Britain’s Tara Moore staged one of the more remarkable comebacks in tennis history on Tuesday – saving a match point at 0-6, 0-5 down and going on to win the match.

Moore, the current British No 9, was facing France’s Jessika Ponchet in the first round at the ITF World Tour event in Sunderland, and had looked set to be outclassed by an opponent ranked almost 300 places above her.

Serving to avoid a “double-bagel” defeat, Moore fell 30-40 behind – but her luck changed on match point, as an overhead smash clipped the net cord and landed on the line. From there, the 26-year-old held serve and rallied in spectacular fashion, winning six games on the trot before taking the tie break 9-7.

Moore continued the fightback in the deciding set, winning 6-3 to set up a last-16 tie against Germany’s Yana Morderger or Romania’s Elena-Teodora Cadar. After the match, Moore joked on social media that the result was “never in doubt” – in response to a clip of her fortuitous shot to save match point.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/apr/10/britains-tara-moore-saves-match-point-comeback-win-tennis-itf-sunderland