DC for the Ladies....

[rex]

Sloane lost and Cori just lost to Diyas 6-4 5-2. Diyas dictated the rallies, didn't make a ton of errors and Cori didn't have the power to counter what Diyas was offering. Yet, the TD got what he wanted out of Cori, made a ton of money off her, gave her the #1 seed for qualies, where she was ranked lower than 3 or 4 other players and she packed the house for her match today. However, she's not ready for prime time on the Tour, giving her age and her lack of strength at this point to justify main draw WCs at premier events and the Slams.

[rex]

Another "packed" court for Key's match with a 17 year old, Hailey Baptiste, a player I haven't seen ere but who has taken Madison into a lst set breaker. Leading 4-2 at the moment....

[rex]

Baptiste wins the lst set breaker. Crowd appears to be backing her, getting the loudest cheers.

[Ace2Ace]

Who is this Baptiste giving hard time to Keys. Never even heard her name. How old is she? Got to look it up.
She looks quite strong and hits pretty good off the ground. Can she win the 2nd set? Let's see.

[Ace2Ace]

Played a clean game so far. Just broke for 2-1. Very interesting. She is not spraying. WTA is a dangerous world. Keys better wake up. This is embarrassing.

[Ace2Ace]

Hailey Baptiste: 17 years old from USA, ranked 285.
never heard anything about her until now . I used to squat ITF, looking for the next gem. Haven't done that since Kuzmova, Vondrousova, Haddad Maia and Aiva were destroying the competition there.

[Ace2Ace]

Huge serve and it's a service winner. lol..
Ace like this girl already. 3-1
Goes for the kill on Keys' 2nd serve and missed by an inch.. I like the mentality.
Another huge return and Keys in trouble. lol.. this is fun. 40-40 .. Girls wants to break for 4-1. And she gets the break point.
2nd serve coming. what's she gonna do? Keys gets scared of the huge return and hits a Double Fault. lol lol. 4-1 ..Loving this.

thanks for the alert, Rex. I was not going to watch this, thinking it would be a beatdown 6-1 6-0 from Keys.

[Ace2Ace]

Excellent angle soft shots, brings up game point for 5-1. What a surprise!!!
Keys better find a way to break here.
Deuce.
Ace for game point again.
Followed by 1-2 punch. Keys can't reach the ball and it's 5-1.
I got a new girl to root for.

[Ace2Ace]

Keys has to hold here... Come on now. And she does.
Now let's see if Baptiste can string a couple of zingers here and serve it out.
When you get a top player in this position, you got to destroy her. don't let her back in the match or you are toast.

[Ace2Ace]

big serve. unreturned: 15-0
another big serve. short return to easily put away. dumps it in the net. that was a gift. 15-15
another error 15-30.
2nd serve. she is nervous.
Stinking forehand winner. Keys can't get there. 30-30
amazing serve outwide. Keys can't reach. 40-30
ACE on the "T" to finish it.. WOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The only 2 points Keys won in this last game were UErrors from the youngster.
Hailey took charge.

This girl's got a big game. Welcome to the Power Babe Club !!!!