10-15-2024, 10:04 AM
(This post was last modified: 10-15-2024, 10:42 AM by ColoradoTree.)
I wish we could've seen Hui at this tournament to assess whether she'd taken a developmental leap and might also climb over Blokhina this season.
That said, Blokhina did book one super impressive result at this tournament, and that's her 6-3, 6-0 pasting of UW's Alexia Jacobs, the 3rd seed and the preseason #54 player. Jacobs played #2 for UW last year and was the higher-ranked of the two Huskies in the preseason rankings, suggesting she might play #1 over the unranked Erika Matsuda (my normal guesses as to why Matsuda might not be ranked--like she's injured and missing the fall or she's taking the fall off to play pro tournaments or something--don't apply here, so I'm a bit confused).
That's a great win for Blokhina, especially coming on the heels of a not-all-that-impressive close win over Cal freshman Sophie Hernandez.
Blokhina should be a little more rested than Carter after Carter's marathon with Ma yesterday. And really, Carter has had some battles this tournament--she needed three sets against Ma in the semis, against Cal's Berta Passola Folch in the quarters, against Cal's Tiziana-Marie Schomburg in the R16, and against WSU's Maxine Murphy in the R32. She had just one easy match this tournament, and it was in the first round against an outmatched San Jose State player. So, hopefully Blokhina can take advantage!
Kinda pumped for Ma-Glozman, too. I wouldn't be shocked to see Glozman's aggressive style of play take her out to an early lead and for Ma to have to try and battle back. This will make both of them better. Let's do it!
They're both wearing white tops, red skirts, and a red visor, so in theory, it's hard to tell who's who. But here's a tip: Glozman hustles between points. Ma never hustles between points. Just expends the minimum amount of energy possible when there isn't a point happening.
Glozman broke Ma to start the match, but Ma broke her right back. 1-1 so far.
Over on Court 2, Blokhina is coming out strong, going up 3-0 to start things off with two breaks of Carter's serve. Frankie is coaching her, and I would imagine we won't see Frankie or our new assistant coach Janice Shin show up on Court 1 to help out either Connie or Valerie.
Blokhina held to go up 4-0, but then Carter held and broke for 2-4, but then Blokhina broke back for 5-2 and then served up an ace up 40-15 to win the first set 6-2.
Glozman broke for 3-2, and then she consolidated it by finally getting a service hold, and she's up on Ma, 4-2.
That said, Blokhina did book one super impressive result at this tournament, and that's her 6-3, 6-0 pasting of UW's Alexia Jacobs, the 3rd seed and the preseason #54 player. Jacobs played #2 for UW last year and was the higher-ranked of the two Huskies in the preseason rankings, suggesting she might play #1 over the unranked Erika Matsuda (my normal guesses as to why Matsuda might not be ranked--like she's injured and missing the fall or she's taking the fall off to play pro tournaments or something--don't apply here, so I'm a bit confused).
That's a great win for Blokhina, especially coming on the heels of a not-all-that-impressive close win over Cal freshman Sophie Hernandez.
Blokhina should be a little more rested than Carter after Carter's marathon with Ma yesterday. And really, Carter has had some battles this tournament--she needed three sets against Ma in the semis, against Cal's Berta Passola Folch in the quarters, against Cal's Tiziana-Marie Schomburg in the R16, and against WSU's Maxine Murphy in the R32. She had just one easy match this tournament, and it was in the first round against an outmatched San Jose State player. So, hopefully Blokhina can take advantage!
Kinda pumped for Ma-Glozman, too. I wouldn't be shocked to see Glozman's aggressive style of play take her out to an early lead and for Ma to have to try and battle back. This will make both of them better. Let's do it!
They're both wearing white tops, red skirts, and a red visor, so in theory, it's hard to tell who's who. But here's a tip: Glozman hustles between points. Ma never hustles between points. Just expends the minimum amount of energy possible when there isn't a point happening.
Glozman broke Ma to start the match, but Ma broke her right back. 1-1 so far.
Over on Court 2, Blokhina is coming out strong, going up 3-0 to start things off with two breaks of Carter's serve. Frankie is coaching her, and I would imagine we won't see Frankie or our new assistant coach Janice Shin show up on Court 1 to help out either Connie or Valerie.
Blokhina held to go up 4-0, but then Carter held and broke for 2-4, but then Blokhina broke back for 5-2 and then served up an ace up 40-15 to win the first set 6-2.
Glozman broke for 3-2, and then she consolidated it by finally getting a service hold, and she's up on Ma, 4-2.