Week 38 - ITF ($100K+H) - Tampico, Mexico Hard

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Week 38 - ITF ($100K+H) - Tampico, Mexico Hard

Peter too · Tennis legend

Katie is fighting back 3-6 6-3 0-0*

Peter too · Tennis legend

Katie breaks at the start of the final set *1-0

Peter too · Tennis legend

Katie saved two break points to hold, with 11 breaks in 20 games holding service is more of a challenge than breaking service. 2-0*

Peter too · Tennis legend

Katie *2-1

Peter too · Tennis legend

Katie saved two more break points, it could still go either way but getting games on the board must count for something. 3-1*

steven · Tennis legend

There were twice as many holds as breaks in the 1st set (2 to Min on the way to a 5-1 lead the 1 to Katie to make the score a bit more respectable 6-3) but in the 2nd, the first 6 games were all breaks and indeed, Min didn't hold serve at all. Katie then broke for the 5th time in a row at the start of the 3rd set and has saved all 5 of the bps Min has had since.

Peter too · Tennis legend

Grace saves one break point but Katie earns a 2nd and takes it for the double break. *4-1

steven · Tennis legend

It must be late in the UK, if you're there, Peter - this match does seem to be exciting enough to be well worth staying up for though

, hope Katie can finish off the American now.

Peter too · Tennis legend

Katie 5-1*

Peter too · Tennis legend

Grace saves a match point Katie *5-2

steven · Tennis legend

Medical time out (wonder who for) with Katie about to serve for the match.

Peter too · Tennis legend

R2: BOULTER, Katie (GBR) 220 def MIN, Grace (USA) 184 3-6 6-3 6-2

QF: BOULTER, Katie (GBR) 220 v BOLSOVA ZADOINOV, Aliona (ESP) Q UNR CH=459 20/7/15

-- Edited by Peter too on Friday 22nd of September 2017 01:56:12 AM

steven · Tennis legend

Peter too wrote:
R2: BOULTER, Katie (GBR) 220 def MIN, Grace (USA) 184 3-6 6-3 6-2

QF: BOULTER, Katie (GBR) 220 v BOLSOVA ZADOINOV, Aliona (ESP) Q UNR CH=459 20/7/15

Excellent win That should take her up to about 210. To crack the top 200 this week, she would need to avenge a 3-set defeat in the SFs at les Contamines 10K in 2014 against the 'Spoldovan' (or should than be 'Molpanish'?) former world junior no. 4.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Great win, Katie B. Certainly the Top Kat at the moment

Did she actually move to JTC? Or just now has some connection there? Or was that only temporary? Whatever, it's all looking very good.....