Week 2 - WTA ($220K) Hobart, Australia - Hard

steven · Tennis legend

RE: Week 2 - WTA ($220K) Hobart, Australia - Hard

steven · Tennis legend

Hev rebreaks immediately and, as in Anne's match, reverses the 1st set score (albeit in the opposite order) - 3-6 6-3

steven · Tennis legend

1/2 bps taken by each player in the 3rd set - it's *5-5

steven · Tennis legend

6-5 ...

steven · Tennis legend

Bobusic saves a match point ...

steven · Tennis legend

QR1: Heather Watson WR 92 beat (wc) Bojana Bobusic (AUS) WR 241 by 3-6 6-3 7-5

QR2: Heather Watson WR 92 v Olivia Rogowska (AUS) WR 167

Rogowska thrashed 3rd seed Brianti 1 & 1 today - I assume because the Italian wasn't 100%, but if not ... scary!

By the way, given the way tonight's matches went (Anne winning the 1st, losing the 2nd by the same score, getting to 5-5 in the 3rd then losing 7-5 as against Hev losing the 1st and winning the 2nd by the same score), the temptation to put a bet on Hev winning 7-5 in the 3rd was huge after Anne finished. Sadly, it was a temptation I resisted. disbelief

-- Edited by steven on Friday 6th of January 2012 07:34:10 AM

philwrig · Hall of fame

Hopefully knocked the rust off and can follow up and do the double over the local Aussies.

Maza1987 · Challenger level

phew.
well done heather.

indiana · Tennis legend

Hmm, looks a bit of a struggle there for Hev, in cointrast with how she came out the blocks last year in Auckland from match one.

But, yes, may be a bit rusty, eg, she couild have been concentrating more on fitrness work and then her ankle will have certainly been a problem then when she was maybe really wanting to concentrate on finetuning her game.

The match should certainly have done her good anyway, and looks as if she may have to raise her game for Rogowska.

Mervatron · Masters Series Champion

Phew.

Glad she pulled through that one. Hope she can do the same against Rogowska.

wolf · Tennis legend

R1: Elena Baltacha WR 51 V (8) Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) WR 40

indiana · Tennis legend

Pretty tough, but it was likely to be pretty tough whatever with the last direct acceptance WR 63.

Begu is the lowest seed, which would sometimes seem best for good progress even if met in R1, but there's not much between the seeds rankingwise and Begu's more than useful.

Zakopalova (CZE) WR 41 or Halep (ROU) WR 47 for the winner, and the other seed in Bally's quarter is (1) Wickmayer (BEL) WR 26.

-- Edited by indiana on Saturday 7th of January 2012 01:17:46 AM

indiana · Tennis legend

Hopefully relating to Heather, there's a qualifier vs qualifier match and the other two qualifiers play either Pironkova (BUL) WR 46 or Jie Zheng (CHN) WR 48.

http://www.hobartinternational.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/MDS6.pdf

philwrig · Hall of fame

Better today, especially in second set. 6-3 6-2.

steven · Tennis legend

QR2: Heather Watson WR 92 beat Olivia Rogowska (AUS) WR 167 by 3 & 2

FQR: Heather Watson WR 92 v (q8) Kristina Barrois (GER) WR 91 (CH 57 last May)

Barrois lost to both Bally & Naomi last year and was on a 5-match losing streak before yesterday's win.