Week 32 - WTA Premier 5 ($2.8M) - Montreal, Canada Hard

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Week 32 - WTA Premier 5 ($2.8M) - Montreal, Canada Hard

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

2 SPs... and taken. MUCH better - 4 games in a row now for KB and winning at least 13 of the last 16 points.

As I say, by no means done and dusted after the Kiick situation but hopefully she has all the momentum, experience and level to be able to see it out from here.

Current odds KB 1/4, LF 11/4.

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Holds to 40 (was 40-15) so leads *1-0.

She has the 'advantage' of serving first in the decider as she did the other week so lets hope the youngster doesn't roll off 6 games in a row. It is though 5 games in a row for Boulter.

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Katie holds to love and then breaks to 30 and things are looking a lot better now. *3-1 - hopefully a comfortable service game before the next sit down.

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Not comfortable at all, holds to 40 after 4 or 5 deuces, but a hold all the same. She didn't have to face any BPs there though which is good.

8 of the last 9 games.

4-1*

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Leylah held to 30

Katie then had a 30-0, but then had to fend off a BP, eventually holding to 40.

5-2*

One game away for maiden Premier 5 main draw appearance.

steven · Tennis legend

This from half an hour ago (I got a phone call and had to stop following it for a while)

- Boulter hitting with much more margin now, wins four games in a row to level the match at one set all. Fernandez will have to raise her level, didn't have to do much early on and it's catching up to her. #CoupeRogers - CD

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Leylah holds to 15 and then breaks after Katie DFs so now back on serve here - 5-4*. Katie had a MP there but couldn't convert, let's hope she doesn't regret that...

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

2nd MP...

2nd one saved.

A 3rd MP comes and goes. Not sure what will feel worse, losing to Kiick like that the other day or this one if it slips away? This one I guess.

-- Edited by Ace Ventura on Sunday 5th of August 2018 08:56:00 PM

-- Edited by Ace Ventura on Sunday 5th of August 2018 08:58:11 PM

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

4th time lucky. Wins 2-6 6-3 6-4.

Relief!

Peter too · Tennis legend

Q2: BOULTER, Katie (GBR) 118 def FERNANDEZ, Leylah (CAN) WC 730 2-6 6-3 6-4

-- Edited by Peter too on Sunday 5th of August 2018 08:59:46 PM

Jan · Hall of fame

Phew!!!!!!!!!
Well done KB

PaulM · Tennis legend

All that matters is who wins the last point.

Well done!

steven · Tennis legend

Thank [fill in the gap] for that

- turns it from an almost disaster day for Katie into a really good one

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

AliBlahBlah wrote:
I am reliably informed that Katie leads GB women for victories in 2018 after losing the first set.
She has 8 such wins from 21 matches where she has lost the first set.

So hope.

[...]
She's going to turn this around. My relaible source didn't tell me this part.

What was all the fuss about
#smug

Well done Katie. Winning ugly, still winning, etc.