French Open qualies

Sheddie · administrator

RE: French Open qualies

Sheddie · administrator

jamatthews wrote:

Probably will be...this 1st game is already another marathon.

Bally finally holds for 1-0

Apart from Bally's fine run in the 2005 Aussie Open, when was the last time a British woman qualified for a GS ?

I think it was Julie Pullin in either 1999 or 2000 but has there been anyone else ?

Did Louise Latimer ever make it into a GS main draw apart from Wimby as I know she was quite close to the top 100 ?

Sheddie · administrator

Bally has 3 bps on the Hsu serve !!!!

15-40

Sheddie · administrator

Hsu has reduced the deficit to 30-40, c'mon Elena take this bp !

40-40, nooooo

jamatthews · Strong Club Player

Pullin was 2000.

I think Latimer may have qualified for AO in 2001

johnnylad · Tennis legend

Just had my tea.

Glad Elena won the first set!

This is a real war of attrition. She should have the physical battle won over a 17 year old.

Then again I suppose the girls mature earlier don't they?

Anyway, Go Elena!

Sheddie · administrator

Grrrrrrrrrr

Hsu held from 0-40 and now has two bps on Bally's serve

Sheddie · administrator

Bally was broken and so Ysu leads 2-1 but Bally has a break back point...

She takes it and it's now all square in this set at 2-2

Sheddie · administrator

Neither player can hold their serve at the moment, Elena is broken again and Hsu leads 3-2 and is 30-0 up.

Re jamatthews post: I thought that Latimer must have qualified for at least one GS, she reached about 110 in the world and when I saw her at Wimby there never seemed to be much difference between her and players ranked 50-100, unfortunately she lost a lot of very close matches there.

Re johnnylad's post: Yes, female tennis pros are getting younger and younger. 14 is believed to be the youngest so far. There are lots of 15 and 16 year old pros anow. Vaidisova reached the top 30 at just 16 !

jamatthews · Strong Club Player

Hsu takes the 2nd set 6-2.

Hopefully Bally can recover in the 3rd.

Drew · May 24, 2006

Come on Bally

3rd set please

Montana Doug · Futures qualifying

Always feel bad for Bally coz of her health and always get worried seeing her go into a third set....hopefully she is in great condition and will take it, but she is already 3-0 down in the third...she has to break now.

Sheddie · administrator

Sadly it seems like Bally's fallen apart since set 1. I suspect that her fitness levels aren't up to their usual standards and that marathon 1st set probably took it out of her.

She's 3-0 down - a double break.

Hsu is serving and Bally has 0-30

15-30

johnnylad · Tennis legend

Montana Doug wrote:

Always feel bad for Bally coz of her health and always get worried seeing her go into a third set....hopefully she is in great condition and will take it, but she is already 3-0 down in the third...she has to break now.

You're right Montana!

This is the last chance saloon now

Sheddie · administrator

Same here Doug, Bally has to be one of the unluckiest players with injuries. Whenever she gets into good form she gets injured and she can't really capitalise. It must be so, so frustrating, having to keep going back to square 1.

Bally has 2 bps - 15-40

30-40 and play has been suspended, possibly good for Bally. She must break back here though, if she does, she has a slight chance.

I expect it's bad light as it'll be 9pm in Paris.