Although the pace of matches had been a bit slow so far, it picked up dramatically this Tuesday.
In the Men’s Singles, Matt Wasser played one set again JP Doumeng, but then had to retire, injured.
Also in the Men’s Singles, Luca Fioretti beat Jeff Fine 6-1 6-2.
In the Ladies’ Singles, the youngster Lucy Fletcher and the more mature Elena Valarche started on a grass court, then moved to a hard court at 5-5 in the first set. Elena’s style is to come to the net behind everything. Lucy makes few mistakes but doesn’t hit the ball that hard on either serve or ground strokes, and volleys less than Elena. On the hard court the match became a two and a half hour war of attrition which finished around 8:30 pm, with Elena’s energy flagging (and she spends a lot of time exercising). Both sets went to tie breaks, and Lucy won both of these for a 7-6 7-6 victory.
In the Men’s Doubles, Brian Coffey & Mark Webb took on Marcio Sugui & Alex Vallmajor. Mark reported there were some good rallies, but the more regular tournament competitors and team players, Marcio and Alex only made 2 mistakes, to win 6-0 6-0.
More to come
