Week 40- WTA Premier ($4.8M) - Beijing, China - Hard

kundalini · Specialist Reporter + Intermediate Club Player

Week 40- WTA Premier ($4.8M) - Beijing, China - Hard

insomniacfolder · Challenger level

2nd Set
*2-5*

2 breaks to 1. Giorgi coming on strong. 61% of points to her so far in this set.

Giorgi takes the second convincingly. 3 breaks to 1.

2-6

Could become one of Heather's worst losses of the year. So consistent has she been at beating those ranked below her that losing to a top 100 player would still count amongst her worst 5 of the year!

-- Edited by insomniacfolder on Saturday 29th of September 2012 04:52:38 AM

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Just switched on ! Giorgi giving Hev quite the 'run around'. Maybe literally and maybe Hev's calf problem is a factor here.

-- Edited by Julia Carrot on Saturday 29th of September 2012 05:00:57 AM

insomniacfolder · Challenger level

Heather breaks.
*3-2

Broken back. 21 points a piece in the decider. Could go either way. Giorgi slight favourite to me.

3-3*

Giorgi will serve for it. Most of Heather's service games since set 1 have been put under considerable pressure.

3-5*

-- Edited by insomniacfolder on Saturday 29th of September 2012 05:30:32 AM

Julia Carrot · All-time great

1st break point chance for Laura ! And Larsson gifts her it.

*3 - 5

-- Edited by Julia Carrot on Saturday 29th of September 2012 06:16:22 AM

insomniacfolder · Challenger level

Laura got one break back, but the set goes to Larsson.
Robson's gonna have to win it the hard way
4-6

-- Edited by insomniacfolder on Saturday 29th of September 2012 06:23:15 AM

insomniacfolder · Challenger level

Set 2

Laura has broken Larsson once in the match, but that's the only time she's got more than one point on the Swede's serve. Obviously, that needs to change.
2-1*

-- Edited by insomniacfolder on Saturday 29th of September 2012 06:30:34 AM

RBBOT · Futures qualifying

Laura faces Date-Krumm in R1 with Vinci as a possible 2nd round opponent. WR107 followed by WR16 is a good draw.

-- Edited by RBBOT on Saturday 29th of September 2012 09:14:57 AM

tony_orient · ATP qualifying

Date-Krumm definitely one of the best possible R1 draws, hopefully Laura can take full advantage.

Giorgi drew Errani, so Heather's defeat probably only cost her 10 points.

-- Edited by tony_orient on Saturday 29th of September 2012 09:27:48 AM

Peter too · Tennis legend

Heather 2-0 *

insomniacfolder · Challenger level

Heather 7-5

The momentum in that seemed to swing through 180° and back again.

Thankfully Heather got it back in the 'right' direction.

insomniacfolder · Challenger level

Final set.
1-1*
Heather stops a run of 5 games against her.

Julia Carrot · All-time great

kundalini wrote:
Julia Carrot wrote:
Far too many double faults our Laura, but a win is a win
The df rate across all the qualifying matches was about 20% of 2nd serves attempted. There were a fair number of players with a reputation for struggling with dfs but even those like Heather who tend not to df too often were finding it difficult. I suspected it might be windy so I checked the weather for Beijing and it confirmed my suspicion.

Good 'sleuthing'. Possibly same happening today?

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Oh my goodness. Poor Heather

insomniacfolder · Challenger level

Bad day at the office for Heather. Surprise result to me.
Strong in the first set, but faded. Wait to see whether her injury had much impact.

7-5 2-6 3-6