Hello, Ready to go home and go to bed after a great but exhausting 4 days.
The girls had a great game in front of 80 enthralled spectators who enjoyed every minute of this 60 minutes final.
Orla started smartly and built up a 2,3 point lead before taking the first 11/6 against Line who was struggling to get out of the starting blocks. Off to a 3/0 start in the second Line looked far more convincing in the second game but lost her way and found herself 7/5 down before taking the game 11/8. Line cruised to a 6/2 lead in the third but Orla fought back to 7/8 before Line closed at 11/7. The fourth was a beauty and the tension rose as the girls mixed brilliant play and silly errors. At 7/7 Orla gave it her all and some wonderful winners brought her home 11/8.
Great squash in the fifth as well but it was Line who took control of the game to ease in 11/4. Great final and great tournament.
The 4 top seeds are through without too much difficulty and so is Cyrielle Peltier the young French qualifier who dominated Josefa Bertilsson. Laura Pomportes lost the first game 11/2 before turning the tables on Anna-Carin Forstadius and Célia Allamargot got over her first game nerves to beat the promising Julia Lecoq. The match Gaby Schmohl:Coline Aumard was perhaps the most uncertain but Gaby got home 3/0 with method. She could give Orla a hard game tomorrow morning but I still see the top 4 seeds getting through to the semis. Must be the first time we’ve had 3 French girls in the quarters at Carcassonne.
