Weeks 22 & 23: French Open (Roland-Garros) (red clay)

KK · Club Coach

RE: Weeks 22 & 23: French Open (Roland-Garros) (red clay)

Peter too · Tennis legend

R2: WATSON, Heather (GBR) Q 110 v GOERGES, Julia (GER) 25 27

Jan · Hall of fame

well done Hev!!

a pleasure to see a Brit win - let's hope there will be more later today!

steven · Tennis legend

KK wrote:
Maza1987 wrote:
In all the hoopla, it could be forgotten that her fastest serve was 179kmph (111mph). Perhaps she has started hitting the dumbbells now that she is 20. hehe
And 5 aces!

She said in that ITV interview yesterday that she'd been working on her serving action with her coach a lot recently, so it's greeat to see it working so effectively so soon

Heather has now won 8 matches at Roland Garros in 2 years, all in straight sets, against just one loss.

Görges seems to be more of a clay court specialist than I first thought though - all of her ITF and WTA singles titles have come on clay. Who'd bet against Hev giving her a scare though!

philwrig · Hall of fame

Maza1987 wrote:
In all the hoopla, it could be forgotten that her fastest serve was 179kmph (111mph). Perhaps she has started hitting the dumbbells now that she is 20. hehe

This is what really stood out today, 179 kmh is actually closer to 112mph !

Her average 1st serve speed was a whopping 167kmh (104mph). Compare that to her epic match with Maria at the US open when her max was 103mph and average just 94mph. Second serve speeds were also impressive.

philwrig · Hall of fame

Very impressive 1st set from Hev, became a bit tentitive in the second off the ground, but overall her serving was by far the best I've ever seen.
Her ranking is going rise dramatically in the second half of the year with little points to defend if she continues to serve like that.

Also winnable 2nd round match if she plays like she did in the 1st set, Georges is not in great form.

Maza1987 · Challenger level

I will always remember Goerges winning Stuttgart on clay last year. She's an amazing player but is very up and down. Heather will have a reasonable outside shot at an upset if she can play to her very best.

murray_2k9 · Challenger qualifying

Devastated by Serenas loss, Im a big fan of the Williams girls, but it sure makes things more intesting for Hev.

Goerges has been average recently, so if Heather goes at her I think we will see another win. Things are just about falling into place for Heather.

-- Edited by murray_2k9 on Tuesday 29th of May 2012 07:28:22 PM

S&V · Club Coach

I have a great stream at work for Anne which is just beginning, I will post here as work allows!

jake270392 · Intermediate Club Player

Wow Anne is playing terrible!

airsmashers · County player

Anne now on ITV4

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

Anne's not going well at all. 0-4 down, lots of unforced errors and not really thinking alot.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Dire for Annie K at the moment. She's well on her way to losing the first set by 0-6 (0-4*)... bleh

murrayman650 · ATP level

Czink 3-0 furious

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Jan · Hall of fame

oh not good from Anne