Week 40 - ITF ($25K) - Toowoomba, Australia - Hard

steven · Tennis legend

Week 40 - ITF ($25K) - Toowoomba, Australia - Hard

steven · Tennis legend

Another Galfi dropper at 30-30 but Katy gets to this one. Some excellent recovery play keeps her in the point but Galfi has a smash to put away the point ... which she hits straight at Katy, who fires it back past her and goes on to get one of the breaks back

... only to get broken to love in the following game

2-6

(you'll have gathered by now that I've ended up watching this more closely than I meant to)

steven · Tennis legend

Katy breaks to 30 at the start of the 2nd set

Then she holds to love - not sure where that came from, but I like it! 2-6 2-0*

Another close service game for Galfi, whose hold through deuce produces Katy's first scream of the match 2-6 *2-1 - important game coming up, I'd say.

Katy had a game point but couldn't take it and Galfi gets the break back

Galfi holds to 30 then breaks to 30 to make it 4 games in a row 2-6 2-4*

Just when it had begun to look like she was beginning to "quack" (like the ducks in the background - lots of quacking can be heard), Katy gets the break back

... then she holds to love 2-6 4-4*

... but then Galfi holds to love and Katy will have to serve to stay in the match 2-6 *4-5

-- Edited by steven on Sunday 9th of October 2016 02:06:03 AM

steven · Tennis legend

Galfi breaks to love to win the match

FINAL: Katy Dunne WR 347 lost to (7) Dalma Galfi (HUN) WR 251 (CH 250 in Sep) by 2 & 4

Still, an excellent week and she didn't play badly in the final against a player who was junior no. 1 around this time last year, nor did she ever give up on it.

Mervatron · Masters Series Champion

So good to see Katy in the final of a 25k again.