Week 34 - US Open women's qualifying - Hard

steven · Tennis legend

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

philwrig · Hall of fame

Jo coming to life.

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

4-4 in second. Come on Jo.

philwrig · Hall of fame

Always serving second is an added pressure.

philwrig · Hall of fame

Trouble

philwrig · Hall of fame

Not to be Rogowska seemed to play a solid match. Maybe Jo was feeling the extra pressure of defending points.

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

sigh

steven · Tennis legend

Very sad

- she will drop to around 140. Having said that, it'll be close to where she was post-Wimbledon, so she won't have slipped back over the North American hard court swing as a whole.

indiana · Tennis legend

Well done, Bally.

Real pity for Jo, but Paul, I certainly don't see it as that poor a result. It certainly didn't look a straightforward match and both TennisAbstract and the bookies gave Rogowska a winning % chance of between 30 and 40%.

At least as Steven points out Jo's two recent tournament triumphs in many ways got her defense in first so that she roughly goes back to where she was in the rankings post Wimbledon.

Even without that I would be surprised and actually doubt that she was feeling any significant extra pressure from defending the 160 points from last year. There us enough to worry about simply trying to win these matches

A disappointment sure, but on the face of it ( not having seen the match ) I don't see it as being particularly poor.

DF · Tennis legend

Sam's match is the second on Court 6

and Tara's is the third on Court 16

Good Luck to all!

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Definitely disappointing for Jo but isn't this one of the 'delights' of tennis ?

There's Jo, having had an excellent couple of weeks, on form etc.etc.etc. - and she loses in the first round to a solid but not exceptional player.
There's Bally, having hardly played a match in the last two months - and she puts out the player ranked over 100 places higher and seeded 23.

If everything went according to form or to ranking, it'd be a very boring sport !

Sally · Grand Slam Champion

I'm following Sam's match so if anyone wants scores, just let me know.

-- Edited by Sally on Wednesday 21st of August 2013 05:15:51 PM

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

tiny bit of movement - one point added,, and then no more ?

better - back on serve - 2*-3

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Wednesday 21st of August 2013 08:10:06 PM

murray_2k9 · Challenger qualifying

15-0

15-15

30-15

40-15

40-30, big point!

-- Edited by murray_2k9 on Wednesday 21st of August 2013 08:26:12 PM

PaulM · Tennis legend

Be interesting o see where Tara goes next. I can see her doing damage on the European indoors and there will be big challengers to compete in. Or maybe she'll give the lower grade WTA events in the Far East a go?

A hard court loss to Castano is a bit poo and not really one to try and sugarcoat, but in this situation I wouldn't be surprised if it was ultimately came down to Castano being more experienced. When Tara went 40-15 up after saving match points I thought "here we go!" But credit to the Columbian for recovering - although whether that was her or down to Tara missing we will probably never know.

I would say though that she's lost a few very tight three setters in big/high pressure events over the summer, hopefully she can find a way to make them go her way smile

-- Edited by PaulM on Wednesday 21st of August 2013 08:39:03 PM

-- Edited by PaulM on Wednesday 21st of August 2013 08:39:46 PM