Week 28 - WTA Premier ($740K) - Stanford, USA Hard

Peter too · Tennis legend

Week 28 - WTA Premier ($740K) - Stanford, USA Hard

RBBOT · Futures qualifying

RE: Week 28 - WTA ($740K) - Stanford, USA Hard

Peter too · Tennis legend

RBBOT wrote:
Shouldn't the 'if' be on the other match?

Probably, however on the two occasions when Heather played Sloane she did end as the winner.

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

Peter too wrote:
RBBOT wrote:
Shouldn't the 'if' be on the other match?
Probably, however on the two occasions when Heather played Sloane she did end as the winner.

On what surface?

Peter too · Tennis legend

Helen40 wrote:
Peter too wrote:
RBBOT wrote:
Shouldn't the 'if' be on the other match?
Probably, however on the two occasions when Heather played Sloane she did end as the winner.
On what surface?

Toronto 2010 Hard

SF: Watson 7 209 beat Stephens 229 1-6 6-0 6-4

Estoril 2012 Clay

QF: Watson 5 115 beat Stephens 1 83 4-6 6-4 6-2

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

Thanks, so a good chance for Hev then.

indiana · Tennis legend

Sloane Stephens has had a number of really impressive looking results in the last few months on clay, helping improve that official ranking and her race ranking of 44 going into Wimbledon ( Heather race ranking 73 ).

Also impressive looking scores at Wimbledon, R1 beating Karolina Pliskova in 2 sets, R2 beating Cetkovska ( seed 23 ) in 3 sets and in R3 losing to that noted Wimbledon performer Lisicki ( seed 15 ) in 3 sets.

I wasn't that impressed when I saw her losing to Bally at the French Open last year, but she is now clearly a girl very much on the up, and I would think likely to be a tough test for Heather. As some folk will know, the two are big pals.

I did have a smile at the "if" positioning in the original post. Poor Anne smile

-- Edited by indiana on Sunday 8th of July 2012 12:03:30 PM

philwrig · Hall of fame

I suspect Sloane will probably get her revenge here, playing in front of a home crowd. Also she was out of form when she lost that match in Estoril. Hopefully though there is something in the matchup which will allow another upset result.
Huge points on offer this week and big opportunities given the weak field. Annie has a dream draw and should make it into R2 without too much difficulty.

tony_orient · ATP qualifying

Heather against Sloane certainly an interesting match, which hopefully will be on a stream somewhere (and not in the middle of the night). Both impressed at Wimbledon but Sloane does start as favourite with home advantage.

Anne should have 60 points in the bag after that draw, which should help her keep hold of the British No.1 spot for a while.

steven · Tennis legend

tony_orient wrote:
Heather against Sloane certainly an interesting match, which hopefully will be on a stream somewhere (and not in the middle of the night). Both impressed at Wimbledon but Sloane does start as favourite with home advantage.

Anne should have 60 points in the bag after that draw, which should help her keep hold of the British No.1 spot for a while.

Heather v Sloane is the feature match on Monday night ... sadly at 3 am BST!

wolf · Tennis legend

L16: Sorana Cirstea (ROU) & Anne Keothavong v Alexa Glatch & Saisai Zheng (USA/CHN)
L16: Marina Erakovic (NZL) & Heather Watson v Sesil Karatantcheva & Erika Sema (KAZ/JPN)

RBBOT · Futures qualifying

Josh wrote:
Little ceremony before play singing the Star-Spangled Banner.
Only in America

Well, they're not going to play it anywhere else ;)

Anne also won her first round doubles.

-- Edited by RBBOT on Tuesday 10th of July 2012 06:42:44 AM

Josh · Challenger level

Little ceremony before play singing the Star-Spangled Banner.

Only in America smile National Anthem.png

RainDelay · Pro player

Heather won 7-6 4-6 6-1

steven · Tennis legend

The match was described as 'Messy McMess' by one American tweeter, but who cares if Hev 'won ugly' as long as she won

R1: WATSON. Heather (GBR) 79 beat STEPHENS, Sloane (USA) 49 7-6(5) 4-6 6-1 biggrin
R1: KEOTHAVONG, Anne (GBR) 75 v BURDETTE, Mallory (USA) WC UNR - 3 am tonight

R2: WATSON. Heather (GBR) 79 v WICKMAYER, Yanina (BEL) 37 (CH 12 in 2010)