Weeks 3-4 - Australian Open (hard) - women

steven · Tennis legend

RE: Weeks 3-4 - Australian Open (hard) - women

Maza1987 · Challenger level

Laura needs to benchmark herself against 9 games.

Shhh · Challenger level

A 1st round win for Laura would take all the press. Since her Wimbledon win though, she has been somewhat under the radar and I just have a gut feeling that she could be the lead GB sports story in a couple of days time. As long as she performs well though, its a no lose situation for her given the quality of opponent.

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Heather's match against Azarenka opens up play on RLA! 11am on Monday. I think that will be midnight Sunday in the UK - but I am notoriously bad at time conversions where the location is ahead of us, so maybe somebody can confirm.

Laura is last (4th) on Margaret Court Arena, I'm not even going to try to guess what time that will be. Follows one ladies' and two men's matches.

I can't see Elena or Anne, but that might just be me missing what is there.

-- Edited by Madeline on Saturday 14th of January 2012 09:51:57 AM

rebel_rebel · Lower Club Player

Jankovic can be a bit shaky at times, particularly when she gets a bit rattled and frustrated, so I supposed an upset isn't out of the question.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Peter too wrote:
The score when Laura played Jelena at Wimbledon in 2010 was 6-3 7-6(5) to Jelena, time for revenge.

Let's hope so! Sounds as though she's played herself into some pretty good form after such a long time out through injury & JJ's not exactly Miss Consistency these days... Marvellous news to wake up to! biggrin

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Ooops - found Elena, 3rd on Court 11, same as James Ward, and Anne's match following on the same court.

-- Edited by Madeline on Saturday 14th of January 2012 10:01:36 AM

Maza1987 · Challenger level

Yes. great timing for Heather's match.
hopefully on eurosport

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Maza1987 wrote:
Laura needs to benchmark herself against 9 games.

? confuse

Jan · Hall of fame

Stircrazy wrote:
Maza1987 wrote:
Laura needs to benchmark herself against 9 games.
?

She won 9 games when she played Jankovic at Wimbledon in 2010

-- Edited by Jan on Saturday 14th of January 2012 10:26:16 AM

Maza1987 · Challenger level

Also, can someone confirm that they are 13 hours ahead?

-- Edited by Maza1987 on Saturday 14th of January 2012 10:29:01 AM

steven · Tennis legend

Maza1987 wrote:
^^The amount of games she won last time.

Also, can someone confirm that they are 13 hours ahead?

They are 11 hours ahead - play starting at 11 am Melbourne time means midnight GMT.

tony_orient · ATP qualifying

Scheduling not ideal with Heather on early and Laura on late - will have to stock up on sleep tonight.

I would have to give Laura a better chance than heather of causing a major upset - the fact she is used to the courts from qualifying and is usually a fast starter in matches will give her a chance (I think she will need to get ahead of Jankovic early to have a chance though). Azarenka has such a solid game so it will be tough for Heather.

One good omen for Laura - she is yet to be beaten twice by the same opponent. She has lost 44 times in competitive senior matches to 44 different opponents, including Jankovic.

Peter too · Tennis legend

With the form Laura has been showing in the 1st sets I would not be at all surprised to see Laura take the 1st set off Jelena. However, perhaps because of the long lay-off, Laura has tended to lose concentration in the 2nd set. Laura has the game to win but Jelena will not let her get away with anything less than two sets at full concentration.

Mervatron · Masters Series Champion

I think its a tall ask for all our girls except for Bally who i expect to win. Foretz is a journeywoman

Hev played Azaranka before and barely got any games so lets hope she doesn herself justice out there