Tension mounting. Both players veering from good stuff to pretty bad stuff point-to-point.
Game 9 had 6 deuces, but Pegula held - found big serves to close down most of Katy's BP.
Pendulum swings...
2 dfs in that final game, as well as a careless backhand wide at 30-0, a less than clever shot after incredible defence at 30-15 and the final shot long. Katy rather gave it away despite saving one mp with a good first serve.
-- Edited by kundalini on Friday 3rd of August 2018 06:56:39 PM
Gutted for Katy. Not at her best but fighting hard as always. I had hoped she could pull through and win ugly but not to be. Another solid $60K result though and plenty of encouragement for the rest of US hardcourt season based on the Sharma match.