[Spiny_Norman]

What a fight, you guys! This is why I'm still a little sore we fell short against UVA--not only should we have gone to Indoor Nationals, we should've made some noise. The difference was Yepifanova folding late there and turning it on here, and that's awesome. (And Ma turning on the jets in the third over Peyton Stearns, holy mackerel.)



We're good, folks. Real, real good.

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I certainly got nervous when Yepifanova double faulted in the 3rd set at 5-2, 40 all. She came back on her next service game for the win. Matches like these should be a good confidence boost for her. To succeed at this level, you have to learn the right mindset for closing out an opponent. Part of that is having a short memory and keeping doubt out.

Ma on the other hand looked like she has nerves of steel. She played a sliced shot in the 3rd set that dropped perfectly into a corner near the service line with a ton of spin that her opponent had no chance to return. Takes a very high level of skill to pull off that shot in a pressure situation. It was very impressive.

[Spiny_Norman]

What a fight, you guys! This is why I'm still a little sore we fell short against UVA--not only should we have gone to Indoor Nationals, we should've made some noise. The difference was Yepifanova folding late there and turning it on here, and that's awesome. (And Ma turning on the jets in the third over Peyton Stearns, holy mackerel.)



We're good, folks. Real, real good.

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I certainly got nervous when Yepifanova double faulted in the 3rd set at 5-2, 40 all. She came back on her next service game for the win. Matches like these should be a good confidence boost for her. To succeed at this level, you have to learn the right mindset for closing out an opponent. Part of that is having a short memory and keeping doubt out.

Ma on the other hand looked like she has nerves of steel. She played a sliced shot in the 3rd set that dropped perfectly into a corner near the service line with a ton of spin that her opponent had no chance to return. Takes a very high level of skill to pull off that shot in a pressure situation. It was very impressive.