Weeks 12/13 - WTA Premier Mandatory ($4.5 M) - Miami, USA

steven · Tennis legend

RE: Weeks 12/13 - WTA Premier Mandatory ($4.5 M) - Miami, USA

philwrig · Hall of fame

The strapping( per Mr Harman's tweet) doesn't seem to have affected her performance.
Still encouraging though given the last match they had.

indiana · Tennis legend

Darn, Zak been picking up her 2nd serve stats, I keep seeing second serve and then generally not turning out as hoped.

philwrig · Hall of fame

Zak just doing enough at the moment, very frustrating.

indiana · Tennis legend

Not this time. Break back * 3 - 4

indiana · Tennis legend

Nooo. 0 - 40

indiana · Tennis legend

3 - 5 * cry

Folk gone and left her ?

indiana · Tennis legend

40 - 15 2 MPs

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Ohh, poor Bally. But a pretty reasonable bash at a considerably higher ranked player.

indiana · Tennis legend

Boo 7 - 6 (4) 6 - 3 to Zak.

Looks a decent effort on the face of it from Bally, so much closer than Doha. If she had just managed to hold serve and get back to 4 - 4. But Zak just seemed to keep her nose in front generally all through and saw it home quite clearly in the last couple of games.

Julia Carrot · All-time great

indiana wrote:
3 - 5 *
Folk gone and left her ?

p'raphs a little bit cry

indiana · Tennis legend

No, it all just went very quiet, though i assume folk were still following. So I thought I better give some score indications.

philwrig · Hall of fame

Not a bad effort, but still can't get past R2.
Clay court season to come will provide a different challenge and slightly concerned about the niggly injuries she keeps picking up.
Overall though a solid first quarter of the year for Bally without the same level of ranking points earned.
My best guess is that she will just retain GB no1 spot at the end of the year.

indiana · Tennis legend

Elena has anyway edged ahead in the "big 3" battle re points this year.

1. Elena 269

2. Heather 265

3. Anne 260

Feels it has been very much Bally and Heather, but Anne of course got that big 160 points haul from qualifying and winning one round at the Aussie Open.

Next is Naomi B, back on 84 points. Started the year so well, went missing for a couple of weeks after a little break, but has looked better again this week, though has lost 7 - 5 in the 3rd to Mel today.

-- Edited by indiana on Thursday 24th of March 2011 04:08:30 PM

philwrig · Hall of fame

It feels like its been a bad year so far apart from Heather, injuries to a number of our other players is not helping either.