Week 10 - WTA ($5.5M Premier) Indian Wells, USA Hard

philwrig · Hall of fame

RE: Week 10 - WTA ($5.5M Premier) Indian Wells, USA Hard

Julia Carrot · All-time great

3 match points

kundalini · Specialist Reporter + Intermediate Club Player

philwrig wrote:
According to a tweet from someone courtside, Laura is just not finding the court with her groundstrokes.

Or indeed her serves. 9 dfs in 23 2nd serves !

PaulM · Tennis legend

Both girls struggling. They need wins and points. Heather is going backwards and needs something to kick start her year.

philwrig · Hall of fame

At least Heather is playing OK if not winning, Laura though really is a worry.

indiana · Tennis legend

philwrig wrote:
Laura clearly has alot of issues at the moment, which of course we are not privy to.

I really don't think an awful lot more than basically not having had an off season and missed so much training and practice to work on her consistency.

Maybe would have hoped for a little more, but gee lets not overdramatise this unless you think you've heard of possible other issues ?

tony_orient · ATP qualifying

Both Heather and Laura seem to be short of form and confidence at the moment. Laura struggling to even be competitive in matches after the first few games which is a bit more worrying, but hopefully if she can remain fit and healthy her performances will pick up. I think Heather just needs a couple of wins to get going again.

It might not be a bad thing for both girls to step back down to the ITF tournaments after Miami to try and regain form against lower standard opponents before returning to the WTA circuit.

philwrig · Hall of fame

indiana wrote:
philwrig wrote:
Laura clearly has alot of issues at the moment, which of course we are not privy to.

I really don't think an awful lot more than basically not having had an off season and missed so much training and practice to work on her consistency.
Maybe would have hoped for a little more, but gee lets not overdramatise this unless you think you've heard of possible other issues ?

Stress fracture, wrist, back, and Tonsilitus to name but 4 relatively recent issues. I watched an out of sorts Laura at Nottingham last year, when she was losing but reasonably competitive. This though the way she just seemed to fully fall apart without winning many points, especially on her serve which is a strength, is a big concern.

Mervatron · Masters Series Champion

Its not been good for these 2 this year.

Lets hope they can find their way soon

Peter too · Tennis legend

Both Heather and Laura have their names down for the Clearwater £25K next week instead of the Nassau £100K where Elena and Anne are listed. So it looks as if they have decided to try and get a few wins under their belts.

indiana · Tennis legend

Peter too wrote:
Both Heather and Laura have their names down for the Clearwater £25K next week instead of the Nassau £100K where Elena and Anne are listed. So it looks as if they have decided to try and get a few wins under their belts.

That does seem good thinking from the pair of them.

Maza1987 · Challenger level

bally gets aranta rus
anne gets timea baszcinsky

Peter too · Tennis legend

R1: KEOTHAVONG, Anne (GBR) 77 v BACSINSZKY, Timea (SUI) 335
R1: BALTACHA, Elena (GBR) 62 v RUS, Arantxa (NED) 98

I don't think either paring have met before.

If Anne wins her 1st round she will meet 25th seed Kuznetsova (RUS) in R2
If Elena wins her 1st round she will meet 14th seed Goerges (GER) in R2

philwrig · Hall of fame

Great draw for Bally, hope she can take advantage of this one and build some confidence.
Nearly ditto with Annie K's draw with Timea easing her way back after a long layoff, but more dangerous than Rus.

steven · Tennis legend

Yes, the scorelines for Bacsinszky's two losses since her return from injury suggest that she might be dangerous (though this is still not a bad time to draw her!) - funnily enough, her last two wins were against Arvidsson and Larsson in a Fed Cup World Group II playoff last April ... wouldn't we like a piece of that!