Week 24 - WTA250 Nottingham, UK - Grass

miriam abc · Strong Club Player

RE: Week 24 - WTA250 Nottingham, UK - Grass

Jajon · Club Coach

Oioi hev won! Delightful

Neil Gee · Club Coach

miriam abc wrote:
Neil Gee wrote:
Heather Watson beginning a difficult second round match against Tatjana Maria, showing on Amazon Prime now.
Heather won 1st set, 6-4. Some very nice shots though I didn't see the beginning as she apparently lost the first 2 games.

Yes I expected a tough game, maybe a little too tough for Heather tbh, but she rose to the occasion superbly. Well done Heather.

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Yay Heather. Well done.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Super !

Just super.....

Didn't Harriet go on to have a good grasscourt season straight after playing a horror of a match at Surbiton last year?

Maybe it's a good omen

foobarbaz · Strong Club Player

Heather played well, taking the initiative, and pushing Maria about.

jb288 · Satellite level

I only saw the last few games, but Heather played some lovely stuff :)

LordBrownof · Futures level

It was Heather's best match in a long time, I'd say. Good mix of shots, positive, the forehand was good and the backhand was solid. There were still so many times she should've/could've moved into the net but beyond that, she dealt very well with Maria's low slices and for the most part, kept her head.

the addict · Tennis legend

Doubles (rankings as at 29/05/23)

L16:- Freya Christie (GBR) / Ali Collins (GBR) CR238 (119+119) LOST TO Ulrikke Eikeri (NOR) / Ingris Neel (EST) CR120 (50+70) 6-4 4-6 4-10

L16:- Harriet Dart (GBR) / Heather Watson (GBR) CR325 (111+214) [WC] v Hao-Ching Chan (TPE) / Latisha Chan (TPE) CR63 (26+37) [3] (In Progress)

L16:- Alicia Barnett (GBR) / Olivia Nicholls (GBR) CR151 (73+78) def Emily Appleton (GBR) / Jodie Burrage (GBR) CR551 (137+414) [WC] v 6-4 6-4

Neil Gee · Club Coach

Alizé Cornet gives the tournaments no 1 seed the runaround, Maria Sakkari falls in straight sets.

the addict · Tennis legend

Just to note - Alize Cornet has just put out Maria Sakkari 6-1 6-4.
Put's Katie Swan's efforts in a new light

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Frech also won, so maybe Sonay can feel a bit better, too ?

foobarbaz · Strong Club Player

the addict wrote:
Just to note - Alize Cornet has just put out Maria Sakkari 6-1 6-4.
Put's Katie Swan's efforts in a new light

If Swan hadn't become ill after winning the 1st set so impressively against Cornet, she might well have won the match yesterday, and been playing Sakkari today instead of Cornet.

PaulM · Tennis legend

Heather and Harriet playing well but missing a heck of a lot of chances.

Could have won the first set 6-0, eventually took it 6-3.

Just missed 40-0* there, *3-3

the addict · Tennis legend

With updated rankings

L16:- Harriet Dart (GBR) / Heather Watson (GBR) CR432 (108+324) [WC] def Hao-Ching Chan (TPE) / Latisha Chan (TPE) CR55 (22+33) [3] 6-3 6-4

QF:- Harriet Dart (GBR) / Heather Watson (GBR) CR432 (108+324) [WC] v Cristina Bucsa (ESP) / Makoto Ninomiya (JPN) CR 134 (79+55)
QF:- Alicia Barnett (GBR) / Olivia Nicholls (GBR) CR150 (74+76) v To be determined on Thursday

-- Edited by the addict on Wednesday 14th of June 2023 06:14:02 PM