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Stircrazy · Tennis legend

RE: Week 24 - WTA ($220K) - AEGON Classic, Birmingham - Grass

murrayman650 · ATP level

3rd set on serve

2-1 vinci

0-15

0-30

0-40

3-1 Vinci (i'm so sorry)

murrayman650 · ATP level

15-0

30-0

40-0

4-1

15-0

15-15

30-30

40-30

40-40

adv vinci

5-1

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Heather loses by 3-6 6-4 1-6. cry Plucky attempt...

Peter too · Tennis legend

R3: WATSON, Heather (GBR) 111 lost to VINCI, Roberta (ITA) 4 20 3-6 6-4 1-6

Jan · Hall of fame

what a shame - but it does look like a really good effort from Heather.

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

Jan wrote:
what a shame - but it does look like a really good effort from Heather.

Was she just outplayed?

Jan · Hall of fame

Helen40 wrote:
Jan wrote:
what a shame - but it does look like a really good effort from Heather.
Was she just outplayed?

I've no idea - obviously Vinci is ranked a lot higher, so you'd expect her to be hard to beat. I wonder if anyone was there today and can tell us about it.

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

Yes, I'm hoping a forumite will give us an account.

steven · Tennis legend

Jan wrote:
Helen40 wrote:
Jan wrote:
what a shame - but it does look like a really good effort from Heather.
Was she just outplayed?
I've no idea - obviously Vinci is ranked a lot higher, so you'd expect her to be hard to beat. I wonder if anyone was there today and can tell us about it.

Just that, I think. Philwrig was there today and seemed to think Heather played well, particularly in the 2nd set when she got Vinci bit rattled, but the Italian (who as well as being world no. 20, won the 's-Hertogenbosch WTA event on grass last year, so has some pedigree on the surface) was just a bit too consistent for her.

Miriambee · Futures level

I was there, but I am not a good technical critic. I don't think Heather was massively out played, it was the more odd mistake that led to a break of serve and on the whole Vinci was good but by no means error free.

In the 2nd set Vinci got upset over an out call in her favour that the umpire then overruled. We agreed with the line judge, and we were close to it. It set heather up for a break point.

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

Thanks guys, useful insight. The scorelines and media reports rarely tell all when I compare them to matches I've seen.

Maza1987 · Challenger level

did heather and laura's dubs match not get back on?

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

Maza1987 wrote:
did heather and laura's dubs match not get back on?

Looks like they didn't finish, but are up tomorrow:-

Friday, 15 June - 11:00 am

Court 3

M.Doi (JPN) v S.Foretz Gacon (FRA)

Women's Singles - 3rd Round

6-4 2-2

L.Robson (GBR) / H.Watson (GBR) v T.Babos (HUN) / S.Hsieh (TPE)

Women's Doubles - 1st Round

2-6 1-0

steven · Tennis legend

Zheng on why she played qualifying (much as we suspected), from the WTA site:

"I had to enter six weeks before, and at the time I was practicing in China and forgot! I wanted to come here anyway though, even if it meant playing in the qualifying. Before Wimbledon it's only two weeks of grass court tournaments."