Week 2 - W75 - Nonthaburi, Thailand - Hard

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Week 2 - W75 - Nonthaburi, Thailand - Hard

DF · Tennis legend

Well spotted CD.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

The new ITF livestream is killing me - barely ever works - maybe my fault? my computer? - but I've got the match on Bet365

Mimi was 5-2 up, doing well, and then - as it is in pro - her opponent wouldn't go away, and grafter, chipping away at the points (not the ball

) and suddenly it's 5-5

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

You've got to love tennis

Mimi was in freefall - she's lost 4 games on the trot, was *5-6 down, very nearly lost the next game to lose the set, hanging on by her fingernails

But managed to scrape into a TB

Where Canciun then served three doubles faults

I mean, both girls played some really bad tennis - Mimi had a sitter she missed by a country mile, and a hideous dropshot

BUT Mimi also hit about three really nice forehands to win two points that mattered, whereas Canciun 'won' one point, so the balance was way more in Mimi's favour, even if it wasn't great

Into the second.....

DF · Tennis legend

I've given up. I'm unable to see either live scores or livestream. Also her opponent is supposed to be Georgia Craciun
but the ITF livestream has Mimi facing Saki Imamura (who has already played and lost)

seagull · Hall of fame

First set Mimi 7-6

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

DF wrote:
I've given up. I'm unable to see either live scores or livestream. Also her opponent is supposed to be Georgia Craciun
but the ITF livestream has Mimi facing Saki Imamura (who has already played and lost)

Bet365 has livestream (for those with an account)

But also has livescores for any and everybody

The second set was pretty topsy-turvy too - Mimi broke, then was 1-3 down, then 3-3, then lost 3-6

It is very close - and rather patchy from both

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

After a couple of breaks, it's now 3-3 in the third

Mimi seems to have lost confidence in her backhand ....

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Luckily the forehand is firing

It was 30-0 on the other girl's serve

And then Mimi played three super points (and got a DF)

And - in the 'crucial 7th game'

- she broke again

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

But, with a DF of her own, and hitting too short, she then gets broken back again

4-4

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

The stream went down !!!

But I could get a third of the court from the other court's stream

Anwyay, Mimi WON !

She was *4-5 down but held serve without any stress

And then played a blinder, breaking very easily - and served it out superbly

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

QR1:

Mimi Xu (GBR) WR 517 def. (q8) Georgia Craciun (ROM) WR 384 7-6(3) 3-6 7-5

Danny1312 · Junior player

Well done Mimi Crackin win!

Peter too · Tennis legend

The first win of 2025

-- Edited by Peter too on Sunday 5th of January 2025 11:46:27 AM

Mervatron2 · Challenger qualifying

Well done Mimi. Sounds like a titanic tussle.