Week 40 - WTA Premier Mandatory Beijing, China - Hard.

Julia Carrot · All-time great

RE: Week 40 - WTA Premier Mandatory Beijing, China - Hard.

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Laura about to start.

Julia Carrot · All-time great

And Laura takes her opening service game to 30

With 100% 1st serves and 1 ace

Not bad start

SMC1809 · All-time great

100% first serves so far!

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Not so good now 1 - 5 Oh dear

philwrig · Hall of fame

Fifth high intensity match in the last 8 days, I suspect a little bit cooked mentally, however the scoreline should have been closer in this first set.

RBBOT · Futures qualifying

3*-5 now.

4-5*

-- Edited by RBBOT on Sunday 2nd of October 2011 10:39:22 AM

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Wow, she broke Hercog?

My scoreboard is down at the mo

RBBOT · Futures qualifying

4-6 :(

philwrig · Hall of fame

Decent comeback, but to no avail, Hercog just doing enough.

RBBOT · Futures qualifying

2*-2 now recovering another break.

3-2* winning to love.

-- Edited by RBBOT on Sunday 2nd of October 2011 10:56:29 AM

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Hey ye ye !!!

indiana · Tennis legend

Ah pity. I thought Laura did have a chance here with Hercog being more a claycourter, but she's still not exactly bad on hard.

At least more evidence in the second set Laura doesn't just easily go away these days and she's had a very good few months.

Edit ( a little later ) : sorry got myself a bit confused reading back, it was in the first set she came back from 1 - 5 to 4 - 5. I'd thought 4 - 6 was the second set. I must haver been saying pity etc while the 2nd set was still going ashamed Lost in the end 6 - 4 6 - 3, still...

-- Edited by indiana on Sunday 2nd of October 2011 11:42:03 AM

philwrig · Hall of fame

Decent effort despite the loss, plenty to bulid on for the rest of the year.

RBBOT · Futures qualifying

To cheer yourselves up, here's a nice 3 page photo shoot / magazine interview with Heather.