Shikha Uberoi thread ...

[jayakris]

Just finished watching a tough match for Shikha, who was clearly not in the best of health. She later said she probably should have just skipped it today. An extremely cold day here in Orange (very unusual for march, but it was about 8 or 9 degree C at Orange today and I was simply shivering!) - that did not help at all as she just came from the asthma problems yesterday at Indian wells at about 28 degree C! .. By the end of the first set today she had to call the trainer to come and give a heavy bandage for the thigh as well .. She was gasping for breath after 5 shot rallies and said she could only try to finish the points off fast .. That did not work against a player who played out of her mind, hitting aces at will and moved very well against some of the nice variations Shikha tried (Tamaela is quite big server, which surprised me) ..

Anyway, the bottom line is a loss 46 26 today to #183 Tamaela. Shikha was broken in the first game itself. She saved 4 set points on her own serve at 3-5 to prolong it but Tamaela served off the first set at 6-4 .. In the second, Shikha was down two breaks at 1-4, and saved a couple of match points to again extend it a bit at 1-5, but Tamaela closed it out in the final game after a couple of deuces.

Shikha's movements were quite impaired. The occasional serve went in with serious zip, and there were probably about a couple of 10+ shot rallies where you could see her spunky ground shots, but by and large she was not at all in shape to do much today to rally like we know she can.

Oh well. She needs another week of rest and will hopefully be all fine by the Miami qualies starting on the 21st.

I will try to take Shikha and Neha out to Benihana for some Japanese food and try to cheer them up. Both are down after unable to do much today.

Jay

[amr090]

Jay I'm hungry! Can I come too?

Nothing to worry about if theyre out of it right now. Just need some time to relax and have fun. I feel bad for them because they probably dont have that much time to have as much fun that people my age (and their age) have. Their life is extremely busy and stressful. So hopefully, they can forget tennis for a little bit and do something fun. Maybe go and watch a good movie tonight!

[gvhvhg]

Shikha has trememdous heart to keep playing through what ever comes in her way....Whether it was vomiting a few days ago, asthma these past few days and the thigh the whole way through she just keeps on fighting....She like the energizer bunny

Like I said in the Neha thread, hopefully she will take it easy for a few days and then get ready for Miami.

[jaydeep]

Tough loss for Shikha .. But considering her health status, we can't say much ... Firstly I was surprised to see her participation in Orange Challenger after her Asthama attack ... That was courageous ... Hopefully nothing serious and one week rest will bring her back to her original fitness level ... But Shikha is showing true fighting spirit and playing against all odds ... Well done Shikha.

Jaydeep.

[potato]

Don't let the past couple days get you down Shikha. You're doing us proud!

[Red_Indian]

Go take a break girls... take good care of yourself and come fighting back!

[BSharma]

Get healthy and hit the trail again.

We are proud of you.

[gvhvhg]

Go Girls Go!!!

Dan, I have a question. The site that you got it from, did it actually list it as Uberoi/Uberoi(IND/USA)? That is good because judging by what has been going on, considering one is USA they would have assumed that they both were.

Anyway, Go girls!!

[jayakris]

The ITF's page for the Augusta tournament lists it as USA/USA for both.

Jay

[gvhvhg]

Damn, when will they get it right!

Oh well

Main Draw Singles is out...Go out and get that title Shikha! She has the 4th seed!

GALLOVITS Edina (ROM)

BYE

BYE

UBEROI Shikha (USA) 4

odd looking draw... ...i guess she and Gallovits play in R2 then. Ive never seen two players next to eachother in the draw both getting byes before.

[jayakris]

gurvinder -- you are forgetting to read my daily updates

Shikha will play a qualifier TBD .. ITF messed up that draw sheet. The 8 qualifier spots are listed as BYEs!

Jay

[gvhvhg]

haha....i should be locked up...your daily notes page is usually my bible...sorry about that

[knarayen]

Can never figure out why they have these tour events in out of the way places like Augusta etc. Atlanta is a booming tennis-crazy city about 150 miles away. Couldnt have it there, I suppose? Its not as if Atlanta doesnt have any facilities either. Much more audience participation there I would say.

Can never figure out how these tour organizers decide on venues.

Krish