Week 45 - ITF ($50K) - Scottsdale, USA Hard

kundalini · Specialist Reporter + Intermediate Club Player

Week 45 - ITF ($50K) - Scottsdale, USA Hard

vohor · Grand Slam Champion

Naomi is 3rd up on stadium court today so hopefully that is the streamed court :)

PaulM · Tennis legend

Seems odd not to stream stadium court...

brendan · Strong Club Player

and the ITF scoreboard has gone kaput again

kundalini · Specialist Reporter + Intermediate Club Player

Naomi 1-1 set all

Lost first set 5-7

Won second set 6-1

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Naomi breaks to 15 at the start of the 3rd set *1-0

More scoreboard trouble

Naomi broken after saving 2 bps 1-1

Naomi breaks to 15, helped by two 2dfs, *2-1

Naomi holds to 15 for 3-1*

Naomi breaks to 15 for *4-1

Naomi holds to 15 for 5-1*

Naomi breaks to 30 for 6-1

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Francoise held serve 5 times out of 6 in the opening set then failed to hold during the 2nd and 3rd sets. Naomi not as dominant on her first serve as she has been in most matches, winning just 62%. However, on return, she did win an astonishing 8/9 bps.

-- Edited by kundalini on Thursday 12th of November 2015 12:37:42 AM

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

A strange finish saw Naomi run away with it in the end, to a 5-7 6-1 6-1 victory

She will next play former top 50 player, Vania King, a WC here, whom Naomi beat in their only other meeting, in Landisville $25K earlier this year.

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Well done Naomi

vohor · Grand Slam Champion

Yep, well done Naomi; GL in R2 :)

kundalini · Specialist Reporter + Intermediate Club Player

Slow start from Naomi, broken after long 3rd game, having saved 3 bps 1-2*

Finally wins first return point but Vania holds from 30-30 *1-3

Quick hold to love for Naomi 2-3*

Naomi breaks to 15 for *3-3

Another long Broady service game, she holds after saving 2 bps, 4 aces and a df 4-3*

-- Edited by kundalini on Thursday 12th of November 2015 07:47:59 PM

DF · Tennis legend

Naomi on serve 3-3

vohor · Grand Slam Champion

Naomi saves BPs and holds with ace #7
4-3*

vohor · Grand Slam Champion

And then wins 4 points from 40-15 to break :D
5*-3

DF · Tennis legend

Just needs to hold on to her serve

vohor · Grand Slam Champion

Holds to 30 :D
6-3, 0-0*

kundalini · Specialist Reporter + Intermediate Club Player

Naomi breaks to 15 at the start of the 2nd set *1-0

Then is broken, losing 4 points in a row from 30-0 1-1*

Vania holds to 15 for *1-2

Another long Broady service game, she eventually holds after saving 2 bps 2-2*

Vania holds to 30 *2-3

Medical Time Out

Naomi broken again from 30-0, after saving 1 bp 2-4*

Vania holds to 30 for *2-5

Naomi holds to 15 for 3-5*

Vania holds to love for 3-6

-- Edited by kundalini on Thursday 12th of November 2015 08:38:49 PM