Week 1 - WTA500 - Brisbane, Australia - Hard

the addict · Tennis legend

Week 1 - WTA500 - Brisbane, Australia - Hard

Mervatron2 · Challenger qualifying

Interesting draws.

Hoping both are fully fit and raring to go.

the addict · Tennis legend

Both matches are 4th on their respective courts. Play is scheduled to start at 11am local or 1am GB time, so they should be on court sometime after 4:30am (TNNS prediction) or more likely around 5:30.

LordBrownof · Futures level

That's a tough draw for Harriet. She played in the Indian league and returned to the UK, so she hasn't given herself much rest or time to acclimate. Hon had a good end to the season too.

Heather also seems to have left it late to travel, but Arango has only played on clay for the last 4-6 months.

PockyTastic · Futures level

Sadly Heather lost in straight sets.

the addict · Tennis legend

QR1:- Heather Watson (GBR) WR162 [Q10] lost to Emiliana Arango (COL) WR169 4-6 4-6

Harriet has just lost the first set (6)6-7

PaulM · Tennis legend

Try not to read much into opening matches of the season but not a great result for Heather there.

Harriet missed a set point now *5-5

PaulM · Tennis legend

Harriet loses 7-6(6) 7-6(5).

Oh well. Hope for better in Melbourne... She is dropping a lot of points though from her final in Canberra last year. Maybe she should have gone there again.

-- Edited by PaulM on Friday 27th of December 2024 09:27:11 AM

the addict · Tennis legend

QR1:- Harriet Dart (GBR) WR104 [Q2] lost to Priscilla Hon (AUS) WR167 (6)6-7 (5)6-7

the addict · Tennis legend

No entries in the doubles this week

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Harriet lost 7-6(5) in the second set

She was 2-6 down, played really well, did all the hard work to get it back to 5-6

Hon was looking tight and a bit worried, as you'd expect

And then Harriet hit her basic crosscourt backhand out by about a foot

A real shame

the addict · Tennis legend

I thought Harriet was playing pretty well, just that Hon was more consistent and very solid.
I got the impression that Harriet's second serve has improved a lot from last season - more pace and accuracy.

PaulM · Tennis legend

Surprised neither of them are in the doubles. I'm increasingly confused as to what Heather's focus is just now - does she think she can get back into top 100 singles? Why isn't she playing doubles in these big events where she could make the cut and easily push up into the top 40 quite quickly?

B00thy · Lower Club Player

the addict wrote:
QR1:- Heather Watson (GBR) WR162 [Q10] lost to Emiliana Arango (COL) WR169 4-6 4-6

Harriet has just lost the first set (6)6-7

this is just the kind of match Hev needs to scrape through to set her season going. At least it was close ..

B00thy · Lower Club Player

the addict wrote:
QR1:- Harriet Dart (GBR) WR104 [Q2] lost to Priscilla Hon (AUS) WR167 (6)6-7 (5)6-7

Oh dear! very close, and probably not getting that much support from the crowd, but I hoped for more ..