Week 9 - ITF ($15K) - Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Hard

Oakland2002 · All-time great

Week 9 - ITF ($15K) - Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Hard

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Under way, 1-0*

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

First set in the bag, 6-3
If Katie wins, the SF line will be comprised of the top 4 seeds.

Peter too · Tennis legend

QF: SWAN, Katie (GBR) 2 388 def SCHOLSEN, Helene (BEL) 6 451 6-3 6-4

SF: SWAN, Katie (GBR) 2 388 v TERZIYSKA, Julia (BUL) 4 430 CH=306 15/2/16
H2H 1-0 Sharm El Sheikh 2015 6-2 6-2

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Well done Katie. Playing herself into solid form.
Emily beat Terziyska in last weeks Sharm final, and GB are 2-0 on Bulgaria this year (Naomi d. Karatantcheva in Midland).
Let's keep both those streaks intact, shall we.

indiana · Tennis legend

Good to see.

So far takes Katie up to 96 points and she will supersede her CH 383 ( November 2016 ) in the post Indian Wells rankings.

In the short term she does have 26 points coming off post Miami, including 20 points for reaching last year's Miami FQR as a wildcard. But the medium to longer term is of considerably more interest and it would be great to see her consistently fit and picking up some momentum.

vohor · Grand Slam Champion

Good win there for Katie :D

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Katie under way, 2-1*

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Broken serving at *5-5, and that was enough to see the set slip away, 5-7

the addict · Tennis legend

Katie was 5-3 up, and lost 4 games in a row. But pretty level set - 41 points to 42 and 1 break to 2

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Set 2, Katie saved 8 BP, and then broke on her first one

5-7 *4-1

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Terziyska hits right back though, 5-7 *4-4

the addict · Tennis legend

4-4 and 76 points each ...........

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Bit of a steal. Generally pretty even, except Terziyska on BP 1/10, Katie 2/2.
5-7 7-5

indiana · Tennis legend

Yes, in general the number of points played on each other's serve and the number of BPs ( especially if spread over a number of games ) is the real indicator of who is putting the pressure on. If you eventually win the game you win it by 2 points ( unless in doubles world ) which keeps the points totals generally pretty level.

Though it is certainly a good quality if you can come through that pressure. Some play pressure points better than others.

Katie with work to do again, 1-2*

-- Edited by indiana on Saturday 4th of March 2017 11:59:07 AM