Lost 2-6 1-6, kind of in line with Zvonareva's other scores this week. Shame it wasn't a little closer; but still another very good week for her, with a string of higher ranked wins.
F:- Maia Lumsden (GBR) / Melis Sezer (TUR) CR1976 (1421+555) LOST TO Jaqueline Adina Cristian (ROU) / Elena Gabriela Ruse (ROU) CR318 (190+128) [2] 3-6 4-6
Despite not winning today Maia and Melis's run to the final has been nothing short of incredible. They were presumably a scratch partnership and Maia has no reputation as a doubles player. Hope they're able to play together again.
Must have been lovely for Maia, too, playing with a Turkish player, with all the home support (not sure how much there is in terms of actual crowd at the moment, but there must be a bit of buzz, and you feel the support even from the officials etc before the match, at the prize-giving etc etc)
Maia did pretty well at the University Games in 2017and 2018, winning gold and silver medals, playing singles and doubles - so she's obviously far better than her ITF record suggests