Week 21 - French Open Qualifying, Paris - Clay

seagull · Hall of fame

Week 21 - French Open Qualifying, Paris - Clay

Jan · Hall of fame

Oh bleh broken. 5-5

Come on Katie!

seagull · Hall of fame

Too many double faults at crucial times today from Katie.

Jan · Hall of fame

I really need to go out, but am glued to the scores.

seagull · Hall of fame

You can go out soon I think!

seagull · Hall of fame

Katie hit a volley standing in the baseline at 40-30 that was going out

seagull · Hall of fame

Footfaulted on second serve. Ridiculous

Jan · Hall of fame

seagull wrote:
You can go out soon I think!

Sadly you are right cry

Peter too · Tennis legend

Q3: SWAN, Katie (GBR) 208 lost to KUCOVA, Kristina (SVK) 189 4-6 5-7

A131 · Intermediate Club Player

seagull wrote:
Footfaulted on second serve. Ridiculous

Not if it was actually a foot fault. Did the TV cameras prove otherwise though?

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

A131 wrote:
seagull wrote:
Footfaulted on second serve. Ridiculous
Not if it was actually a foot fault. Did the TV cameras prove otherwise though?

I assumed seagull meant it was ridiculous from Katie, not the officials.

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Shame for Katie that she couldn't get over the final hurdle, but she has done a lot better than I was expecting with those 2 great wins. That's her biggest points haul (30) since reaching the US Open FQR and I'm far more optimistic now with the grass season just around the corner.

A131 · Intermediate Club Player

Ace Ventura wrote:
A131 wrote:
seagull wrote:
Footfaulted on second serve. Ridiculous
Not if it was actually a foot fault. Did the TV cameras prove otherwise though?

I assumed seagull meant it was ridiculous from Katie, not the officials.

Fair enough

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

So Jo can face:

Zhuk, Rybakina, Pera, Kucova, Lepchenko (beat Gramm... 6-2 6-2), Lottner, Paolini, Samsonova. With Zavatska/Gatto-Monticone, Boslova/Babos, Nara/Perrin, Blinkova/Glushko still to be determined. There'll also be 2 LLs to be considered.

foobarbaz · Strong Club Player

Katie nearly got there, .. she might have been the favourite to win if she'd levelled the sets. All in all, a really positive week playing in a pressure cooker on clay. Valuable experience gained.