Week 24 - WTA International $235K - Birmingham, UK - Grass

PockyTastic · Futures level

RE: Week 24 - WTA International $235K - Birmingham, UK - Grass

tony_orient · ATP qualifying

Recovers one of the breaks to get to *2-4

tony_orient · ATP qualifying

Heather experiencing some inconsistency which is to be expected after having to take some time out.

Finished 4-6 3-6

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Julia Carrot wrote:
A few pics from today -
Julia !!! How could you ? Didn't you know I was on a diet.

PS Great pics.

albino · Intermediate Club Player

JoKo gets a break, but is immediately broken back, 2-2*

Laura and Daniela exchange breaks, before Daniela holds for *1-4

albino · Intermediate Club Player

Laura follows up a DF with a second serve ace to hold 2-4*

JoKo *2-3

albino · Intermediate Club Player

Gutsy hold from JoKo, 3-3*

Laura *2-5

albino · Intermediate Club Player

Jo faced 5 BPs but saved them all with some big serves and finally held 4-4*

Laura has lost the first set 3-6

albino · Intermediate Club Player

Mlad rushes through her service game and then breaks Jo to 30 to take the set 4-6

Maza1987 · Challenger level

bad for heather today.

:(

briteny · Intermediate Club Player

Just looking at Tara's match statistics, she won 118 points and MLA won 116 points, Tara got 4 aces 5 DF and the MLA got 10 aces 10 DF ! i guess Tara lost the points in the wrong time!

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

Laura lost 6-3, 6-4. No great surprise really Hantuchova played a solid game.
From what I could see, she just didn't look very inspired or up for it, and her footwork was pretty bad.

tony_orient · ATP qualifying

Well today went about as well as the French Open :(

I feared Laura might struggle after yesterday and she started really slowly and although she improved as the match went on Hantuchova didn't give her a chance of serve in the second set - on a grass court more than anywhere else Laura will be punished for one sloppy service game per set. Bizarrely Laura was broken more times (3) than she lost points behind her first serve (2) as both players couldn't make many first serve returns.
Laura's timing and footwork wasn't great today and I do wonder how much grass court practice she has had since recovering from her back injury.

Looks from the scores that JoKo started really well but faded or her opponent improved as the match went on.

blob · All-time great

Well, Laura won two more games, and lasted 20 minutes longer than in Doha earlier in the year.
She doesn't look happy right now from the moment she gets on the court.

Johanna again had forehand issues, and serve issues, and Kiki was a level above yesterday, and too good today.

All rather dis-spiriting really, late lunch on Wednesday and the Brits are done save for the Anne/Johanna doubles.

Also, as this is that weird thing, a 64 draw International event, JoKo & Heather don't even get great reward for the matches they did win.

Over to Nottingham then...

briteny · Intermediate Club Player

Well, not a good day for British women today! Didn't expect this and the scores is not good too.