Week 30 - WTA ($220K) - Washington DC, USA - Hard

markce · Improver

RE: Week 30 - WTA ($220K) - Washington DC, USA - Hard

steven · Tennis legend

That's two disappointing tournaments in a row for Bally with losses to lower-ranked players - highly unusual these days.

It also means that since she beat Schiavone in R2 in Istanbul last year, her record in main tour events (including slams) that she has got into as a direct entrant is:

- a very creditable Won 13 Lost 3 in R1

- Won 0 Lost 13 (or 12 if you exclude the w/o) in R2

You can look at this in a few different ways:

1) She tends to consistently win the matches she should win but comes up short against higher-ranked players

2) If she starts to find a way to beat higher-ranked players again, her ranking could start rising quickly

3) She could be in deep trouble if her run of regularly avoiding seeds in R1 ends and she gets a run of R1 draws against seeds instead, especially in slams

Of course, since she was actually seeded herself here, it seemed like a golden opportunity to break the run of R2 losses, but Razzano was a top 20 player less than 2 years ago so may be heavily under-ranked for some reason I'm not aware of.

SMC1809 · All-time great

markce wrote:
oh yes I meant to say:
That was not a top drawer performance, which it would have been if she had won.
but maybe I wasn't paying attention to the ongoing grammatical joke?
ps look up top draw vs top drawer if you like:
http://www.google.co.uk/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=%22top+drawer+performance%22#q=%22top%20draw%22%20%22top%20drawer%22&nfpr=1&ei=2KQwTp_iJ8Tm-gas2dWJBA&sqi=2&start=0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=2cdd476cbbae22fd&biw=1280&bih=705

I enjoyed it. Sometimes SC fails to see the would threw the trees.

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

chavkev · Intermediate Club Player

steven wrote:
That's two disappointing tournaments in a row for Bally with losses to lower-ranked players - highly unusual these days.

It also means that since she beat Schiavone in R2 in Istanbul last year, her record in main tour events (including slams) that she has got into as a direct entrant is:

- a very creditable Won 13 Lost 3 in R1

- Won 0 Lost 13 (or 12 if you exclude the w/o) in R2

You can look at this in a few different ways:

1) She tends to consistently win the matches she should win but comes up short against higher-ranked players

2) If she starts to find a way to beat higher-ranked players again, her ranking could start rising quickly

3) She could be in deep trouble if her run of regularly avoiding seeds in R1 ends and she gets a run of R1 draws against seeds instead, especially in slams

Of course, since she was actually seeded herself here, it seemed like a golden opportunity to break the run of R2 losses, but Razzano was a top 20 player less than 2 years ago so may be heavily under-ranked for some reason I'm not aware of.

The illness and then sudden death of her husband/coach mainly.

steven · Tennis legend

chavkev wrote:
steven wrote:
That's two disappointing tournaments in a row for Bally with losses to lower-ranked players - highly unusual these days.

It also means that since she beat Schiavone in R2 in Istanbul last year, her record in main tour events (including slams) that she has got into as a direct entrant is:

- a very creditable Won 13 Lost 3 in R1

- Won 0 Lost 13 (or 12 if you exclude the w/o) in R2

You can look at this in a few different ways:

1) She tends to consistently win the matches she should win but comes up short against higher-ranked players

2) If she starts to find a way to beat higher-ranked players again, her ranking could start rising quickly

3) She could be in deep trouble if her run of regularly avoiding seeds in R1 ends and she gets a run of R1 draws against seeds instead, especially in slams

Of course, since she was actually seeded herself here, it seemed like a golden opportunity to break the run of R2 losses, but Razzano was a top 20 player less than 2 years ago so may be heavily under-ranked for some reason I'm not aware of.
The illness and then sudden death of her husband/coach mainly.

A sad reason I was aware of but had forgotten that was Razzano.

philwrig · Hall of fame

In case anybody had forgotten or was unaware Hev is likely to be on court within the next hour against a Canadian girl who could be tricky.
Live feed through Bet365.

airsmashers · County player

Heather now warming up

and for anyone who doesn't fancy bet365

http://www.lshunter.tv/index.php?option=com_lsh&view=lsh&event_id=56428&tv_id=671&tid=24580&channel=0&tmpl=component&layout=popup&Itemid=327

-- Edited by airsmashers on Thursday 28th of July 2011 08:18:12 PM

-- Edited by airsmashers on Thursday 28th of July 2011 08:19:01 PM

philwrig · Hall of fame

Lacklustre start by Heather.

philwrig · Hall of fame

Breaks back, Heather's tactics seem to involve alot of moonballing against her 5ft 4in opponent.

philwrig · Hall of fame

Top serving from Hev makes it 2-2*.

tony_orient · ATP qualifying

Typical start to a set from Heather, going an early break down and quickly recovering to go ahead. A pattern I've noticed to the extent that I put a bit of money on her at 0-2 and it's already looking like a good investment smile

philwrig · Hall of fame

Heather now into a comfortable 4-2* lead.

philwrig · Hall of fame

Heather really finding her groove now, but to be fair Dubois also starting to play better in that game.

Maza1987 · Challenger level

good turnaround.