Honcova breaks to 30.

Sam  0 - 2 *

Oh, Sam broke to love when I wasn't looking 

Sam  *  3 - 2

Honcova holds to 15.

Sam  * 4 - 3

Honcova holds to 30.

Sam serving for the match at  * 5 - 4 

Sam holds to 30 for G , S & M     6 - 2  6 - 4    

chavkev wrote:

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Good win for Sam 6-2, 6-4. I am baffled by her sudden surge in form though. Will this level be the norm? Does she have more? I don't know enough about her. What sort of game does she have?

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Yes. I wondered if Glasgow was a bit peculiar ( well of course it is, but I meant the tennis tournament   ). But she's certainly following it up quite impressively this week. It does indeed seem a sudden surge.

What think those who have maybe seen Sam in action ? 

L16: Samantha Murray WR 371  beat  Michaela Honcova (SVK) WR 296 (= CH)    6 - 2    6 - 4

QF : Samantha Murray WR 371  vs  (1) Melanie Oudin (USA) WR 98 ( CH 31 in April 2010 )

Hmm, what to make of Oudin. She still seems very inconsistent and although her ranking is back into the top 100, that owes much to her very good week on Birmingham's grass in June. There she beat many good players and collected a whopping 290 points. In the last couple of months or so her results have included losing 0 & 2 to Glatch and losing 0 & 1 to Mladenovic, both outside the top 100.   

If Sam had to play a top 100 player, I could currently think of many more concerning than Oudin  ( possibly not that far off 99   )