Week 22 - WTA Grand Slam ($13M) Paris, France Clay - *singles main draw*

jake270392 · Intermediate Club Player

RE: Week 22 - WTA Grand Slam ($13M) Paris, France Clay - *singles main draw*

DF · Tennis legend

Interview: Heather with Annabel Croft on Eurosport

DF · Tennis legend

Hev said that she loved the clay and seemed in very good spirits.
Annabel wished her all the best for tomorrow

We now have Elena on court

DF · Tennis legend

Bally starting well with a break !

paulisi · Tennis legend

Eurosport 2 covering as well as 5 live sports extra. Early break for Elena.

DF · Tennis legend

2 - 2

Back even

tony_orient · ATP qualifying

*2-3 very quickly.
Average rally length in the Robson-Kvitova range at the moment (albeit with a decent percentage of winners rather than errors)

DF · Tennis legend

2 - 4

Erakovic playing very well

DF · Tennis legend

First set to Marina 6 - 3

tony_orient · ATP qualifying

First set to Erakovic 6-3 in half an hour. Hasn't looked at all like a clay court match - I haven't seen any outside court action until now but Erakovic is making this court look a lot faster than the show courts. She has a big serve and huge forehand; not much defense but hard for Bally to get her on the defensive.

paulisi · Tennis legend

Impressed with Erakovic, big serve and big forehand.

The main difference is that Erakovic has been serving well and punishing anything short. Bally first serve not so consistent and Bally's big forehands are being returned.

DF · Tennis legend

Just announced that Heather's match is the first one on this court tomorrow

PaulM · Tennis legend

That was dreadful :(

DF · Tennis legend

A comfortable victory for the New Zealander in straight sets

6 - 3 6 - 0

tony_orient · ATP qualifying

Marina Erakovic was very impressive in that match and Bally simply got blown away. Tough for Bally as I don't think she has the game to deal with an in form big hitter or put her out of her comfort zone.