Week 29 - WTA International ($250K) Bucharest, Romania Clay

Peter too · Tennis legend

Week 29 - WTA International ($250K) Bucharest, Romania Clay

Mervatron2 · Challenger qualifying

Good to see Fran giving this level a go particularly on clay.

DF · Tennis legend

Fran a set down 3-6

Michael D · All-time great

So far Fran has only won 2/6 service games, which is not going to help her get in front.

DF · Tennis legend

She lost 3-6 4-6

As Michael said serve let her down.

Michael D · All-time great

DF wrote:
She lost 3-6 4-6

As Michael said serve let her down.

Yes she held only 2 service games in each set and saved only 1/7 BPs. Gives here a good idea of what she needs to work on, but good to see Fran trying out at this level.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Michael D wrote:
DF wrote:
She lost 3-6 4-6

As Michael said serve let her down.
Yes she held only 2 service games in each set and saved only 1/7 BPs. Gives here a good idea of what she needs to work on, but good to see Fran trying out at this level.

That, of course, might be partly because her opponent was returning amazingly.

But 13 DFs, with 3 DFs in the last game, certainly seems to imply a problem with the second serve (Goldsmith says the first serve was great)

@TheTennisTalker 25m25 minutes ago

Fran Jones out of WTA Bucharest qualies. 13 double faults, 3 in her last service game her downfall today. Great learning experience and very competitive with fantastic first serve % won.

Michael D · All-time great

Coup Droit wrote:
Michael D wrote:
DF wrote:
She lost 3-6 4-6

As Michael said serve let her down.
Yes she held only 2 service games in each set and saved only 1/7 BPs. Gives here a good idea of what she needs to work on, but good to see Fran trying out at this level.
That, of course, might be partly because her opponent was returning amazingly.
But 13 DFs, with 3 DFs in the last game, certainly seems to imply a problem with the second serve (Goldsmith says the first serve was great)
Chris Goldsmith @TheTennisTalker 25m25 minutes ago
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Fran Jones out of WTA Bucharest qualies. 13 double faults, 3 in her last service game her downfall today. Great learning experience and very competitive with fantastic first serve % won.

1st serve % both Fran and Di Giuseppe won 68%, but Fran had only a 48% first serve % (against 53% for Di G)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Yes, so the second serve was the real failing and the real difference.

DF · Tennis legend

Naiktha is a set down 5-7

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Levels up, 6-2.

DF · Tennis legend

Naiktha takes the second set 6-2

Into the deciding set

indiana · Tennis legend

The point at 5-7 6-2 0-0 15-40* seems to be a rather long one

DF · Tennis legend

Scoreboard frozen

steven · Tennis legend

Naiktha's result is now up - no injury, thankfully, but despite both players winning the same number of games (16) and the same number of points (97), Xu edged it 7-5 2-6 7-5