Week 15 - WTA Premier - Charleston, SC, USA - green clay

indiana · Tennis legend

Week 15 - WTA Premier - Charleston, SC, USA - green clay

Maza1987 · Challenger level

Good draw.
But she's going to have to fly from Mississippi to South Carolina, and she's already played a lot over the last 2 weeks.
Hopefully, this won't be a damp squib.

indiana · Tennis legend

Yes, good draw, but Heather does indeed seem to be pushing it a bit at the moment.

She is being given quite a few opportunities, Miami, this, but it is allowed to say no

-- Edited by indiana on Saturday 10th of April 2010 03:02:05 AM

steven · Tennis legend

You almost wonder if she tanked against de Gubernatis to get here. Surely not though, the points for getting a round further this week would have been more than she's likely to get here.

Tutu · Club Coach

steven wrote:

You almost wonder if she tanked against de Gubernatis to get here. Surely not though, the points for getting a round further this week would have been more than she's likely to get here.

Considering she withdrew from Osprey a couple of days ago, it seems like she had every intention of playing in Charleston. I don't know if she went out there and tanked, but she probably played it knowing that she wanted to be in Charleston.

It's not all about points, the opportunity of playing in a Premier WTA event would inevitably be much more appealing than playing in a 25k ITF

Peter too · Tennis legend

Heather is now on court.

Maza1987 · Challenger level

heather misses bp in opening service

SMC1809 · All-time great

After a game lasting 10 minutes, Wazza converts her 3rd break point to take a 1-0 lead.

Maza1987 · Challenger level

wazza sounds horrible.

dont allow that one to catch on.
hev is much better.

SMC1809 · All-time great

1-1 after 15 minutes play. This could be a looooong match. If it is, the mental side of things will come into play. Will the problems with our younger players have a bearing?

Tennis36 · Masters Series Champion

3-1*

indiana · Tennis legend

SMC1809 wrote:

1-1 after 15 minutes play. This could be a looooong match. If it is, the mental side of things will come into play. Will the problems with our younger players have a bearing?

?

Heather I'd say generally manages pretty well in long games ( though she has had quite a schedule recently )

Don't know if you mean inconsistency but I don't think that's particular to our young players.

Tennis36 · Masters Series Champion

btw the seed in heathers section is out, beaten by a 16 yr old, wr 217, never heard of her, must be big prospect thou

SMC1809 · All-time great

indiana wrote:

SMC1809 wrote:

1-1 after 15 minutes play. This could be a looooong match. If it is, the mental side of things will come into play. Will the problems with our younger players have a bearing?

?

Heather I'd say generally manages pretty well in long games ( though she has had quite a schedule recently )

Don't know if you mean inconsistency but I don't think that's particular to our young players.

There was a discussion the other day (can't remember who the posters were) about younger players lacking mental toughness at times. Having said that, I also remember stats about Heather and her 3 set victories (that may have been your post Indy).

Maza1987 · Challenger level

^yeh, ive heard of her.
she won a couple of matches in a wta tour event last year. been inactive lately.
she's pretty prodigious