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the addict · Tennis legend

RE: Week 26 - WTA250 - Eastbourne, Great Britain Grass

PaulM · Tennis legend

Fran takes the first set 6-4.

Var · Futures qualifying

the addict wrote:
Brendan F wrote:
Lambda wrote:
HarryGem wrote:
Presume the BBC are not covering all the matches live? I can only find one match on the BBC right now. If so pretty poor considering for most tournamnets we can get all court coverage via Now Tv or Sky. Or am i wrong??

Tennis Channel are lead broadcaster and have the rights to all courts of the LTA grass court tournaments. The BBC just have the free to air rights that cover 1 court.
I don't even see that. Nothing on BBC1 or 2 today or tomorrow.
SHould be coverage on BBC-iPlayer and the website every day from 11. Showing Dan right now.

Tennis channel is offering 7 days free trial. Then a sub for £2.49 per month.

PaulM · Tennis legend

Fran had a point for 5-3* in the second but missed it.

4-4*

PaulM · Tennis legend

My goodness. Fran has a match point at 6-5 *40-30, and her racket comes flying out her hand after her serve.

Misses a second match point a couple of points later, saves a couple of break points, misses a third match point (bad bounce), saves another break point, steers a mid court forehand wide on match point 4 (should have made it), misses a fifth after a long rally just wide off the right shot, here's a sixth...

Ace!

Thank goodness. Great win!

Jan · Hall of fame

Well done Fran!!

Julia Carrot · All-time great

And seconds later, well done Fran. So happy for her.

Peter too · Tennis legend

That was a very good result, particularly as Fran plays most of her matches on clay.

Var · Futures qualifying

Peter too wrote:
That was a very good result, particularly as Fran plays most of her matches on clay.

Tricky weather as well!

Mervatron2 · Challenger level

Cracking win for Fran.

Going into Wimbledon in decent shape considering the surface.

Peter too · Tennis legend

Var wrote:
Peter too wrote:
That was a very good result, particularly as Fran plays most of her matches on clay.
Tricky weather as well!

We suffered from the wind here last year when Harriet, Katie and Emma all got blown away in the QFs. It seems to be a feature of Eastbourne.

Sheddie · administrator

Yeah it's the one issue with Eastbourne, the coastal winds can be pretty brutal. Reckon JoMo would have had a better chance in final round of qualies yesterday if wind hadn't been blowing a gale.

PaulM · Tennis legend

Hev and Mimi led 5-2, had a set point at 5-4* deuce, then recovered from 1-6 down in the tiebreak, but didn't get another set point and lost it 10-8. Very tight!

the addict · Tennis legend

Doubles Results

L16:- Heather Watson (GBR) / Mingge Xu (GBR) CR443(143+300) lost to Magali Kempen (BEL) / Qianhui Tang (CHN) CR151 (84+67)(8)6-7 3-6

L16:- Jodie Burrage (GBR) / Sonay Kartal) CR661 (159+502) def Haley Baptiste (USA) / Peyton Stearns (USA) CR182 (130+52) 6-3 3-6 10-6

L16:- Harriet Dart (GBR) / Maia Lumsden (GBR) CR146 (76+70) def Angelica Moratelli (ITA) / Sabrina Santamaria (USA) R134 (68+66) 6-3 6-2

None of their QF opponents are known yet.

Peter too · Tennis legend

Tomorrow:-
Harriet is 1st on Centre at 11, followed by Emma
Sonay is 3rd on Court 1 not before 2.30, followed by Mimi
Jodie is 2nd on Court 2.