16 yr old Katya won her 2nd $10k of 2004 over the weekend
doing a Romanian clean sweep in last 3 rds including both Niculescu sisters and then beating top seed Matei 61 61 in final
lets hear it for lefty Katya
not many Russian south-paws players about
Lost the last 2 sets 62 62 to Kontaveit. Terrible at both IW & Miami.
Maybe Kate is finished as asingles player? IDK, but this is as bad as she has ever been
Now they're both out of singles, lets see if they compete in doubles today
Only saw the first set but I didn't think she played that badly against Anett actually. The Enticing Erratic Estonian is in good form at the minute and was having a good day.
Still a match you would expect an in form Kate to win - but clearly she isn't near that the minute.
Still has the doubles at least. Grönefeld/Peschke this afternoon - a match Lena and Kate should win - if they play well enough.
Kate played very well until she got a break point at 5-5. Then she missed an open court and started playing like she's been playing all year, losing badly after that
But the first 10 games were good, so it was a step towards winning some matches this summer
She is only 49 in the race this week, so she needs some wins at these big events coming up
Were definitely some positive signs this week. Saving those 4 BPs to serve it out against Aga in the last match, and a very tight first set in this one.
Hopefully this will give her some confidence for grass court season, sorry, I mean for her next tournament.
I just looked at the race and right after Kate is Jabeur & Alexandrova. Those 2 are not going to be in many premier draws and Kate needs to get some wins while she still is in main draws of premiers.
Nice win over Wickmayer! Kate moved up from 49 to 43 in the race with the win over Radwanska.
Now a big match with #1 seed Nastia, who is 12 in the race.
It looks like Kate is finding her form and this should be a good match.