Boys & Girls: US Open, hard - Grade A (Week 36)

DavidC · Tennis legend

RE: Boys & Girls: US Open, hard - Grade A (Week 36)

DavidC · Tennis legend

(6) Jil Belen Teichmann (SUI) d. Isabelle Wallace (GBR) 6-3 7-6(4)

Gabi struggling, having lost 5 games in a row - 1-5*

DavidC · Tennis legend

Arconada claims her sixth game in a row for a 6-1 opening set

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

It was a close match overall for Izzy and she created plenty of chances, just couldn't convert enough.

Arconada like an Anaconda choking the life out of Gabi.

DavidC · Tennis legend

Usue Maitane Arconada (USA) d. Gabriella Taylor (GBR) 6-1 6-1 cry

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

All 6 girls are playing the doubles, with some interesting pairings.

The Optimist · ATP qualifying

I noticed CiCi Bellis isn't continuing her Wimby partnership with Katie Swan.

-- Edited by The Optimist on Monday 1st of September 2014 12:42:27 PM

Spectator · All-time great

I noticed that, too - but was aware that people may have made pairings before it was clear that Ms Swan would actually be in the USO.

The Optimist · ATP qualifying

Spectator wrote:
I noticed that, too - but was aware that people may have made pairings before it was clear that Ms Swan would actually be in the USO.

Fair point.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Katie B serving for the first set . . .

edit . . . .but gets broken :(

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Monday 1st of September 2014 03:52:38 PM

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Despite being 4-2 up, Katie loses the TB 7-5 :::(((

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Katie Boulter lost a very tight match 6-7(5) 6-7(2)

A pretty encouraging scoreline considering how good Katerina Stewart is. Her having already beaten Saisai Zheng and Mathilde Johansson this year, both ranked in top 150 WTA at the time, as well as the Beygelzimer result noted elsewhere.

korriban · Challenger level

AliBlahBlah wrote:
Katie Boulter lost a very tight match 6-7(5) 6-7(2)

A pretty encouraging scoreline considering how good Katerina Stewart is. Her having already beaten Saisai Zheng and Mathilde Johansson this year, both ranked in top 150 WTA at the time, as well as the Beygelzimer result noted elsewhere.

But she's top 450 pro singles herself with many of posters on this forum tipping her for top 100 hood....... and having got to 2 TBs, lost them both. It's a loss in the first round of a Grand Slam she's travelled thousands of miles to play in.......surely she'd be disappointed rather than encouraged.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

You've got a point, Korriban. I'd hardly call the score encouraging - 'respectable', yes, but not encouraging.

A propos of nothing, in her plans at the start of the year, in fact, she said she wasn't going to play the US juniors, but was going to stop all juniors after Wimbledon. Wonder why her plans changed ?

BeefyDeedz · Pro player

korriban wrote:
AliBlahBlah wrote:
Katie Boulter lost a very tight match 6-7(5) 6-7(2)

A pretty encouraging scoreline considering how good Katerina Stewart is. Her having already beaten Saisai Zheng and Mathilde Johansson this year, both ranked in top 150 WTA at the time, as well as the Beygelzimer result noted elsewhere.
But she's top 450 pro singles herself with many of posters on this forum tipping her for top 100 hood....... and having got to 2 TBs, lost them both. It's a loss in the first round of a Grand Slam she's travelled thousands of miles to play in.......surely she'd be disappointed rather than encouraged.

I'm sure there's room for both: the former short-term, the latter long-term.