REGAL TENNIS CENTER, COSUMAR--The round of 32 in both womens doubles and singles at the Delman Tour occured yesterday, and not suprisingly, all but one Bergnovinaian player made it through to the next round of competition. Aubrey Dankers would lose to Dutinge Emimil 6-0 of Civil Citizenry, but not without giving her a run for her money. Ms. Dankers would drop the first set 3-6, only to rally and win the second set 6-4. Ms. Dankers would then lose the third set 3-6, only to win the fourth set 6-3. Ms. Dankers and Emimil would have a showdown in the final set where Dankers managed a near win, losing to Emimil 7-9. Unlike her fellow athletes of the world cup soccer team who blew up in their match the other day and had very poor behaviour, Ms. Dankers congratulated her opponet before leaving the court.
"I am throughly depressed I didn't win my match," said Dankers in a press coference after her game. "However, depression and emotions should never make an athlete compromise their sportsmanship." Dankers would go on to criticize the Bergnovinaian world cup soccer team, siding with many journalists and fans by calling their actions "childish" and "inappropriate."
Other players would have stiff compeition as well, but they'd be able to come away with the win. Elizabeth Brown remained calm thorugh her entire close match with Anne Bader (ATL) and Brown managed to defeat her. Brown only dropped a single set (where there were highly contested calls amongst the officials); she won 6-4, 6-3, 6-7 (11-13), 6-4.
Gretchen Heidenheim also managed to defeat Mollie Elliot (CKY) in a four set thriller. Heidenheim was not expected a long match and told reporters in her pre-match conference that "this [match] shouldn't be long at all." Heidenheim ate her words since Elliot forced her through 4 grueling sets in a 3 hour 15 minute matchup. Heidenheim would win 6-3, 1-6, 6-2, 7-6 (12-10) and she would comment in her post-game conference that "not only am I not used to playing someone that strong," but also that "I haven't played a full five set mach in a while since the typical format is 3 sets for womens and five for mens."
Nicole Williams would be the only single pair to win her match with ease. Williams faced Cassie Hublar (MAN) and she was able to secure victory in four sets at just under 2 hours. Williams would win 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 6-1. Bergnovinaian tennis fans and analysts alike have rated Williams as Bergnovinaia's best shot to win the Delman Tour women's singles tournament.
In women's doubles, Janet Ventriole and Fay Wasik faced the team of Jóakimsdóttir/Chizuoke (CKY) and were delighted to win their match in a mere four sets. Ventriole and Wasik would take 2 hours and 5 minutes to win their match 6-3, 7-5, 4-6, 6-3.
However, there was a much different story for the team of Kara Towers and Sara White who were seeded as numer 3 overall in the womens tournament by a random draw. Towers and White thorught they would easily defeat the team of Johnson/Vlai (WKS), but things didn't look good after the teams spilt the first two sets and Johnson/Vlai claimed the third set for a 2-1 lead. Despite being down and all hope seeming to be lost, Towers and White would rally themselves to win the final two sets 6-3, 6-2. Towers and White won the entire match 7-6 (7-4), 6-7 (2-7), 2-6, 6-3, 6-2--a match that lasted for over three hours.
In a post-game conference, Towers and White stated how exhausted they were and said that they would likely not be ready for the next round tomorrow where they'll face the team of Saminal/Tijelho (CVC).
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