Women underway, after struggling in doubles lately they put together a very solid performance and take doubles point easily Kessler quicly went down 0-3, but now it's 2-3 Zein was up 3-0, now 3-2 Briggs at 2-2 Dudney up 3-1 Dahlstrom was up 3-0, now 3-2 Berlin steps in today and out quick 5-0 Shelton takes a seat in singles after playing really poorly of late
I see bama men are winless in conference and the only conference team with a losing record. This should be over early.
Kessler wins 4 straight and her opponent retires Zein collapses to lose first set and down 0-1 in 2nd Briggs with a flurry to win 1st set, but down 0-4 in 2nd Dudney plugging along 6-4 2-0 Dahlstrom with the Zein model, collapses to lose first set and down 0-2 in 2nd Berlin solid in both sets, 1 game away from her match Bizarre match, wild swings in 4 of the 6 singles matches
I might be wrong, but I suspect Shelton has some kind of injury that has slowed her down. Hard courts are unforgiving if a player has an injury and playing singles is especially difficult.
I wondered as well....she did play doubles today, but of course that is generally less stressful. When they moved her down to 6 and she still got waxed I figured she is either mentally or physically messed up.
Tiebreak goes to 6-6, UF pulls out next 2 points to win doubles Hopefully a little sharper in singles
Men copying the women, all over the place Shelton cruises in first set, gets waxed in second Riffice was down then roared back to win first, was down in 2nd but eked it out Vale was down in first but won a tiebreak, up a break in 2nd Andrade was down a break but won 7-5, up a break in second Goodger wins his first easily, in a 2nd set TB Bonetto wins a tiebreak, down 0-3 in 2nd UF will win, but this has not been a crisp focused match
Andrade throws up a bagel in the second set to clinch Vale up 5-3 Shelton down 2-3 in 3rd Bonetto lost his second 0-6, not pretty Nice match by Andrade after a slow start. I'm probably nitpicking by complaining in a match they win easily....just want them peaking as we head down the stretch
Shelton and Bonetto both lose. Given the unbelievably close doubles point, this could have been way to tense. And Bama is a distant last place in the conference, play sloppy at AU on Sunday and you might get bit, they have been really good at home.
Womens season will be hugely determined by final two regular season matches......3 way battle for 3rd in the SEC with UF, Aub, USC. And that's the 2 teams UF faces. Win Sunday and UF clinches 3rd, and probably a regional host. Lose both you finish 5th and all bets are off.
