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the addict


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Week 27/28 - Wimbledon Ladies, Great Britain Grass -DOUBLES
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Some very tough draws, but enough action to warrant a separate thread

Rankings as at 26/06/23

R1:- Veronika Kudermetova (***) / Liudmila Samsonova (***) CR50 (10+40) [9] v Alicia Barnett (GBR) / Olivia Nicholls (GBR) CR138 (68+70)

R1:- Anna Danilia (KAZ) / Yifan Xu (CHN) CR51 (24+27) [11] v Naiktha Bains (GBR) / Maia Lumsden (GBR) CR347 (171+176) [WC]

R1:- Harriet Dart (GBR) / Heather Watson (GBR) CR351 (109+242) [WC]  v Lyumyla Kichenok (UKR) / Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) CR34 (15+19) [7]

R1:- Emily Appleton (GBR) / Jodie Burrage (GBR) CR825 (130+495) [WC] v Yana Sizikova (***) / Kimberley Zimmermann (BEL) CR89 (42+47)

R1:- Alize Cornet (FRA) / Panna Udvardy (HUN) CR402 (301+101) v Freya Christie (GBR) / Ali Collins (GBR) CR220 (110+110) [WC]

 

 



-- Edited by the addict on Friday 30th of June 2023 02:34:59 PM

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Freya and Ali are best chance.



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Even worse than the singles draw.

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Of all the opposition players only Alize Cornet is not a regular doubles player, but I doubt if that will make any difference. Any wins would be a surprise although I do expect a couple of matches to be fairly close.

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For the fun knockabouts, Laura (with Hantuchova) and Jo (with Mirza) are in the invitational event. The standard of player there is amazing actually, most of those teams are probably better than large chunks of the main ladies doubles field.

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Naiktha/Maia lose the first set 6-3

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But take the second 7-6(3)!

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Yes, well done - good fight back there - and excellent start to the tie-break , really gave them no chance

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Looks like their partnership is really taking off. This is their seventh consecutive tournament together - and they played togeether 9 times last summer (source ITF profile for Maia)

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The supervisor has been called

And their opponents are quite right (IMO)

Not our girls' fault

The umpire got himself in a right mess as to their challenge (which they asked for and then cancelled and then changed their minds). He can't say yes.

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Well Maia and Naiktha got the point.
6-5*

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Coup Droit wrote:

The supervisor has been called

And their opponents are quite right (IMO)

Not our girls' fault

The umpire got himself in a right mess as to their challenge (which they asked for and then cancelled and then changed their minds). He can't say yes.

 I think there was some confusion over the score and whether the ball had been called in which led to Maia not knowing whether or not to challenge. As I'm sure the umpire called 15-0 and 0-15 in the space of a few seconds.



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No, I don't think so.

It was called out. Naiktha said to challenge, the umpire announced challenge, Maia overturned her (it was their last challenge), the umpire said challenge cancelled, then Maia looked down the court and saw a sign, and they decided to challenge - and the ball was indeed just in. It all happened quite quickly but that's what I saw and I've replayed it and it seems to be that.

The score was a different thing, the umpire was getting flustered. But it wasn't that they others were complaining about.

It wasn't our girls' fault - they were confused between themselves.

But the umpire was wrong (IMO). But the tournament supervisor couldn't do anything but support him, claiming the GB girls were still making up their minds

Anyway, it made no difference in the big picture

MTB....

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What a nailbiter !!!

Way, way down in that MTB

1-6 down, 6-8 down....

And the point Maia played at 9-9 was just amazing

Great win

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Didn't start this tiebreak well sadly. Quickly *1-6 down. They recover well to 6-7*, and somehow 6-8* becomes 9-8*!

Saved. Holy smokes what a ludicrous backhand angle pass from Maia as she was falling backwards - wow! Huge serve from Maia down the T, easy putaway come on Naiktha, yes she slams it tight angled away for a winner!

Woohoo!!!


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