Week 30 - WTA ($220K) - Washington DC, USA - Hard

steven · Tennis legend

RE: Week 30 - WTA ($220K) - Washington DC, USA - Hard

Maza1987 · Challenger level

im likin' this music.
this must be what the kids get down to these days.

-- Edited by Maza1987 on Thursday 28th of July 2011 10:31:22 PM

steven · Tennis legend

From wotshisname at the Daily Forehand: "Heather Watson is capable of dictating play a lot more than she is. In this kind of weather, you gotta put some heat on the ball."

indiana · Tennis legend

steven wrote:
RBBOT wrote:
Why it is opponents are always referred to by their surname?
I think it's a just a case of first names only being used when people are sure virtually everyone reading will know who they mean - even the Brits don't tend to get referred to by first names routinely on here until they start to get really well known.

Yes, and also you kind of have that bond with wanting the Brit to do well, it's "our Heather" out there. All very natural smile

-- Edited by indiana on Thursday 28th of July 2011 10:38:53 PM

S&V · Club Coach

Just tuned in to this, down a break in the 3rd. Needs to regroup

steven · Tennis legend

Dubois has won 9 of the first 10 points in this set - strange to see someone apparently dealing with the heat better than Heather.

steven · Tennis legend

Make that 11 of the first 12 (she hadn't won no points as the commentator suggested) - nice forehand to save the first of 3 bps, but Dubois wins her 6th game in a row

Maza1987 · Challenger level

heather seems to have lost concentration completely
0-3*

might be too much now unfortunately

tony_orient · ATP qualifying

When heather missed all those break points in the 2nd set it didn't appear to matter too much as she was well in control. Hard to beieve how this match has turned around, but Heather looks a bit lacking in energy and Dubois is suddenly playing error free tennis

S&V · Club Coach

Better point, she has to move her around.

philwrig · Hall of fame

For a set and a half Heather was dominant, but Dubois was poor. Then Dubois really picked her game up and Hev started to run out of gas very quickly.

S&V · Club Coach

Great fighting Heather

Maza1987 · Challenger level

and so it begins

1-4*

.......hopefully

steven · Tennis legend

Also from TDF, he may have a point: "Heather Watson has been out practicing in peak heat all week. Should've made her ready for this, but maybe it just wore her out?"

philwrig · Hall of fame

I agree train ahead of a tournament in the heat, but don't waste energy during a tournament practising in the heat, just madness.