Week 3 - WTA ($10K) - Sutton, UK Hard

Peter too · Tennis legend

RE: Week 3 - WTA ($10K) - Sutton, UK Hard

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

But she fails to hang on to her own service in the ninth game: 4-5*. cry

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Bowtell serves out to 15 to take the second set by 6-4. cry

Peter too · Tennis legend

Lisa's shock and awe tactic nearly paid off but now Amy will be hard to hold back.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Lisa seemed on course to hold her opening service game in the final set, but was eventually broken to 40: 0-1*. cry

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Lisa is again broken to 40 in her second service game: 0-3*. Looks like curtains! cry

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Lisa finally gets a game on the board, but it's probably too little too late: 1-4*. cry

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

All over: Lisa loses by 6-0 4-6 1-6. cry

steven · Tennis legend

As if we hadn't followed enough completely crazy matches this week

Most of Bowtell's breaks were to deuce, so it wasn't as if Lisa wasn't githing for every point late on. I wonder what the relative points totals were in the end.

Peter too · Tennis legend

I would have like to have watched that match to see what exactly was happening. Just looking at the scores it has all the appearance of a match where one player throws everything including the kitchen sink at the first 9 games and then runs out of steam. If that is what happened it would suggest that Lisa is capable of playing at a very high standard and just needs to work on improving her stamina to achieve it.

scottie1 · Futures level

saw bowtell playing in glasgow in oct cant see her making big strides up the rankings lisa was out for a long time i think once lisa has consistency again she would win easily

Peter too · Tennis legend

Bowtell finished with a share of the doubles title but couldn't overcome the top seed Hogenkamp in the singles.