11-05-2021, 09:09 AM
(This post was last modified: 11-05-2021, 10:08 AM by ColoradoTree.)
Ma's match getting started on Court 9 now!
Early 2-0 lead for Crawley. Time to wake up, Connie!
Ma breaks back for 2-1 and it's back on serve. She then holds for 2-2 before Crawley holds for a 3-2 lead. On serve. Crawley is painting corners beautifully and really working the lines, whereas Ma seems to be making more unforced errors than usual and her first serve is missing too often. Seems to be a depth issue--she's sailing shots long rather than into the net. But I expected this to be a heavyweight bout, so let's hope Connie tightens things up.
Crawley breaks for 4-2, Ma gets to a deciding point on Crawley's serve, and wins it to get back to 4-3, on serve (which is a less meaningful status when you've been broken twice in three service games). Connie is hanging in there, but no question Crawley looks sharper and is generally the aggressor here. I don't think this will turn around for Connie unless she starts dictating points a bit more.
Well, uh, she did that! A really sharp service game and she holds at love for 4-4. Big-time game right here coming up....
Well, that was different! Ma breaks Crawley at love, attacking every single service return, and she's up 5-4 and will serve for the first set next. A different player these last couple of games.
Sigh, it didn't last. Broken at love and it's 5-5. Then a quick Crawley hold and Ma will serve to force a tiebreaker. She does so, though it takes a deciding point to do it! A tiebreaker it is.
Ma up 2-1 so far, on serve in the tiebreaker.
Early 2-0 lead for Crawley. Time to wake up, Connie!
Ma breaks back for 2-1 and it's back on serve. She then holds for 2-2 before Crawley holds for a 3-2 lead. On serve. Crawley is painting corners beautifully and really working the lines, whereas Ma seems to be making more unforced errors than usual and her first serve is missing too often. Seems to be a depth issue--she's sailing shots long rather than into the net. But I expected this to be a heavyweight bout, so let's hope Connie tightens things up.
Crawley breaks for 4-2, Ma gets to a deciding point on Crawley's serve, and wins it to get back to 4-3, on serve (which is a less meaningful status when you've been broken twice in three service games). Connie is hanging in there, but no question Crawley looks sharper and is generally the aggressor here. I don't think this will turn around for Connie unless she starts dictating points a bit more.
Well, uh, she did that! A really sharp service game and she holds at love for 4-4. Big-time game right here coming up....
Well, that was different! Ma breaks Crawley at love, attacking every single service return, and she's up 5-4 and will serve for the first set next. A different player these last couple of games.
Sigh, it didn't last. Broken at love and it's 5-5. Then a quick Crawley hold and Ma will serve to force a tiebreaker. She does so, though it takes a deciding point to do it! A tiebreaker it is.
Ma up 2-1 so far, on serve in the tiebreaker.