In a TennisMaryland.com video exclusive, top Austrian Tamira Paszek, in her first loss since the Quarterfinals at Wimbledon, reflects on her CitiOpen semifinals loss against Shahar Peer in College Park. A controversial chair call in the 2nd set tie-break proved to be a swing point of the match, and TennisMaryland.com got to ask the ‘broken ball’ question.
SEMI-FINAL #2: Nadia Petrova vs. Irina Falconi
Falconi, like a bird of prey, ripped our heart out and ate it, losing in 3 after winning the first set 6-1 against Nadia Petrova. She is a skilled young player who will gain some ‘wisdom points’ from the kind of matches like the one she endured today against a vastly more experienced competitor. We’re more bullish than ever on ‘The Bird’. (Patent Pending).
There were no upsets today at the Legg Mason Qualifying Tournament. Kid’s Day was better than ever, and a later post will cover it in more detail. Later post translates to ‘as soon as we’re not covering live tennis for a night’.
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Return Serve?