Week 28 - ITF ($25K) - Imola, Italy - Carpet

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

RE: Week 28 - ITF ($25K) - Imola, Italy - Carpet

paulisi · Tennis legend

Mandy 5-1 up in the third

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

'How not to close out a match' is currently on livestream on Youtennis.net, for those who can bear it!

paulisi · Tennis legend

L32: Katy Dunne (GBR) WR 339 bt (wc) Beatrice Torelli (ITA) UNR (CH 1103 in Nov. 13), age 17 6-1 6-2

L32: Amanda Carreras (GBR)(5) WR 307 lost to(wc) Jessica Pieri (ITA) WR 1027, age 18 6-7(2) 6-3 6-7(7)

Using updated rankings:

L16: Katy Dunne (GBR) WR 315 v Nadia Kichenok (UKR)(3) WR 255 (CH 100 Jan 2014)

paulisi · Tennis legend

That really is disappointing - Mandy was 5-1 up in the final set and 6-4 up in the tie breaker and couldn't get over the line. Back to the clay courts, I think.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Followed by the sequel entitled 'how to lose a tie-break when you've had four match points' . . .

But it was all on the youngster's racquet - Mandy wasn't doing much - pretty devastating though after being 5-1 up and 6-3 up in the TB . . .

TennisLover · Strong Club Player

Coup Droit wrote:
Followed by the sequel entitled 'how to lose a tie-break when you've had four match points' . . .

But it was all on the youngster's racquet - Mandy wasn't doing much - pretty devastating though after being 5-1 up and 6-3 up in the TB . . .

Astonishing. Good to know that it was all on the youngster's racket. At Mandy's level/ranking/ etc. surely she should know that you've got to take it rather than be passive waiting for errors.

Jaffa · Challenger level

Let me guess? Amanda Bogdanaward?

Joking aside that's a real shame, clay is her real playground and I hope she knows that now, if there was any doubt

Jaggy1876 · Grand Slam Champion

That's quite clever Jaffa we will save that for her breaking the top 100 with a lucky draw in a Grand Slam I think

Strongbow · All-time great

Don't know what happened today - watched the match and she never looked comfortable from start to finish even when she was well ahead. Hope it's some temporary post-grass hangover as, looking at the other reults, most brit girls seem to have caught it! cry cry

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Mandy's day got worse, losing her doubles to Katy Dunne+, 6-10, in the MTB

scottie1 · Futures level

Strongbow wrote:
Don't know what happened today - watched the match and she never looked comfortable from start to finish even when she was well ahead. Hope it's some temporary post-grass hangover as, looking at the other reults, most brit girls seem to have caught it!

personally having seen her about three/four times playing her only surface is clay. Struggles on faster surfaces

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

And yet she beat Steff Foretz on grass at Surbiton, and Steff is no slouch on a tennis court (ex top 50, currently top 200).

PaulM · Tennis legend

I think it was widely reported that Foretz had an absolute mare that day (which happens to everyone once in a while)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

PaulM wrote:
I think it was widely reported that Foretz had an absolute mare that day (which happens to everyone once in a while)

Possibly. But I'm always a bit wary of the 'I played SO badly that day' excuse - it takes two....the other one still has to win it.

I thought Mandy looked OK on grass - the low bounce suits hers (she's quite small), unlike some of the tall players who were having real problems. She's light and nimble on her feet, moves well. Not saying she;s a natural grass court player (!) but, in fact, I think hard courts are probably the worst for her (and definitely if yesterday is anything to go by).