Week 24 - WTA International 220k - S-hertogenbosch (grass)

RBBOT · Futures qualifying

Week 24 - WTA International 220k - S-hertogenbosch (grass)

philwrig · Hall of fame

I suspect thats the plan.
I doubt they'll have the same level of success as in Australia but who knows.
Miss Borwell I think is also making the trip.

Tennis36 · Masters Series Champion

really hoping for a winnable draw, wimbledon will be the really big one, because i think a win is 100 points!!, the difference the luck of the draw makes really matters

RBBOT · Futures qualifying

(8)Anabel Medina Garrigues 38 ESP v (wc)Arantxa Rus 125 NED
(wc)Laura Robson 258 GBR v Dominika Cibulkova 47 SVK

Moderately good draw.

-- Edited by RBBOT on Saturday 12th of June 2010 01:10:17 PM

philwrig · Hall of fame

It also could have been alot kinder.
As expected Laura plays with Sally in doubles for which they have a great first round draw followed by the number 1 seeds in the second round. Borops play the number 3 seeds in the first round.

DavidC · Tennis legend

It's a decent draw - little Dom hates playing on grass from what I understand, though she won a couple of rounds at Wimbledon last year.

philwrig · Hall of fame

David would you say this was an easier draw than Voegele last week ?

DavidC · Tennis legend

philwrig wrote:

David would you say this was an easier draw than Voegele last week ?

Similar. Voegele came over to Surbiton qualies in 2008 determined to learn how to play on grass. Although there were some dark mutterings apparently according to an observer (she lost to Naomi Broady) she learnt enough to be successful last year (finalist in Nottingham and QF Birmingham), giving her a better record on grass than Cibulkova. However her confidence must be affected by the number of first-round losses she has had, and though Dom hasn't had a great year I think the pluses and minuses roughly cancel each other out. Dom likes to grind out long points, so Laura may frustrate her if she can set up quick points on serve regularly.

philwrig · Hall of fame

Thanks David.
There obviously were kinder draws but still grounds for real hope here.
The bookies made Laura marginal favourite against Voegele last week so without doubt a winnable match.

philwrig · Hall of fame

Laura not hanging around, first up tomorrow at 10am our time. According to Bet365 live streaming schedule they are covering WTA Rosmalen from 10 tomorrow, so may get pictures of her match.

RBBOT · Futures qualifying

Live stream for Laura's match and I believe it is also on bet365.

Vamos08 · Intermediate Club Player

*2-5

RBBOT · Futures qualifying

Is it just my perception, or is Laura playing much better from the end closer to the camera regardless of who's serving?

SMC1809 · All-time great

I was thinking the same thing. Both the breaks came when she was serving from the far end.

philwrig · Hall of fame

Tad disappointing from Laura for which I would rate this a 5/10 performance. Didn't seem as mentally up for this match as she could have been. As a result made alot of unforced errors which she wouldn't normally make. Cibulkova was very determined and was able to make more balls back into court which eventually would lead to a mistake from Laura. On the positive side the serve was very good and for both breaks Laura came back from 15-40 to deuce before losing the game. I expect to see and you will see a much more pumped up Laura next week.