Week 23 - WTA International ($220K) - Birmingham, Grass

Mikeduke · County player

RE: Week 23 - WTA International ($220K) - Birmingham, Grass

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

What a lovely bubbly personality!

steven · Tennis legend

Thanks for reminding me of that Auckland point. I saw the Birmingham video earlier this week - she's great at being bubbly without being annoying (a very fine line to tread usually!) and the video is actually pretty interesting too.

steven · Tennis legend

Btw, just when it looked like nobody on here or GBTG was going to manage to inadvertently offend a player today (think Marcus by someone here on the Queen's thread, 'l'affaire Golding' the other day, Fran by someone on GBTG yesterday, etc) ... I managed it! biggrin ... oops, I mean ashamed disbelief ashamed

@ews24: "@gbtennis I might be blonde but I'm not that blonde!"

And the most embarrassing thing about that? I wasn't try to imply she was having a blonde moment, I was having one myself.

All I can say in my defence is that it's been a very, very, very long day LOL

kundalini · Specialist Reporter + Intermediate Club Player

Shame about Naomi. Hopefully she will go into Wimbledon with the belief that she can compete with top 100 players on the grass.

wolf · Tennis legend

cry smile

Great effort to hang in there and put herself in a winning position from being behind most of the match.

Hope she get can get some wins at Eastbourne qualies going into Wimbledon. Up to 218 provisionally at the moment.

daisy · County player

OOP EDGBASTON - Thursday 9th June 2011

CENTRE COURT - matches begin 11am and follow on
Kudryaevtseva v Hantuchova
Peng v Watson
Marino v Ivanovic
Rae/Watson v Govortsova/Kudryavtseva
Errani/Vinci v Ivanovic/Paszek

COURT 1 - matches begin 11am and follow on
Rezai v Riske
Rodionova v Rybarikova
Huber/Raymond v Chang/Chuang
Kanepi/Rybarikova v Cirstea/Erakovic

COURT 2 - matches begin 11am and follow on
Hvalackova v Lucic
Lisicki v Paszek

COURT 3 - matches begin 11am and follow on
Dellacqua/Scheepers v Uhlirova/Grandin
Errani v Erakovic

-- Edited by daisy on Thursday 9th of June 2011 12:05:58 AM

jmjhb · Lower Club Player

Hev and Peng have just walked on court.

Looks like it might rain though.

steven · Tennis legend

They have managed to get under way and it's 3-3* - Peng got to deuce in Hev's first service game, BP in the second, but the third was an easier hold.

-- Edited by steven on Thursday 9th of June 2011 12:07:12 PM

steven · Tennis legend

Tiebreak time ...

steven · Tennis legend

*0-1
*0-2 m/b

0-3* m/b

0-4*
*0-5
*0-6

Gulp!

steven · Tennis legend

1-6*

6-7(1)

jmjhb · Lower Club Player

Really impressed with Hev so far, she's serving and hitting the ball really well A couple of long FHs and good serving by SP caused her to lose the TB

-- Edited by jmjhb on Thursday 9th of June 2011 12:34:29 PM

steven · Tennis legend

Good to know, hope the crowd are getting behind her!

jmjhb · Lower Club Player

steven wrote:
Good to know, hope the crowd are getting behind her!

They are, but I thought it would slightly more partisan to be honest. Only heard a couple of 'come on Hev's, the crowd's participation only seems to be utterances of 'aww' when she hits a shot out. Peng looking a bit more comfortable now - Hev looks like she's lost her concentration a bit