Week 45 - ITF ($75K) - Phoenix, USA Hard

Peter too · Tennis legend

Week 45 - ITF ($75K) - Phoenix, USA Hard

indiana · Tennis legend

Yes, I think we can take it that she lost. But things seem a bit more serious than just today's loss...

"Would have been nice to been able to hit more than 2 balls in consecutively today. Singles days are done for sure. Big decision ahead still"

The first sentence of her tweet sounds just rather resigned compared to Nik's normal feistiness and the rest seems to indicate why.

-- Edited by indiana on Monday 5th of November 2012 01:00:00 AM

SMC1809 · All-time great

Pretty sure Nik lost, based on her recent tweet.

RBBOT · Futures qualifying

I haven't seen it, but they are rarely ambiguous!

steven · Tennis legend

indiana wrote:
Yes, I think we can take it that she lost. But things seem a bit more serious than just today's loss...
"Would have been nice to been able to hit more than 2 balls in consecutively today. Singles days are done for sure. Big decision ahead still"
The first sentence of her tweet sounds just rather resigned compared to Nik's normal feistiness and the rest seems to indicate why.

Double bakery against a slightly lower-ranked player, I'm afraid. I assume the decision is whether to continue to play doubles on the circuit. Having said that, I don't think she's as bad as singles as she thinks - this seems like a bit of a freakish result and she's gone close against a fair number of higher-ranked players this year, just doesn't seem to have the confidence to close the matches out.

Q1: MURRAY, Samantha (GBR) 1 282 beat SUOMALAINEN, Pii (FIN) 471 by 5 & 0
Q1: SLATER, Nicola (GBR) 780 lost to MAKAROVA, Christina (USA) 904 by 0 & 1 bleh

Q2: MURRAY, Samantha (GBR) 1 282 v PRUDHOMME, Tatum (USA) WC UNR

Prudhomme is a 15-year-old who doesn't seem to have played on the ITF junior circuit yet.

Peter too · Tennis legend

It looks as if Nicola may have teamed up with Sarah Borwell for the doubles if GB Girls are right.

Peter too · Tennis legend

R1: BORWELL, Sarah (GBR)/ SLATER, Nicola (GBR) 654 v CRAWFORD, Samantha (USA)/KEYS, Madison (USA) 686

R1: FICHMAN, Sharon (CAN)/ MURRAY, Samantha (GBR) 4 404 v HARMAN, Emily J. (USA) /HSU, Chieh-Yu (USA) 875

steven · Tennis legend

Q2: MURRAY, Samantha (GBR) 1 282 beat PRUDHOMME, Tatum (USA) WC UNR by 0 & 0

FQ: MURRAY, Samantha (GBR) 1 282 v AHN, Kristie (USA) WR 704 (CH 304 in 2009)

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Tidy result there Sam !

indiana · Tennis legend

That must be at least 20 games in a row for Sam smile

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Or maybe she has just had enough ?

That match wasn't even close.

-- Edited by Julia Carrot on Tuesday 6th of November 2012 05:58:26 PM

indiana · Tennis legend

Hmm, bit of a shock cry Not quite as much as I initially thought though, given Ahn's ranking undoubtably in no way reflectss her ability since she has hardly played in the last 2 years and was WR 304 on her 17th birthday in 2009. That said, given how little she has played competitively, it remains a bit of a shock.

Stupid WTA points means Sam still gets 4 points as opposed to just 6 for qualifying, but would have been good to have had a chance in the main draw. Here's hoping for a LL berth.

-- Edited by indiana on Tuesday 6th of November 2012 06:57:11 PM

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Sam's match should be on livescore about 4pm

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Lost the 1st set 3 - 6

Just one break of serve I think/

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Broken in 1st game of 2nd set.

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