Week 34 - US Open women's qualifying - Hard

Julia Carrot · All-time great

RE: Week 34 - US Open women's qualifying - Hard

Jan · Hall of fame

come on Bally!

steven · Tennis legend

Uh-oh - 2 set points for MLdB

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Saves those but loses the next one. loses the 2nd set 7-5

Oh well, no pain, no gain . ..

Armchair · County player

Shame, and I don't really see a third set going Bally's way. But she won't give up that's for sure.

steven · Tennis legend

So just like Bally's previous two final qualifying round matches here, it's going to 3 sets

I just hope the ending is different this time.

Jan · Hall of fame

soooo close - you can still do this Bally!

steven · Tennis legend

Deuce in MLdB's first service game in the 3rd set, then deuce in Bally's first service game - tense stuff! (Bally is not out of the woods yet in this game either)

Jan · Hall of fame

broken cry

steven · Tennis legend

7 games in a row now for MLdB

but the last 5 all went to deuce, as has the current one (with Bally serving)

Jan · Hall of fame

such a shame - it's a long way back from 0-4*

Jan · Hall of fame

not to be
1-6 in the 3rd

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Well, she certainly never gave up. Such a shame there wasn't a livestream so we could 've seen how the end of the second set panned out . ..

Well done, all the same, Bally - your little PeeWees will have been proud of you.

paulisi · Tennis legend

No suprise that when the game went into the third set Bally struggled. I'm guessing her lack of match fitness was the deciding factor, but still good results to build on and a chance to get that ranking back to where it belongs(top 100)

philwrig · Hall of fame

The stats sadly suggest that Bally tightened at the end of the 2nd set, multiple double faults just when she didn't need them changed the match around.
Third set difficult to know what happened, tired/deflated/injured/opponent inspired we'll probably never know but a huge disappointment nonetheless.