Week 42 - ITF ($25K) Glasgow, UK Hard

steven · Tennis legend

RE: Week 42 - ITF ($25K) Glasgow, UK Hard

DavidC · Tennis legend

Sam has fought back well in the opening set after losing the first four games, recovering one break immediately and the second when Marcinkevica served for the set

Sam 5-5*

-- Edited by DavidC on Saturday 20th of October 2012 10:15:42 AM

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

First set goes to a tie-break.

DavidC · Tennis legend

6-6 (6-6*)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Sam takes the tie-break by 9-7! smile

DavidC · Tennis legend

Sam takes her third set point to win the tiebreak 9-7

DavidC · Tennis legend

Sam went down an early break in set 2 pulled back to 4-4 after a series of deuce games, only to be broken again. Marcinkevica had a set point at 5-4, but Sam has just broken back again

7-6(7) 5*-5

DavidC · Tennis legend

Sam saves a breakpoint to go ahead 6-5*

DavidC · Tennis legend

Sam races to 40-0 with 3 matchpoints

and wins on the first 7-6(7) 7-5

insomniacfolder · Challenger level

Just wow! Go get 'em Sam!

steven · Tennis legend

Brilliant

Sam is now due to rise about 50 places into the 320s on Monday week. However, she still has 44 points from Australian 25Ks to defend in November and December, so she was in need of these points just to stand still over the last quarter of 2012 - so far this quarter, she has amassed 43 points c.f. 47 in the last quarter of 2011.

Pretty impressive to defend a a few weeks' work from last year in a single week though!

Peter too · Tennis legend

Sam is lined up to play a $50K next week so lets hope she can keep this momentum going.

Peter too · Tennis legend

SF: MURRAY, Samantha (GBRT) WC 374 beat MARCINKEVICA, Diana (LAT) 251 7-6(7) 7-5

F: MURRAY, Samantha (GBRT) WC 374 v VAN UYTVANCK, Alison (BEL) 7 244

They met in R16 of this tournament last year and Alison won 5 & 4, so it would be a good time to redress the balance.

briteny · Intermediate Club Player

Great job Sam! She is properly the kind of player needs time to grow her game :)

-- Edited by briteny on Sunday 21st of October 2012 03:40:57 AM

indiana · Tennis legend

Wow, what a week for Sam and what a final result biggrin

In many ways the question must be what now ? I had previously seen little this year to suggest anything other than that she had setted in as at best maybe a top 350 player ( she's been back a fair time now ). She must clearly be good on very fast courts, but there must be some worry that kooking at the men's ( Ashley disbelief ) and women's results in Glasgow they may not be too representative of a player's likely general results.

But whatever, it is a tremendous week for her, which she should savour, and I really do hope that she can push on. Very well done, Sam smile

-- Edited by indiana on Sunday 21st of October 2012 01:26:14 PM