Week 41 - WTA ($220K) - Osaka, Japan - Hard

Jan · Hall of fame

RE: Week 41 - WTA ($220K) - Osaka, Japan - Hard

daisy · County player

Laura broken, back on serve at 2-2 in the 2nd set.

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Hello Daisy ! It's a breakfast party

But not cracking open the Pimms just yet

kundalini · Specialist Reporter + Intermediate Club Player

Laura's post match interview:

http://hp-open.jp/?p=1369

insomniacfolder wrote:
Well done Laura , bit scruffy after the blistering start, but got the job done.

Friday's OOP is up. The schedule starts at 04:00 UK time on all courts.

Heather is up first on Court 1 - 04:00 UK time.
Laura second on Centre - ~05:30 or later UK time.

Heather also has doubles, 4th up on centre, so probably 09:00 or after UK time.

Lovely to have a busy schedule to try and follow so late in the week.

Are you sure about those times ? The OOP states 11am which I make as being 3am here

-- Edited by kundalini on Thursday 11th of October 2012 03:02:32 PM

daisy · County player

Julia Carrot wrote:
Hello Daisy ! It's a breakfast party But not cracking open the Pimms just yet

Hi JC! Needless to say I should be doing other things 'cos I want to clear the decks ahead of Andy's match!

Laura broke again so is serving at *3-2, but Zhou still putting her under pressure and it's now deuce.

Jan · Hall of fame

at last a hold! 4-2*

Jan · Hall of fame

nearly there Laura, 5-3*

daisy · County player

Had match point against the Zhou serve at *3-5, 40-Ad but the Chinese held on.
Laura to serve for it *5-4 in the 2nd.
Fingers crossed!

Jan · Hall of fame

Laura had 4 (I think) mp's in that game, but Zhou held.
*5-4
come on Laura - no wobble please

Jan · Hall of fame

well done Laura 6-4 6-4

(and not a single df from Laura!)

Mikeduke · County player

Yay solid win :)

Peter too · Tennis legend

R2: ROBSON, Laura (GBR) 56 beat ZHOU, Yi-Miao (CHN) Q 228 6-4 6-4
R2: WATSON, Heather (GBR) 71 beat MEDINA GARRIGUES, Anabel (ESP) 6 40 6-7(4) 6-2 6-3

QF: ROBSON, Laura (GBR) 56 v CHANG, Kai-Chen (TPE) 134
QF: WATSON, Heather (GBR) 71 v PARMENTIER, Pauline (FRA) 73

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Thank you Laura !! We are grateful not to have to endure a 3rd set

Must be very very close to her top 50 goal now?

daisy · County player

Well done Laura!!!
2 British girls in the QF's!

philwrig · Hall of fame

Thats about as ugly as it gets from 5-0 up in the first, you'd have to think if it was a MTO, it was for Laura, we know that she needed physio after her last match. The other girl clearly fought very hard, but my expectations are now heavily reduced for tomorrow.