mervatron · Masters Series Champion

Great chance at another 50k title here. Come on Jo win it

insomniacfolder · Challenger level

JK did it again! A DF in her first service game of every match this week, including the doubles. A second DF brings up deuce, and Johanna has to fight off a break point, but holds firm - as about 50 other times this week!

1-1*

Julia waltzed through a love service game. Johanna made to work considerably harder - taken to deuce and a break point again. Again, she fights it off, after three deuces.

2-2*

*0-40 for Julia, aided by a JK DF. The game is lost to love. Glushko then backs it up wirth a love service game.

Glushko's service games are very easy for her at the moment, and massive pressure on every one of Johanna's services.

A bit worrying, but the Doi match yesterday was a bit like this in the first set.

*2-5

And that's the set. JK fought hard again, getting Julia to deuce, but a second set point proved decisive.

3-6

Glushko clearly the better player in that set - any way you slice it.

Johanna serving at 75%. But, it doesn't seem to matter, she's still only winning about half of those points. Glushko by comparison is serving at 68%, but winning 87% of her first serves.

Hopefully Johanna can dig deep for the second set, looks like she'll need to.

-- Edited by insomniacfolder on Sunday 29th of July 2012 06:53:13 PM

philwrig · Hall of fame

So we've got Jo the finals specialist against Glushko who has spent far less time on court this week, should be another tight match.

insomniacfolder · Challenger level

Pressure again from Glushko in game 1 of Set 2, a break point, despite 5 JK first serves, and the break is secured.

This 'feels' different today to the rest of the week, it feels... ominous!

0-1*

Perhaps Johanna has finally run out of gas after all her exertions this week, struggling for every single point on her serve now, as Julia sets up *0-40, and takes the third break point.

The lead now, sadly seems pretty insurmountable - JK is yet to have a single point on Julia's serve in the match.

Come on Johanna, one final effort!?!

0-3*

Another easy service game for Glushko.

*0-4

2 more break points I'm afraid, *15-40. This in a set where JK is now serving at 84%! Julia takes the second BP and I think we can stick a fork in this one now!

0-5*

-- Edited by insomniacfolder on Sunday 29th of July 2012 07:16:31 PM

insomniacfolder · Challenger level

And, it's over! cry

3-6 0-6

A disappointing and rather anti-climactic performance given the heroics of the week. Tiredness must have been a factor. I had hoped Glushko having to play two full matches in the day would have levelled things up a little, but apparently not.

She wan't really in this match at any point, Glushko had the number on Johanna's service throughout, and though Glushko served a low %, when the 1st serve went in, it was almost always an easy point for her - JK didn't get any change on the Glushko service game at all.

Nevertheless it's been an excellent week.
Well played Johanna.

Hopefully some matches will become easier to win - I remember that long hard match she had in SW19 too - and you'll have more juice to be competitive at the end of the weeks.

Looking forward to where she can go from here.

-- Edited by insomniacfolder on Sunday 29th of July 2012 07:26:50 PM

murray_2k9 · Challenger qualifying

Streamed I hope, any chance?

LordBrownof · Futures level

She has a 50K on green clay already. 2010 at Raleigh.

insomniacfolder · Challenger level

murray_2k9 wrote:
Streamed I hope, any chance?

I don't think so unfortunately. Only the parallel ATP matches have been streamed all week.

They did show a Mattek-Sands match earlier in the week when the Men finished early. But the finals are simultaneous on neighbouring courts.

insomniacfolder · Challenger level

27° C, 54% humidity, 10 % chance of rain.

Glushko has already played the doubles final today - Which she lost on the champions TB - so that should help JK.

Best of luck Johanna!

Now on court. Julia Glushko to serve first.

Peter too · Tennis legend

Very strange service statistics in this set. Johanna is getting 86% of 1st serves in, winning 25% on 1st serve and 100% on 2nd.
Julia was doing he opposite but improved her 1st service % in her last game.