O jogo de ontem de Michelle, comentado por quem viu....
«In the 18s, the match of the day featured girls No. 2 seed and 2005 Eddie Herr finalist Sorana-Mihaela Cirstea of Romania and 13-year-old phenom Michelle Larcher de Brito of Portugal. Unlike her previous two matches, Larcher de Brito wasn't playing from a set down, taking the first 6-4. The 6-2 second set went to Cirstea, who is as placid on the court as Larcher de Brito is intense. At 5-5 in the third set, when the crowd surrounding Court 8 was three or four rows deep, Larcher de Brito was broken, giving Cirstea her opportunity to serve out the match. But with a competitor as determined as Larcher de Brito, there was no assuming the match was over, even when Cirstea went up 40-15 thanks to a couple of the 2005 16s champion's backhand errors.
Those two match points were saved and a break point earned on a Larcher de Brito winner and two Cirstea errors. But Larcher de Brito's chance for a third set tiebreak evaporated when she caught the net on a forehand, and a wide return on the next point gave the Romanian her third match point.
After a rally, Cirstea struck a crosscourt forehand that landed close to the line. Larcher de Brito, who had no chance to return it, called it out, much to the dismay of Cirstea and several spectators. A roving umpire was observing the match from the opposite side of the court, and was blocked from viewing it by Larcher de Brito, so the score was deuce.
"I saw it on the line," said Cirstea, who questioned the umpire only briefly. "I just kept thinking, 'next point'. I knew that if I complain about it, nothing would change."
When Larcher de Brito's backhand hit the tape, giving Cirstea her fourth match point, the 16-year-old right hander was all concentration. Pushing Larcher de Brito deep, she played a delicate, unreachable drop shot for the victory.
"It was the only drop shot I hit in the match," Cirstea said. "I think now I could have hit more, but I said to myself 'I'm going to go for it, I just don't care anymore.'"»
Collete Lewis
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