(TEN) W Tennis vs FSU

Important early season benchmark.
Very poor start in doubles, beaten badly on courts 1 and 3.....were even on 2 when point decided

Briggs wins 1st set 6-4, down a break in second
Dudney 6-4 5-2
Dahlstrom 4-6 6-0...hopefully she figured her opponent out
Gailis 4-6 6-0 ......see above lol
Sysoeva 5-7 3-1....probably my most disappointing thus far this season (with Shelton)
De Oliviera 6-4 4-0...probably the biggest surprise, didn't expect much

 

Dudney closes it out 4 and 2....match even at 1-1

Dahlstrom down a break in the third, Gailis up a break in the third

Sysoeva and Emily both up a break in their 2nd sets

 

As is often the case in womens matches....the service breaks are as common as the holds. In fact there are a lot more breaks than holds since I started following this one.
I think there was one hold in Briggs second set which she lost 6-4 to force a third
Dahlstrom 2-2 in 3rd, all breaks
Gailis broke to go up 3-1 in 3rd....only one hold
Sysoeva a break to go up 5-2...should force a third
De Oliveira serving at 5-1 to close her match out

 

Briggs with a quick break to go 1-0 in her third
Dahlstrom loses 3 break points....3-3 in 3rd
Gailis breaks to go up
Sysoeva 6-2 in second, forces a third
De Oliveira with a great 6-1 set to put UF up 2-1...nice outing

 

Briggs rare hold to go up 2-0
Gailis breaks and then gets broken right back, up 4-3

 

Nice stretch, Briggs comes back from 0-40 to go up 3-0
Dahlstrom down 15-40 and wins to go 5-3

 

Dahlstrom closes it out 6-3, UF up 3-1

Gailis unable to convert 2 match points on serve gets broken, 5-4
Briggs on fire 4-0
Sysoeva about to go down 1-3....not pretty

 

Gailis pulls it together and breaks for the match

Briggs was up 5-0 and cruising
Sysoeva was down 1-3 and struggling

Decent outing. FSU is pretty middle of the road so it was important to take care of business here. Got to be better in doubles than they were today, need Sysoeva to find her game a little