Disaster on court six, as Xu gets broken in the second, now trails 5-4 after being up a set.
Similarly, Yepifanova gets broken on court 3, she now trails down a break 4-3 in the second, but up a set.
Blake played with fire, and she's still alive for now. Blake saves a match point down 2-6 4-5 40-40 - and wins to level the second set at 5-5.
Valencia Xu has earned herself a quadruple break point on 6, we'll see if she can convert. We're still in this - just need to get some matches to start going our way.
As I'm writing this, Xu does indeed break back to 5-5 -- if she can close this out, we just need to find two points elsewhere and I'm not sure I can trust Blokhina right now.
I think there's an extended pause on Court 4 as Blokhina appears to be getting some help from a trainer - it's going to be tough for her to get back in this if she's indeed hurt.
The trials and tribulations of being a Valencia Xu fan continue, as she breaks back and led 6-0 5-5 40-0, and proceeds to get broken to trail once more in the second set, 5-6.
In good news, Yepifanova has righted ship and she's moving things forward in a tight second set affair.
Blake is looking to take the second set to a tiebreaker, and we'll see if she keeps battling.
Blake gets broken, and Georgia moves to just a point away now, 3-1. Blake lost, 6-2 7-5.
Now the pressure is really on everyone else to pull this match out of the top hat - and it's not looking great.
Similarly, Yepifanova gets broken on court 3, she now trails down a break 4-3 in the second, but up a set.
Blake played with fire, and she's still alive for now. Blake saves a match point down 2-6 4-5 40-40 - and wins to level the second set at 5-5.
Valencia Xu has earned herself a quadruple break point on 6, we'll see if she can convert. We're still in this - just need to get some matches to start going our way.
As I'm writing this, Xu does indeed break back to 5-5 -- if she can close this out, we just need to find two points elsewhere and I'm not sure I can trust Blokhina right now.
I think there's an extended pause on Court 4 as Blokhina appears to be getting some help from a trainer - it's going to be tough for her to get back in this if she's indeed hurt.
The trials and tribulations of being a Valencia Xu fan continue, as she breaks back and led 6-0 5-5 40-0, and proceeds to get broken to trail once more in the second set, 5-6.
In good news, Yepifanova has righted ship and she's moving things forward in a tight second set affair.
Blake is looking to take the second set to a tiebreaker, and we'll see if she keeps battling.
Blake gets broken, and Georgia moves to just a point away now, 3-1. Blake lost, 6-2 7-5.
Now the pressure is really on everyone else to pull this match out of the top hat - and it's not looking great.