Week 38 - ITF ($75K) - Albuquerque NM, USA - Hard

DF · Tennis legend

Week 38 - ITF ($75K) - Albuquerque NM, USA - Hard

DF · Tennis legend

First set gone 1-6

DF · Tennis legend

Harriet loses 1-6 2-6

Peter too · Tennis legend

Lisa 0-3*

I thought the draw looked quite good for a $75K but it doesn't seem to be working out that way. cry

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Peter too wrote:
I thought the draw looked quite good for a $75K but it doesn't seem to be working out that way.

Me too.
The week looks almost over before it's really begun, with Lisa down 1-6 1-5*
Looking like just one left in only QR2

Peter too · Tennis legend

Q1: WHYBOURN, Lisa (GBR) 451 lost to BURGIC BUCKO, Ema (BIH) 493 1-6 2-6
Q1: SWAN, Katie (GBR) WC 484 lost to WHORISKEY, Caitlin (USA) 345 4-6 1-6
Q1: DART, Harriet (GBR) 367 lost to MARAND, Sanaz (USA) 381 1-6 2-6
Q1: BOULTER, Katie (GBR) 437 def SANCHEZ, Ana Sofia (MEX) 338 7-6(4) 6-1

Q2: BOULTER, Katie (GBR) 437 v ZAJA, Anna (GER) 8 314 CH=299 8/8/16

Strongbow · All-time great

Lisa loses 1-6 2-6 cry

Strongbow · All-time great

Bad day at the office apart from Katie.

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Mmm. Not so much the losses, but the nature of those losses; very routine.
Overall, as the clock ticked past midnight, not a great day for GB tennis.

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

On serve so far for Katie B. No BP yet in the match. 3-3*

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Ended up with a BP each in the first set, the German took hers, Katie did not. 3-6

DF · Tennis legend

Lost the match 3-6 3-6

indiana · Tennis legend

Overall no breaks for Katie, 0/3 BPs converted. Zaja converted 3/6.

Zaja served no aces and 3 DFs, just 56.7% first serves in but won 82.4% of these serve points and 53.8% of second serve points.

Does suggest that Katie has not returned well on the day, not got on top of return points

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

For the Brits, Albuquerque was a bit of an Albu-turkey

indiana · Tennis legend

The 10 points in total from this week and last week will have Katie back up close to WR 400. Her CH is 340 from February 2015 based on results before her year out.

Coincidentally her pretty promising first comeback tournament, the Glasgow 10K in February, was ended at the SF stage by none other than Anna Zaja by 6-3 6-2. Zaja went on to win the title, beating Maia Lumsden 6-4 6-3 in the final.