10-14-2024, 12:35 PM
(This post was last modified: 10-14-2024, 01:29 PM by ColoradoTree.)
You know what's fun? Cal is hosting this tournament--our tournament, the one we'd be hosting but for Taube renovations. And yet, no Bears are playing today!
Ma breaks Carter to go up 2-0 in the second set. A flat service game from Carter there.
After Ma held in the opening game of the set, it's been four breaks since for a 3-2 Ma lead with Carter serving. Ma's service game is probably the single biggest thing keeping her from being a truly dominant force.
Aaaaand another break, and Ma leads 4-2. And then she finally holds for 5-2! But Carter held for 5-3, so it was up to Ma's shaky service game to close out the match. She went down 15-40 as Carter was hitting freely, looking like she had nothing to lose. She got back to 30-40 but then sent a forehand just long and all of a sudden the set was back on serve at 5-4 up. Carter will try to level next. Disappointing finishing for Ma here, but perhaps she's more comfortable trying to win it with her excellent return game?
And Ma wins two quick points to go up 0-30 on Carter's serve. Two points away. Then 0-40. One point away. Then 15-40. And a terrific, long rally on that point makes it 30-40. Then Ma sends one long and it's deciding point. And she hits it into the net. That's four match points frittered away.... 5-5 in the second.
Then Ma gets broken on deciding point for 5-6 down, and Carter--from 5-2 down--will serve for the set, up 6-5. Ugly stuff.
And on deciding point--yes, yet another deciding point, as it feels like nearly every game has gone to deciding point--Ma plunks it into the net and we'll go to a third set. She has absolutely done this to herself. This match could've been over ages ago.
Ma breaks Carter to go up 2-0 in the second set. A flat service game from Carter there.
After Ma held in the opening game of the set, it's been four breaks since for a 3-2 Ma lead with Carter serving. Ma's service game is probably the single biggest thing keeping her from being a truly dominant force.
Aaaaand another break, and Ma leads 4-2. And then she finally holds for 5-2! But Carter held for 5-3, so it was up to Ma's shaky service game to close out the match. She went down 15-40 as Carter was hitting freely, looking like she had nothing to lose. She got back to 30-40 but then sent a forehand just long and all of a sudden the set was back on serve at 5-4 up. Carter will try to level next. Disappointing finishing for Ma here, but perhaps she's more comfortable trying to win it with her excellent return game?
And Ma wins two quick points to go up 0-30 on Carter's serve. Two points away. Then 0-40. One point away. Then 15-40. And a terrific, long rally on that point makes it 30-40. Then Ma sends one long and it's deciding point. And she hits it into the net. That's four match points frittered away.... 5-5 in the second.
Then Ma gets broken on deciding point for 5-6 down, and Carter--from 5-2 down--will serve for the set, up 6-5. Ugly stuff.
And on deciding point--yes, yet another deciding point, as it feels like nearly every game has gone to deciding point--Ma plunks it into the net and we'll go to a third set. She has absolutely done this to herself. This match could've been over ages ago.