Watching Ruby try to serve out sets is quite torturous, but after failing to do so in the first set twice and losing it 5-7 on a double fault, she scrapes over the line in set two 6-4 saving multiple break points in the process. Fighting like heck in this one, good scrap and her attitude so far to all the frustrations and tightening up is top notch.
She went a break down at 1-3, a break up at 4-3 and then got broken twice to lose the match. Could have gone either way. She seemed to be doing best by just applying consistent pressure rather than taking risks.
The seeds have done well in this tournament. Singles now at Qf stage and Ruby's win against the top seed is the only blot on the seeds' copybook! The duobles (as often occurs) has the 4 seeds in the semis.
-- Edited by telstar on Thursday 30th of April 2026 05:13:16 PM