PaulM wrote:

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adz1983 wrote:

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Pegula on the ropes in her match... real chance for Boulter or Dart to take advantage of draw opening up

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 Wang served for the match at *6-5 and had a match point at 7-6* in the breaker but Pegula wins it and I think will comfortably take the third.

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 Or maybe not. Wang 5-0* up

Helen40 wrote:

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Sadly I'm abroad so can't see any of the match, so would appreciate any updates please. this sounds so disappointing for them both.

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 1st set:

Harriet to serve. KB b dtl into the net 15-0, Katie f error net 30-0, df 30-15, Harriet f error long after Katie's blocked return lands short 30-30. Katie f error long 40-30, a bit of a rally then Katie f error long 1-0

unreturned 1st 15-0, Katie aggressive f after 1st forces Harriet into difficult f dtl that lands wide 30-0, Katie f error net 30-15, poor return error long from Dart after 2nd 40-15, careless f error long from Harriet 1-1

df 0-15, 2nd serve KB return straight into the net 15-15, Harriet b just wide after aggressive f from KB 15-30, unremarkable first unreturned 30-30, body serve unreturned 40-30, Katie lucky f clips net 40-40, excellent play from Harriet setting up f drive volley winner A-, Harriet careless f wide after 2nd 40-40, Harriet reaches Katie's drop shot and hits f winner A-, unreturned 1st 2-1

Harriet punishes a 2nd 0-15, huge f return winner from Harriet 0-30, Katie dominates, finishing with a f drive volley winner 15-30, Harriet pulls a f wide defending 30-30, df 30-40, Harriet defends well but Katie f winner into open space 40-40, brilliant b dtl winner from KB A-, df 40-40, Katie f just long after rally 40-A, Katie f winner after big wide serve 40-40, super b winner after 2nd A-, Harriet deep b 40-40, ridiculous rally Katie volley lands short, Harriet appeared to set up Katie for easy winner only for Katie to misjudge the spin on the ball and ended up hitting it close enough for Harriet to volley a winner 40-A, Harriet b dtl ue net 40-40, unconvincing volley from Katie lands short but Harriet wastes big chance to pass with ball landing just wide A-, Katie b cc miles wide after 1st 40-40, wind seems to move Katie's 2nd serve - Harriet's return lands in the net A, Harriet misses a relatively easy f dtl 2-2

Katie deep b 0-15, wild f error long from Katie 15-15, df 15-30, Katie f cc error wide 30-30, Katie's return rushes Harriet into an error 30-40, Harriet super deep f after 1st 40-40, df 40-A, Harriet b error net after 1st for the break 2-3*

Easy hold to love for Katie after big serves 2-4

Decent f dtl from Dart 15-0, df 15-15, body serve unreturned 30-15, big return from Katie - Harriet's response lands on the baseline 40-15, Harriet f winner after good T 1st 3-4

Harriet b error long after rally 15-0, Harriet deep b 15-15, aggressive f after 1st from Katie 30-15, Dart f just long 40-15, super f return winner from HD 40-30, good T 1st unreturned 3-5

Poor f error wide after 1st 0-15, lovely lob winner from Harriet 15-15, 1st unreturned (just) 30-15, good b cc from Harriet 40-15, Katie dominates finishing with f drive volley winner 40-30, df 40-40, body serve unreturned A-, df 40-40, aggressive return 40-A, unreturned 1st 40-40, unreturned 1st A-, Harriet f winner after decent 1st 4-5

Katie f winner 15-0, Harriet b error long under pressure 30-0, df 30-15, Katie dominates finishing with f winner dtl 40-15, good 2nd unreturned 4-6

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2nd set: Harriet dominated to an astonishing extent despite giving away her serve with 3 dfs in a row from 30-15.  

3rd set

Boulter holds 1-0

Dart holds comfortably 1-1

Katie holds to 40, was up 40-15, confident finish to the game 2-1

Boulter destroys a 2nd serve 0-15, unret 1st 15-15, Katie aggressive forehand 15-30, Dart attempts ambitious f dtl but lands long 15-40, Katie creates space but fires forehand long 30-40, Boulter careless forehand narrowly wide 40-40, Harriet f winner after rally A-, decent return from Katie 40-40, Katie poor return long off 68 mph 2nd serve A-, Harriet does well to keep brutal Boulter return in play then blunders on simple backhand 40-40, Harriet drop shot turns into invitation for Boulter f winner 40-A, Harriet deep f after 2nd serve 40-40, Harriet defends well after 2nd serve Katie unwise f dtl well wide A-, yet another 2nd serve - this time punished by Katie 40-40, rare 1st serve unreturned A-, Katie f ue long 2-2

General standard of play in 3rd set has been decent. Harriet not getting enough first serves in. Katie trying to be aggressive whenever possible. 

Good defence from Harriet then weird drop shot attempt miles wide 15-0, df 15-15, sublime drop shot winner from Harriet after high quality rally 15-30, more good defence from Harriet leads to Katie b cc well wide 15-40, good wide serve 1st unreturned 30-40, unreturned T serve 40-40, Katie dominates rally again but f cc clips net and falls wide 40-A, Katie aggressive f 40-40, careless f error long from Katie 40-A, unreturned 1st weird bounce off the line 40-40, Katie poor f error net 40-A, 2nd serve Harriet's return is long 40-40, Katie agg f after 1st A-, Katie attempts ambitious f dtl but narrowly wide 40-40, super b dtl winner from Boulter A-, another Katie f error into the net 40-40, Katie b error into the net after Harriet does well to keep Boulter's deep shot in play 40-A, Katie f error long gifts Harriet the break 2-3*

2nd serve Katie can't cope with Harriet's aggressive backhand 15-0, Katie moves forward to low shot that lands short but her forehand is long 30-0, unreturned 2nd sliced into the body 40-0, 2nd serve careless backhand error long from Boulter 2-4

Katie aggressive f cc after 2nd 15-0, Katie b error just long 15-15, df 15-30, decent T serve unreturned 30-30, Katie b dtl just wide 30-40, Katie dominates f winner 40-40, unreturned 1st A-, Harriet good play - aggressive f cc then f dtl 40-40, deep 2nd unreturned A-, Harriet dominates yet lets Katie back into the rally then sees lob land long 3-4

Katie b cc then b dtl winner 0-15, unreturned 1st 15-15, Katie agg f 15-30, 2nd serve punished 15-40, unreturned 1st 30-40, another unremarkable 1st serve unreturned 40-40, 2nd serve punished 40-A, Boulter b dtl for the break 4-4

wild f from Katie 15-15, df 15-30, Katie agg f 30-30, 2nd serve Katie f winner after rally 40-30, KB b dtl winner 5-4

tame f error net from KB 15-0, unreturned 1st 30-0, df 30-15, KB b return off a 2nd into the net 40-15, decent wide 1st unreturned 5-5

super wide 1st unreturned 15-0, Katie dominates finishing with f winner 30-0, HD f just long after rally 40-0, super b dtl from Harriet 40-15, Harriet punishes a 2nd serve 40-30, KB attempts b dtl but well wide 40-40, Katie careless f error long after 1st 40-A, Katie f winner ends long rally, Harriet could have been more aggressive 40-40, Katie deep b A-, unreturned 1st 6-5

unreturned 1st 15-0, woeful return off a slow 2nd lands in the net 30-0, unreturned 1st 40-0, super 1st out-wide unreturned 6-6

Final set tiebreak:

Big T unreturned 1-0, unremarkable 1st unreturned 1-1, df 2-1, Harriet deep b 2-2, Katie volley wins super rally 3-2, agg return sets up easy f winner after 2nd 4-2, Katie dominates after another 2nd serve 5-2, Rare instance of Harriet trying to be aggressive but her b cc lands in the net - wipes away tears afterwards 6-2 Boulter b into the net after decent quality rally 6-3, good b cc from Harriet - Katie's backhand long 6-4, 68 mph 2nd serve lands short - horrible return miles wide 6-5, KB aggressive f after 2nd is just long 6-6, KB dominates finishing with f drive volley winner 7-6 unreturned 1st 7-7, careless f error long from Katie 7-8, Katie dominates long rally - again Harriet passive 8-8, good wide serve from Katie but makes f error long after Harriet's short return 8-9, Katie horror f error long hands Harriet the win 8-10

Impressive defence from Harriet but somewhat fortunate to get away with her clear reluctance to attack when the opportunity arose. Katie struck a lot of super shots and a huge number of errors. Katie really struggled to return the Dart 1st serve, so many ordinary looking first serves went unreturned.