[ColoradoTree]

Does anyone know if Stanford has ever before had all-Stanford players in both the doubles and singles finals?

I wonder if all the other teams have already left Palo Alto while our women battle each other for the championships.

I assume they're all gone, yeah. You might stick around if a teammate is in the final, but no real reason to stick around now. 

And as for all-Stanford finals in both singles and doubles, my initial reaction was "surely, yes." I could think of a number of years where we won both the singles and doubles titles, but when I dug through it, at least one of the finalists in either doubles or singles was from somewhere else. I looked as far back as 2003, so at least as of the last 18 years, the answer is no.

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So, who are we rooting for?

BC

LOL. It's the ultimate "I just want to see a great game" kinda deal, right? The more they push each other in their time at Stanford, the better off we are. But Ma has come in as at least a slight favorite, and I like it when my ace comes into a big moment, gets tested, and sees it through anyway. A tight Ma win in three sets fits my worldview, at least, and it always feels nice to have your priors confirmed. 

Yepifanova takes the first set 6-4, and Ma comes out in the first service game of the second set like a woman possessed. That rally on game point was spectacular. Then Ma breaks for a 2-0 lead. This set threatens to slip away from her as she gets a little more demonstrative, frustrated with some wild returns. Sasha got Ma's service game to deciding point, but sprayed another forehand wide, and it's 3-0 Ma in the second now. But Sasha came back with an angry service game, and it's 3-1 Ma.

EDIT: apparently it was Ma that took the first 6-4.

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Ma held for 4-1, and Yepifanova looked primed to get back to 4-2, but she hit a forehand an inch wide and then mishit a forehand on deciding point. 5-1 Ma in the second, and she's serving for the set now. Yepifanova definitely tiring, it seems, and that's fair, given she had a harder road to get here. She got up 0-40 on Ma's serve just now, but seems to be losing confidence in her ground strokes, sending three in a row long or wide. Her frustration is palpable. And that's Ma with an ace to take it! Ma wins it 6-4, 6-1.

[ColoradoTree]

Does anyone know if Stanford has ever before had all-Stanford players in both the doubles and singles finals?

I wonder if all the other teams have already left Palo Alto while our women battle each other for the championships.

I assume they're all gone, yeah. You might stick around if a teammate is in the final, but no real reason to stick around now. 

And as for all-Stanford finals in both singles and doubles, my initial reaction was "surely, yes." I could think of a number of years where we won both the singles and doubles titles, but when I dug through it, at least one of the finalists in either doubles or singles was from somewhere else. I looked as far back as 2003, so at least as of the last 18 years, the answer is no.

---

So, who are we rooting for?

BC

LOL. It's the ultimate "I just want to see a great game" kinda deal, right? The more they push each other in their time at Stanford, the better off we are. But Ma has come in as at least a slight favorite, and I like it when my ace comes into a big moment, gets tested, and sees it through anyway. A tight Ma win in three sets fits my worldview, at least, and it always feels nice to have your priors confirmed. 

Yepifanova takes the first set 6-4, and Ma comes out in the first service game of the second set like a woman possessed. That rally on game point was spectacular. Then Ma breaks for a 2-0 lead. This set threatens to slip away from her as she gets a little more demonstrative, frustrated with some wild returns. Sasha got Ma's service game to deciding point, but sprayed another forehand wide, and it's 3-0 Ma in the second now. But Sasha came back with an angry service game, and it's 3-1 Ma.

EDIT: apparently it was Ma that took the first 6-4.

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Ma held for 4-1, and Yepifanova looked primed to get back to 4-2, but she hit a forehand an inch wide and then mishit a forehand on deciding point. 5-1 Ma in the second, and she's serving for the set now. Yepifanova definitely tiring, it seems, and that's fair, given she had a harder road to get here. She got up 0-40 on Ma's serve just now, but seems to be losing confidence in her ground strokes, sending three in a row long or wide. Her frustration is palpable. And that's Ma with an ace to take it! Ma wins it 6-4, 6-1.