PaulM wrote:

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Heather loses the tiebreak 10-8

Had one more set point but was a little passive on it and Shymanovich slotted a winner away down the line.

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 Couldn't help thinking that hev was just slightly the better player for most of that set though 

Yes I thought so too. Wouldn't have taken much for this to have gone the other way. Shymanovich was able to get a couple of big strikes in at big moments which made the difference when it got tight I think. Second set she always looked the likely winner.

Heather is broken courtesy of a dead net cord return off a good first serve that lands on the line. Which is the moment you think maybe the tennis gods aren't for you today. But credit to her she digs in and breaks back for *4-5.

Unfortunately she makes some really poor decisions and is swiftly broken to 15 and loses 6-7(8) 4-6

Big opportunity missed unfortunately, given she's not going to be playing many 500 Main Draws this year and certainly not against a player outside the top 200. And disappointing not to build on last week.

-- Edited by PaulM on Tuesday 1st of April 2025 05:20:23 PM

Too passive on both wings, and her second serve seems more vulnerable than it used to.

Not sure what the future holds, she clearly loves playing and the lifestyle so I'd love to see her focus on dubs and play singles when she can.

Liv and Tereza take a tight first set 7-5.

7-5 1-6

MTB ...

Tbf Shnaider and Stearns did win 4 deuce games in that 2nd set.

Lost it from *7-5 up