Week 34 - WTA ($710K) Premier - New Haven, USA - Hard

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

RE: Week 34 - WTA ($710K) Premier - New Haven, USA - Hard

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Very tense tie break

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Into a decider. Tie break score 5 - 7 (I think)

Jan · Hall of fame

Yes it was.
Come on Laura!

PaulM · Tennis legend

Oh Laura. Just not match tight enough to close these out

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

Cummon Laura, 30-0 up on mcHale's serve.

indiana · Tennis legend

Pity, did rather wish they could just have played out the TB on Christina's serve and Laura take her chances on that. But then her serve probably needs such tests

Be an interesting final set now. Magdalena Rybarikova awaits the winner in the FQR.

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

Laura's got an early break, but she did last set too, so I'm not getting too hopeful this time yet, a d McHake is returning the favour 0-30 on Laura's serve now.

Talking of TBs, Andy and SmugFed in one in Cinny.

SMC1809 · All-time great

10 points in a row for McHale

Julia Carrot · All-time great

indiana wrote:
Pity, did rather wish they could just have played out the TB on Christina's serve and Laura take her chances on that. But then her serve probably needs such tests

Be an interesting final set now. Magdalena Rybarikova awaits the winner in the FQR.

The ATP App says this is the final qualifying round ?

(But they are obviously mistaken as the draw sheet agrees with Indy)

-- Edited by Julia Carrot on Saturday 22nd of August 2015 09:40:06 PM

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

Levels 2-2.

Jan · Hall of fame

Come on Laura.
I need to turn in.
Hope she can come through.

nicofrance · Strong Club Player

It's all going pear-shaped. Given McHale has already played a match today this is very disappointing from Laura Robson, her serve even before she got injured has been inconsistent. I feared the worst when she blew the 5-2 lead in the second set and sadly this looks like a desperate loss which will do nothing for her confidence.

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

Well, she's not had the match practice, so I'm not expecting too much. She needs to get mentally tough again. It's not a bad scoreline, but I agree losing a set from 5-2 is NOT good.
still she's had 4 hours match practice this week, and she's always been a big stage player, so I'm hoping that she brings it for the USO.

insomniacfolder · Challenger level

Well Laura will be sticking around at least. Joss & Anna contiue to pay for some unknown crime committed against the God of Favourable Draws (though Kops-Jones just got married, in a lovely looking ceremony, so maybe she's distracted)

R1: Laura ROBSON/Irina FALCONI (GBR/USA) 669 vs. (WC) Lauren DAVIES/Alison RISKE (USA/USA) 349
R1: Jocelyn RAE/Anna SMITH (GBR/GBR) 166 vs. Raquel KOPS-JONES/Abigail SPEARS (USA/USA) [2] 31