Week 19 - ITF ($50K+H) - Saint-Gaudens, France Clay

Peter too · Tennis legend

Week 19 - ITF ($50K+H) - Saint-Gaudens, France Clay

wimdledont · Challenger level

And Amanda...

Three points for winning today would replace a one-pointer and see her pull ahead of Freya in the rankings.

Strong field in the main draw, with plenty of opportunities to better her CH win of ten days ago, and where reaching the SF would better her best-ever points total.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Léa Tholey won a 10k last autumn but really hadn't done anything before that, or after, in the last year or two.

Mandy must be the very clear favourite.

wimdledont · Challenger level

Mandy 6-1

wimdledont · Challenger level

Mandy 6-1, 6-4

insomniacfolder · Challenger level

Safely through to the FQR
Q2: Amanda CARRERAS (GBR) [q6] 424 defeated Lea THOLEY (FRA) 720 61 6-4

FQR: Amanda CARRERAS (GBR) [q6] 424 vs. Renata VORACOVA (CZE) [q2] 338 (CH 74 10/2010)

wimdledont · Challenger level

Carreras careers into view on livescores...

DF · Tennis legend

Amanda down a break 1-3

DF · Tennis legend

but back level at 3-3

wimdledont · Challenger level

4-3 Mandy

Mandy has only ever once played a MD match at a level above this - qualified for a 100k in 2014 - but she lost in R1.

So a win today woulld be a biggie.

DF · Tennis legend

Amanda serving for the first set at 5-3

DF · Tennis legend

She takes it 6-3
Now for the second set.

Michael D · All-time great

Mandy wins the first set 6-3. But she's making a mistake, she needs to miss more of her first serves. That regular wretchedly high percentage in rate of her first serve - a ridiculous 82% in the first set, but she's won only 53% of the points behind it. Meanwhile on that second serve she hardly uses, she's won 6/7 points - a wonderful 85.7%. Go Mandy!

-- Edited by Michael D on Monday 9th of May 2016 11:30:22 AM

Michael D · All-time great

Thankfully Mandy is learning. She managed to miss two serves in her first service game of the second set, and won them both, helped her to the game after reaching deuce. Meanwhile, Voracova is possibly being influenced - has pushed her own first serve % up to an equally ridiculous 80% in the second set, and won only 1 point behind it. 6-3 3-0 to Mandy.

-- Edited by Michael D on Monday 9th of May 2016 11:51:33 AM

Michael D · All-time great

Voracova's misery continues. She may be injured, there was a long MTO between the two sets. Mandy now to serve for the match.