Week 40 - ITF ($25K) - Vallduxó, Spain (clay)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

RE: Week 40 - ITF ($25K) - Vallduxó, Spain (clay)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Things looking better for Mandy - 5*-3 up

And, after two more breaks, smile , Mandy wins the first set 6-4

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Tuesday 1st of October 2013 12:35:43 PM

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

paulisi wrote:
Very topsy turvy match, lots of breaks, but just got the feeling that Mandy is getting on top.

Yes. I watched the stream last week of Mandy and liked her game but her second serve is poor (her first isn;t great either) so it's no surprise she gets broken a bit. At this level, though, quite a few women have better returns than serves, leading steven to say that Mandy was 'receiving for the match' at 4*-5 ahead last time - which I hadn't heard before and made me smile. (And proved to be right).

But now 4-1 up - looking good . . .

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Tuesday 1st of October 2013 01:00:43 PM

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

two points away . . .still a chasm . . . one MP (on her opponent's serve but I think that's pretty neutral) ...not to be . .. into a TB

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Tuesday 1st of October 2013 01:34:36 PM

steven · Tennis legend

Amanda has just started, losing her first service game to 15 unfortunately

paulisi · Tennis legend

Very topsy turvy match, lots of breaks, but just got the feeling that Mandy is getting on top.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Mandy was definitely 5-3 up, maybe even 5-2 up (not sure).

But now 5-4 . .. come on, girl, now's the moment (still suffering after that match in Belgium (?) where she had it done and dusted and somehow lost). NOW !

steven · Tennis legend

She has never beaten a top 250 player before (and probably not an ex-top 100 player either), so perhaps not a big surprise if she is getting a bit nervous as the finishing line approaches.

A good hold this time 6-4 6-5*

steven · Tennis legend

Amanda beats a top 250 player at last! Now she gets a chance to 'avenge' Manisha's loss in qualifying.

L32: Amanda Carreras WR 346 beat (6/WC) Laura Pous Tió (ESP) WR 242 (CH 72 in 2012) by 6-4 7-6(4) biggrin

L16: Amanda Carreras WR 346 v (Q) Aliona Bolsova Zadoinov (ESP) WR 632 (= CH)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Big smiles :::)))

paulisi · Tennis legend

I think she should beat Zadoinov, although the Spanish/Moldovan has a slightly false ranking being a junior.

TomTraubert · Futures level

well done

be good to realy capitalise with another win

make it so mandy :)

Peter too · Tennis legend

Aliona is only 15 years old so is a bit of an unknown quantity. She qualified and then won a $10K event two weeks ago.

steven · Tennis legend

L16: Amanda Carreras WR 346 beat (Q) Aliona Bolsova Zadoinov (ESP) WR 632 (= CH) by 4 & 2

For some unknown reason, there is a R1 match still to play in Amanda's quarter (scheduled 2 matches after Amanda's R2 match), so she won't find outher QF opponent until tomorrow. However, it is odds on that it will be 2nd seed Teliana Pereira, the player who beat her in the Buenos Aires 25K Final last year and in Wimbledon qualifying this year.

Edit: Investigating further, maybe they gave Pereira a late start because she won Sevilla last week, though it still doesn't make much sense to put Amanda's R2 on before her R1. In fact, the Brazilian has won 25Ks in each of the last 3 weeks, so is on a 15-match (and 28-set) winning streak.

-- Edited by steven on Wednesday 2nd of October 2013 11:14:17 AM

PockyTastic · Futures level

steven wrote:
L16: Amanda Carreras WR 346 beat (Q) Aliona Bolsova Zadoinov (ESP) WR 632 (= CH) by 4 & 2

Chuffed for Mandy. She played a belter of a match last week and was unlucky not to clinch that, so I'm glad to see her progress through the to QFs here. Also means she's cushioned herself a bit more ranking points wise as she has her haul from South America due to come off in next month.