The 1st page of the twitter list could do with editing sometime, dropping the ones that are no longer active, adding new ones like Jade and updating the ones that have changed like Heather. Running down the list can sometimes be a quite amusing way of passing a few spare minutes. A bunch of girls travelling the world can sometimes get into quite hilarious situations if their twitters are anything to go by.

R1: RUSH, Lana (GBR) WC UNR LOST TO BOWTELL, Amy (IRL) 4 477 4-6 4-6

R1: SMITH, Anna (GBR) Q UNR lost to KUBICIKOVA, Martina (CZE) 7 532 6-2 4-6 1-6

Danielle beat Fran 4-6 6-1 7-5.

R1 GRIFFIN, Alannah (GBR) Q UNR lost to VORACOVA, Renata (CZE) 1 297 3-6 6-7(3)
R1: CROWE, Emily (GBR) Q UNR lost to MICHEL, Lara (SUI) 683 0-6 1-6
R1: KONOTOPTSEVA, Danielle (GBR) Q UNR beat STEPHENSON, Francesca (GBR) 654 4-6 6-1 7-5
R1: FITZPATRICK, Anna (GBR) 562 lost to MELNIKOVA, Marina (RUS) 3 380 2-6 1-6
R1: WINDLEY, Jade (GBR) 6 497 beat SUGNAUX, Tess (SUI) 834 6-2 6-2
R1: BAMBURAC, Sabrina (GBR) 840 beat SMOLINA, Anna (RUS) 1002 7-6(6) 7-5
R1: DART, Harriet (GBR) WC 964 beat BROWN, Lucy (GBR) 705 6-2 6-3
R1: RUSH, Lana (GBR) WC UNR lost to BOWTELL, Amy (IRL) 4 477 4-6 4-6
R1: SMITH, Anna (GBR) Q UNR lost to KUBICIKOVA, Martina (CZE) 7 532 6-2 4-6 1-6
R1: BROGAN, Anna (GBR) WC UNR beat COVINGTON, Dominique (GBR) Q UNR 6-4 6-1
R1: PETERSON, Nicole (GBR) Q UNR beat BOULTER, Katie WC UNR 6-3 5-7 6-1

R2: KONOTOPTSEVA, Danielle (GBR) Q UNR v SKAMLOVA, C (SVK) 5 494
R2: WINDLEY, Jade (GBR) 6 497 v RAMIALISON, Irina (FRA) 602
R2: BAMBURAC, Sabrina (GBR) 840 v DANIELS, Carolin (GER) 564
R2: DART, Harriet (GBR) WC 964 v BOWTELL, Amy (IRL) 4 477
R2: BROGAN, Anna (GBR) WC UNR v KUBICIKOVA, Martina (CZE) 7 532
R2: PETERSON, Nicole (GBR) Q UNR v KINARD, Tori (USA) 687

korriban wrote:

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Sabrina was serving at 0-6 0-2 0-30 against the world ranked 564 (i.e. not Serena Williams), and I was about to write something about at what point you decide it's unlikely or unrealistic to think that you would ever make a good living from tennis on the pro tour.

Sabrina then won the next 3 games!!!!

Not saying she will win or even get a set (I'd not put any money on it), but it does (once again) prove why tennis is such a great game both to play, to watch and to follow as a fan.

Update: Sabrina lost 0-6 5-7. Which is certainly more competitive than 0-6 0-6, a scoreline that looked all too likely at one point.

-- Edited by korriban on Thursday 15th of November 2012 11:14:02 AM

-- Edited by korriban on Thursday 15th of November 2012 11:53:44 AM

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Thing is tennis has a wonderful scoring system and I wouldn't change it for a moment ( I hate the doubles going to game point either way at deuce ).  But it does sometimes really exagerrate just how in control someone is.  We discussed this some time ago looking at some apparent thrashings for Heather and Laura, OK, not 6-0s but like 6-1 6 -2 scorelines from memory.  And they were sometimes getting really well over half the points with the vast majority of games going to deuce and indeed some game points. Just couldn't get games really on the board and that is an art that the better / more experienced players seem to have.

Sometimes just needs a little change in momentum for big turnarounds as we so often see, much more particularly with the women where the serve is much more generally just starting the pont rather than making playerss such strong favourites for games.

The number of times folk have given up too soon on players in a match, although in this case I must admit I probably would have at that 0-6 0 -2 0-30 point, more especially if I knew that games hadn't been close ( don't know if they were )  

-- Edited by indiana on Thursday 15th of November 2012 01:24:53 PM

A couple of great results there for Harriet and Anna

-- Edited by indiana on Thursday 15th of November 2012 03:48:08 PM

R2: WINDLEY, Jade (GBR) 6 497 beat RAMIALISON, Irina (FRA) 602 6-2 3-6 7-5