Week 25 - WTA - $637K - AEGON International - grass (Eastbourne)

Jan · Hall of fame

RE: Week 25 - WTA - $637K - AEGON International - grass (Eastbourne)

Jan · Hall of fame

come on Hev 30-30

murrayman650 · ATP level

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Gsm Watson 6-3 6-4

Jan · Hall of fame

well done Hev 6-3 6-4

Peter too · Tennis legend

R1: KEOTHAVONG, Anne (GBR) WC 77 lost to HANTUCHOVA, Daniela 8 29 2-6 3-6
R1: WATSON, Heather (GBR) WC 110 beat ARN, Greta (HUN) Q 106 6-3 6-4
R1: ROBSON, Laura (GBR) Q 111 beat MARTINEZ SANCHEZ, Maria Jose (ESP) 49 3-6 6-2 6-2

R2: WATSON, Heather (GBR) WC 110 v SAFAROVA, Lucie (CZE) 7 21
R2: ROBSON, Laura (GBR) Q 111 v MAKAROVA, Ekaterina (RUS) 48

Heather beat Lucie 2 and 1 in Miami earlier this year.

Jan · Hall of fame

thanks - I had a feeling Hev had beaten Safarova recently, but then thought it might have been one of the other Brits.

philwrig · Hall of fame

You Beauty !!
Both have very tough 2R in particular Makarova who is a standing dish at Eastbourne. Watched her match against Kivitova and she was very impressive, another lefty.

Hopefully with all the top seeds being beaten at least one of those 2R matches will get on centre.

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

Well done Hev, let the rivalry continue

steven · Tennis legend

As things stand in the GB rankings:

GB 1 = Anne 836 pts, approx WR 77
GB 2 = Laura 692 points, approx WR 97
GB 3 = Bally 678 pts, approx WR 101
GB 4 = Hev 669 pts, approx WR 103

Laura's win ensures that Bally will be outside the top 100 for another week, whether Laura gets in there next Monday or not (it's virtually certain she will) but Hev beating Arn removed the most immediate threat of Bally falling even further.

60 additional points are on offer for a R2 win.

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

steven wrote:
As things stand in the GB rankings:

GB 1 = Anne 836 pts, approx WR 77
GB 2 = Laura 692 points, approx WR 97
GB 3 = Bally 678 pts, approx WR 101
GB 4 = Hev 669 pts, approx WR 103

Laura's win ensures that Bally will be outside the top 100 for another week, whether Laura gets in there next Monday or not (it's virtually certain she will) but Hev beating Arn removed the most immediate threat of Bally falling even further.

60 additional points are on offer for a R2 win.

I see why they refer to you as a computer now

Spectator · All-time great

What is it with the Wimbledon warm-ups and the top seeds?

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

Spectator wrote:
What is it with the Wimbledon warm-ups and the top seeds?

Is this normal, Queens was wierd last week too.

philwrig · Hall of fame

Spectator wrote:
What is it with the Wimbledon warm-ups and the top seeds?

To be fair all the top seeds had very tough draws, Makarova and Pironkova are incredibly good on grass and Wozniacki is completely out of form.

Maza1987 · Challenger level

Very nice.

Babos almost took out Safarova today as well so she obviously isn't playing ominously. Although she's very hard to predict.
Makarova is a good player on grass but this is the type of test I want to see Laura compete closely in.

Surely one, if not both, will be on Centre tomorrow and thus Eurosport.

Also, the rankings are looking very competitive between the four right now, but something tells me once Heather and Laura both get to number 1 and 2, they will be staying there for a long time. Anne has a heck of a lot of points to defend at the end of the year and, in my opinion, Bally is winding down her career.

philwrig · Hall of fame

I think Bartoli is the only one who could knock our 2 off centre.
Hev seems to like playing Safarova, beat her in doubles yesterday as well.
I think Hev will be GB number 1 by the end of year, with hopefully Laura just on her shoulder.
Maybe Anne/Bally will be the doubles pairing come the next Fed Cup.