LIVE TEXT COMMENTARY (all times BST)
To get involved, please use
Twitter,
606
or text us your views & comments on 81111 (UK) or +44 7786200666 (worldwide). (Not all contributions can be used. Messages will be charged at your standard operator rate)
By Caroline Cheese
|
1346: Wow. Stosur is playing some magnificent tennis here. The Aussie belts another sizzling forehand winner to set up three set points and she only need one, taking it 6-2. If Stosur continues playing at this level, I can't see how Serena will get back into this.
1342: After holding off the Williams charge in the last game, Sam Stosur uses her fearsome forehand to great effect to break serve for a 4-2 lead against the world number one.
|
1337: Two break points for Sam Stosur to contend with in a gruelling game, in which Williams is in full onslaught mode. The Aussie saves both, the second with some world-class play. Serena is in control of the point, but then opts to come in. Stosur wallops a forehand at the American's toes and though Serena just about picks it up, Stosur puts away the short ball - and sits down with a 3-2 lead. Over on Lenglen, Jankovic has recovered the early break and is 4-3 on serve against Shvedova.
|
1329: Yikes, I think that was a drop shot attempt by Serena - which landed halfway between the service line and baseline. No long-term harm done though and she comes through to make it 2-2. It's a decent match-up so far, both players hitting the ball terrifyingly hard.
1320: Sam Stosur rocks Serena Williams with a massive forehand, not an easy task, to earn a break point straight away , and it's a winner off the forehand side which earns her a second chance... Williams, though, bangs down two big serves to save both and makes it 1-1.
1316: According to Sam Smith on the Red Button, Serena Williams is playing in her 30th Grand Slam semi-final, Sam Stosur her second. The Aussie is off to a good start though, holding her opening service game. Over on Lenglen in the other women's quarter-final, Kazakh surprise package Yaroslava Shvedova is already a break up over fourth seed Jelena Jankovic.
1312: First up on Chatrier today, it's an intriguing quarter-final between world number one and top seed Serena Williams and Aussie Sam Stosur. Stosur knocked out Justine Henin in the last round and was a semi-finalist in Paris last year. This match is live on the BBC Red Button, the BBC website (UK only) and BBC 5 live Sports Extra. To follow on that trio, Rafa Nadal v Nicolas Almagro. Super exciting.
|
1300: Hello there. I'm still stunned. Tomas Berdych through to the semi-finals of a Grand Slam for the first time... Crikey, I just didn't think he had it in him.
No comments:
Post a Comment