Week 20 - ITF ($60K) - Kurume, Japan Carpet

Peter too · Tennis legend

Week 20 - ITF ($60K) - Kurume, Japan Carpet

indiana · Tennis legend

Nice turnaround, 1-6 6-2

Final set ...

indiana · Tennis legend

2-2*

An initial break to Katie, but has been broken back.

indiana · Tennis legend

Breaks again ( there have been a few, 5 each in the match ) and consolidates.

4-2*

Peter too · Tennis legend

Katie needs to keep her 1st serve in, percentage high. It was over 60% in the 2nd set but fell to 40% at the start of the 3rd but is now rising again.

indiana · Tennis legend

Recovered from *0-40 down to deuce, but utimately broken.

4-4*

Peter too · Tennis legend

Katie serving for the match.

indiana · Tennis legend

Breaks again, win it now please.

*5-4

steven · Tennis legend

Crumbs (or Kurumes!) - I saw the 1st set had gone quickly then got back to find this. Up a break for the 3rd time in the final set but 15-30 on serve as she serves for the match ...

steven · Tennis legend

Wins the next 2 points - match point!

steven · Tennis legend

YES!!

indiana · Tennis legend

Mervatron2 wrote:
Good to see two through. Shame that Katie and Katy had to meet so early. I fancy Katie's chances at beating the #1 seed

I fancy you fancied correctly biggrin

Peter too · Tennis legend

QF: BOULTER, Katie (GBR) 283 def LYKINA, Ksenia (RUS) 1 227 1-6 6-2 6-4

SF: BOULTER, Katie (GBR) 283 v SHIMIZU, Ayano (JPN) 332 CH=329 8/5/17

steven · Tennis legend

wimdledont wrote:
I think this surface also counts as a sort of ersatz grass - and if so Katie has won over 50% of her total points on grass, or eqivalent.

Now over 60% of her total!

steven · Tennis legend

If 2nd seed Sawayanagi fails to do a Katie (i.e. win from a breadstick down), Laura would be the only seed left in the draw. Though being Laura, she might manage to lose before Sawayanagi does, but let's hope not