British Tennis Forum - Celebrating 20 Years!

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Week 20 - Grand Slam - Roland Garros, Paris, France - Clay

PaulM · Tennis legend

Breaks again but plays a really tight game unfortunately, four fairly meh errors.

6-6

PaulM · Tennis legend

That's a shame. Fran led 3-1* in the tiebreak but was dragged back, and then a couple of very high quality points put Bouzkova ahead, and she double faults to lose 6-0 7-6(3). Nearly got that second set over the line, which would have made it very interesting.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Exactly. 'Shame' is the word that comes to mind. Just a couple of wild/loose shots from Fran took that tiebreak away from her
And you got the feeling that she was on the front foot and, yes, that third set could have gone any way

But B was solid, she didn't give it to her - some super attack out of defence, when Fran thought she'd done enough

Never mind

Crispy · Strong Club Player

Big week for Fran. Of all the Brits playing, really deserved getting a slam win on the board. Good fight in the second. Onto the grass!

seagull · Tennis legend

Crispy wrote:
Big week for Fran. Of all the Brits playing, really deserved getting a slam win on the board. Good fight in the second. Onto the grass!

Or in Frans case - Stay on the clay!