Week 9 - ITF ($25K) - Beinasco, Italy, Indoor Clay

Peter too · Tennis legend

RE: Week 9 - ITF ($25K) - Beinasco, Italy, Indoor Clay

TomTraubert · Futures level

warm up for the final now on stream

TomTraubert · Futures level

not playing well at all yet today
loads UE
anna REALLY (bold underline 72pt font) strugling
1-4*

TomTraubert · Futures level

first set raced away
scoreline a fair refection of the play im afraid

1-6

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Well, they won the first set yesterday 6-1 (from memory) and then got pegged back to a MTB. So why not today too in reverse . . . .

TomTraubert · Futures level

Coup Droit wrote:
Well, they won the first set yesterday 6-1 (from memory) and then got pegged back to a MTB. So why not today too in reverse . . . .

of course

that would have them losing in the mtb having had a match point tho

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

TomTraubert wrote:
Coup Droit wrote:
Well, they won the first set yesterday 6-1 (from memory) and then got pegged back to a MTB. So why not today too in reverse . . . .
of course
that would have them losing in the mtb having had a match point tho

Good point ! Had forgotten about that ! (or not figured it out) Well, OK, slight change of plan . . . in reverse UP UNTIL the moment one gets MP . . . how convenient is that ? smile

TomTraubert · Futures level

Coup Droit wrote:
Good point ! Had forgotten about that ! (or not figured it out) Well, OK, slight change of plan . . . in reverse UP UNTIL the moment one gets MP . . . how convenient is that ?

well theyre trying to get to the MTB looking more lively this set and with a break since the first game *3-2

TomTraubert · Futures level

:( slipped behind again
only held serve twice so far need to do it now
1-6 *3-4

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

TomTraubert wrote:
:( slipped behind again
only held serve twice so far need to do it now
1-6 *3-4

and they did it well - their best game for a while.

TomTraubert · Futures level

they did and then broke

serve for the set
joss rifling a drive at one of the italians
the other italian in the blue skirt is real agressive!
1-6 *5-4

TomTraubert · Futures level

gah!
broken back joss DF on the BP
just break again then!!

1-6 5-5*

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

But break again :)

So another chance to serve out the set, this time up to Anna.

TomTraubert · Futures level

which they do!
serve it out this time?
1-6 *6-5

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Ok - so all going according to my 'cunning plan' so far - take the second set and into the MTB