Week 6 - ITF ($10K) - Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt - Hard

steven · Tennis legend

Week 6 - ITF ($10K) - Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt - Hard

Reeltime · Satellite level

Terrible sart from Emily. Broken to 0 in the first game!

Reeltime · Satellite level

Breaks back *2-2

Reeltime · Satellite level

After losing her serve again and going 4-2 down, Emily recovers to win 4 games in a row 6-4 *0-0

Reeltime · Satellite level

L32: (4) Emily Webley-Smith WR 407 Beat (Q) Du Rui (CHN) UNR 6-4 6-3

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

L32: Danielle Konotoptseva WR 760 lost (Q) Anastasiya Saitova (RUS) WR 675 (CH 597 in Sep) 6-3 7-5

steven · Tennis legend

Dasha's loss was her 10th in a row

but that's the most games she has got in one match during this unwanted streak.

L16: (4) Emily Webley-Smith WR 407 v Gai Ao (CHN) WR 600 (CH 581 in Sep)

H2H 1-0, Emily won 7-5 1-6 6-3 at the same stage last week

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Emily won the first set 6-4 but is 0-3 down in the second

steven · Tennis legend

She then won 4 games in a row to recover the break and go a break up but has just been broken back again 6-4 4-4*... but now has another bp and takes it, so will serve for the match - 6-4 *5-4

steven · Tennis legend

Emily gets a match point but ends up getting broken 6-4 5-5*

The match has gone in runs of (mainly 3) games - 1 to Gai, 3 to Em, 3 to Gai, 3 to Em, 3 to Gai, 4 to Em up to game 17 but the last 4 games have been breaks.

Gai gets a game point to break the run of breaks, only to double fault, but then does hold after all so is now receiving for the set 6-4 *5-6

30-40 break/set point ... saved by Emily ... but now Gai has another one, also saved ... and Emily ends up holding to get into a tiebreak - 6-4 6-6

-- Edited by steven on Thursday 6th of February 2014 09:28:20 AM

steven · Tennis legend

Gai mini-break

1-2*
1-3*
*1-4 two holds in a row for Gai - ominous
ace from Em! *2-4
Gai mini-break

2-5*
Em mini-break

3-5*
*3-6 2 set points
Gai mini-break for the set

So they're going to 3 sets for the 2nd week running

6-4 6-7(3)

steven · Tennis legend

Emily started off the 3rd set well (*2-0) but then lost the next 3 games (2 breaks)- 6-4 6-7(3) 2-3*

steven · Tennis legend

Back on serve

- 6-4 6-7(3) 4-3*

steven · Tennis legend

Emily had saved a(t least one) break point in the 9th game of the 3rd set but now Gai has another, and takes it, so will serve for the match

6-4 6-7(3) 4-5*

steven · Tennis legend

Gai serving for the match

0-15
15-15
15-30
15-40 2 bps
both saved (the scoreboard jumps to deuce)
Ad-in match point Gai

L16: (4) Emily Webley-Smith WR 407 lost to Gai Ao (CHN) WR 600 (CH 581 in Sep) by 4-6 7-6(3) 6-4

If we were Chinese fans, we'd be celebrating that as a remarkable comeback by Gai, from a set and a break down, match point down in the 2nd and a break down in the 3rd. Since we're not ...