Canada's Sam Cornett Reports Following Win Over French Rising Star Julia Lecoq
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photo courtesy Steve Cubbins
May 13, 2012 - Ottawa's Samantha Cornett sent this report to DSR following her solid first round British Open qualifying win over French Under-19 champion Julia Lecoq:
I had a great day today, I felt really good playing Julia. I was playing with a purpose, which was refreshing.
The first two games went by pretty quickly. I tried to make the rallies long, and it paid off, although I had to be careful not to give her much loose on her backhand, as she has a dangerous volley drop. In the third I decided to hit some more crosscourts without establishing straight length, and she took advantage of that well, added some of her own good length, and slotted in winners. She found the tin too much in all three games though, which let me off the hook. I doubt I will have the same luxury tomorrow!
Playing Line tomorrow, our head to head history is not in my favour, but I feel great! Looking forward to it, she is such a nice player and I've enjoyed our past matches.
Enough of me though, there were some other very interesting matches. Line's match with Birgit was over an hour long; there were great rallies and gets, and lots of lets. Melody and Maud's match was also very long, Maud looked quite tired after the fourth, but she obviously never stopped, and won in the fifth. Melody found the tin too much, which rewarded Maud after their long long rallies. Olga and Joshna, a really good match with long rallies, well fought, but Joshna was crisper with good length and cracking kills.
Another lengthy one: Maria over Lucie. Back and forth with lets and errors. They were both bumping into each other often, Lucie got hit in the head with a racquet, Maria got hit in the leg with the ball, and there was lots of tripping and falling! It was a high-paced match, as both of them can crush the ball. Maria did it a bit better than Lucie, putting her under so much pressure with her length, and attacking from in front of her.
The other good one I saw was Coline vs Kanzy, Coline looks to be playing really well. Her determination shows, as she didn't let up; if she made a mistake, she refocused right away. And saw some really great dives from Kanzy. Lots of other good matches as well.
Tomorrow looks to be VERY exciting, great match-ups. Looking forward to the glass court, things will be very different on there!
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Sam Cornett
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