Heather Watson

tennischamp · Intermediate Club Player

RE: Heather Watson

the addict · Tennis legend

Heather did really well in the last round - I still think with the constant presence of Anne during the matches that she will come good when needed.

philwrig · Hall of fame

From what I've seen here, she looks like a very happy camper.

skibbarriz · Strong Club Player

I went to check up on her coaching situation and see she appointed a new guy in Sept 2016. John-Laffnie de Jager.

www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/sep/26/heather-watson-pulls-out-wuhan-open-tennis-dizzy-spells

He doesn't seem to be doing her any good. Her ranking is dropping and dropping. As I write this she is outside the top 100 and just lost to Alize Lim, over 100 ranking places below her.

philwrig · Hall of fame

I do have a little bit of inside information about Hev, but it would be inappropriate to discuss it here, let's just hope she can rediscover her best form, and show the fight on display at the FedCup, and get back to where she should be.

LordBrownof · Futures level

philwrig wrote:
I do have a little bit of inside information about Hev, but it would be inappropriate to discuss it here, let's just hope she can rediscover her best form, and show the fight on display at the FedCup, and get back to where she should be.

Now that's just teasing! But seriously, very nice of you to keep a private convo, private.

steven · Tennis legend

skibbarriz wrote:
I went to check up on her coaching situation and see she appointed a new guy in Sept 2016. John-Laffnie de Jager.

www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/sep/26/heather-watson-pulls-out-wuhan-open-tennis-dizzy-spells

He doesn't seem to be doing her any good. Her ranking is dropping and dropping. As I write this she is outside the top 100 and just lost to Alize Lim, over 100 ranking places below her.

She stopped working with him a few weeks into this year, I think.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

From Hev's twitter feed, that's one CUTE baby photo

pbs.twimg.com/media/DALlZl_UQAAPUnj.jpg

LordBrownof · Futures level

Have we got any more info on Hev's coaching situation in the last few weeks?

philwrig · Hall of fame

LordBrownof wrote:
Have we got any more info on Hev's coaching situation in the last few weeks?

Part of the JTC camp now, along with Lloyd, Gabi, Harriet, Freya, Finn, Jodie off the top of my head.

LordBrownof · Futures level

So is she traveling with anyone?

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

LordBrownof wrote:
So is she traveling with anyone?

Based on a tweet I saw from Phil today, she might be working with Beechy, which given that Beechy works for JTC would make sense.

philwrig · Hall of fame

Bob in Spain wrote:
LordBrownof wrote:
So is she traveling with anyone?
Based on a tweet I saw from Phil today, she might be working with Beechy, which given that Beechy works for JTC would make sense.

JTC have a few different coaches, so it can appear on an adhoc basis at times, in other words, one of the coaches could be allocated the role one trip, then another the next trip. There's also Lucie Ahl, Morgan Phillips, Mark Taylor, David Felgate ( Katie Swan's coach ) Ryan Jones etc., http://www.juniortenniscoaching.com/coaches

the addict · Tennis legend

Re: Heather's coach - here is an extract about today's match from The Times.

One member of that staff in particular will be feeling the difference if Watson advances any further. Making a second week of a slam would be huge for me, she said. If I do, my coach Morgan [Phillips], said he would shave his head. I said no, your girlfriend would kill you. You can shave your legs.

Spectator · All-time great

Interesting. Congratulations to Morgan Phillips, as well as to Ms Watson! Is he also still working with James Ward?