Tara & Emina into a MTB having broken to stay in the match at 4-5* in the second set.

5-7 7-6(6)

Oh boy that's a bad loss.

Oh drat and double drat, they had 2 MPs at 9-7*, having generally just kept ahead in the MTB, but then lost 4 points in a row to lose the match

It would have been a statement win to build on their ITF form and 60 ranking points. So close.

JonH comes home wrote:

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Ace Ventura wrote:

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Non GB, but sounds like there was a bit of controversy in one of the matches involving Astra Sharm here:

twitter.com/astrasharma/status/1379519191032721409

I might watch the full game (not match, Inverdale) back on Prime, but that's not particularly great.

-- Edited by Ace Ventura on Tuesday 6th of April 2021 09:55:17 PM

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 It was quite bizarre - I may have this wrong but...her opponent was serving at 0-30. Sharma won the point and it should have been 0-40. The umpire however got the score wrong and called it 30-15! He must have got 0-30 transposed to 30-0 and then it went from there. Sharma or the Italian opponent didnt query it, the Italian won a point and I think it became 40-15 and not 15-40. Then Sharma won a point to win what should ahve been game but instead it was called 40-30...no one queried it but Sharma  did gesture I think. However, they played on and the Italian won the next point and the game (it should have been deuce). Sharma at this point queried it with her team but it basically stuck and that was it

I may have one or two scores wrong but the basics are correct    

https://twitter.com/theoverrule/status/1379517546437689350

The video is on the link above

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Yeah, I've just watched on Prime and edited my post, but that's basically it. You could argue Sharma should have been more assertive, but then it is in the decider of a tight, at that point, match and that's basically one of the key jobs for the umpire to do, ha. Sharma then went on to lose the next 4 games.

Umpiring is not a hard job, it really isnt. Its the best seat in the house and with hawkeye (this wasnt to be fair) it is pretty simple

Congrats to 19 year old MDWC Osorio Serrano who ended up taking the title here, which I think is her first above W25 level, and only dropping one set in her 5 matches. I enjoyed watching her throughout the week. Nice to hear some passionate fans in the crowd, definitely added to the spectacle.

She herself was very vocal after pretty much every point, including opponent errors, but it really is strange - when you're wanting someone to win, it didn't bother me at all, yet if it was the other way round, then it would be very annoying, ha.