Girls: Wimbledon 2014, grass - Grade A (Weeks 26/27)

DavidC · Tennis legend

RE: Girls: Wimbledon 2014, grass - Grade A (Weeks 26/27)

tony_orient · ATP qualifying

LordBrownof wrote:
And a break down in the second.

She's clearly very talented, big forehand and very aggressive - a couple of points here and there and it would be the opposite scoreline. She's got a lot of potential for sure. Needs to work on her backhand and variety. But all very promising!

I watched Gabi's first set and agree with all of your comments - I also thought she showed a good temperament in that she didn't let setbacks get to her and if she develops a bit more power in her ground stokes her aggressive approach will really start to pay off a lot more.

Jaffa · Challenger level

Only three games in but unfortunately Katie has lost all of them. A lot of errors, especially off the backhand. Black really is only keeping the ball in play.

kundalini · Specialist Reporter + Intermediate Club Player

Horror show from Katie B so far.

tharris · Intermediate Club Player

All three of our girls seem to have big (if erratic) forehands, but their backhands are woeful. Also, Maia's second serve is quite soft.

Jaffa · Challenger level

Black has done little more than get the ball back. Very frustrating to watch as Katie is far better than her on her day

murray_2k9 · Challenger qualifying

Not a good day for the girls..

LordBrownof · Futures level

Oh dear.

DavidC · Tennis legend

R3

Paula Badosa Gibert (ESP) d. (WC) Gabriella Taylor 7-6(5) 6-4
(3) Tornado Alicia Black (USA) d. Katie Boulter 6-1 6-2
Michaela Gordon (USA) d. (WC) Maia Lumsden 6-2 6-1

Doubles R2

(4) Boulter/Jorovic (GBR/SRB) d. Ploskina/Terziyska (UKR/BUL) 6-3 6-1
Bouzkova/Galfi (CZE/HUN) d. (WC) Arbuthnott/Hutchinson 6-3 6-2
(3) Bains/Black (AUS/USA) d. Christie/Wallace 7-6(7) 6-4

QF

(4) Boulter/Jorovic (GBR/SRB) v Arconada/Stollar (USA/HUN) or (8) Kuzmova/Schmiedlova (SVK)

DavidC · Tennis legend

QF

(4) Boulter/Jorovic (GBR/SRB) v Arconada/Stollar (USA/HUN) Ct 19 match 4

Peter too · Tennis legend

Katie and partner were serving for the match at 5-4 in the 3rd but got broken and are now at 7-7

Peter too · Tennis legend

Katie & partner got another break point but failed to convert *7-8

Peter too · Tennis legend

QF: (4) Boulter/Jorovic (GBR/SRB) lost to Arconada/Stollar (USA/HUN) 6-7(5) 7-5 7-9

DavidC · Tennis legend

The girls final is a repeat of Roehampton between Jelena Ostapenko and Kristina Schmiedlova. To put Nastya's 6-4 6-3 defeat in round 1 in context only one player this week and one last week (just) have managed to get more games off the Latvian

DavidC · Tennis legend

Jelena Ostapenko started slowly but seemed to go up a couple of gears and was completely dominant by the end, judging from the snatches I saw - winning 2-6 6-3 6-0 for her 12th win in a row