Week 25 - WTA Premier $690K - Eastbourne, UK - grass

tony_orient · ATP qualifying

RE: Week 25 - WTA Premier $690K - Eastbourne, UK - grass

blob · All-time great

Nope.

Looks like perhaps a better performance, than since their first tournament together. Though, I'm not sure that losing from a set up in doubles as well is going to help Laura right now.

6-4 4-6 [5-10]

I'll be pretty surprised if Robmond exist beyond Wimbledon - unless of course, they win it (or get close)

Spectator · All-time great

Yes; it hasn't worked out as one might have hoped recently, has it.

korriban · Challenger level

tony_orient wrote:
Hopefully a competitive score against the top seeds is indicative that Laura is in better form than last week - we will certainly find out tomorrow (not that with Laura you would be able to use this week's performance as a gauge for Wimbledon)
Beyond Wimbledon I also expect Lisa will want a partner with more of a doubles focus.

-- Edited by tony_orient on Monday 17th of June 2013 07:49:07 PM

Or a partner with more focus period.

philwrig · Hall of fame

Laura played heaps better than last week, Lisa struggled in the MTB. Worried about Laura though, she looked very very glum today by far the worst I've seen her. Fingers crossed she does the job tomorrow.

paulisi · Tennis legend

Peter too wrote:
Updated draw.

R1: KONTA, Johanna (GBR) WC 140 v HSIEH, Su-Wei (TPE) 44
R1: ROBSON, Laura (GBR) 37 v BEYGEIZIMER, Yuliya (UKR) 199
R1: BALTACHA, Elena (GBR) WC 217 v PLISKOVA, Kristyna (CZE) 103
R1: WATSON, Heather (GBR) 54 beat LEPCHENKO, Varvara (USA) 28 6-3 6-4

R2: WATSON, Heather (GBR) 54 v VESNINA, Elena (RUS) 36

Hsieh was awful at Birmingham, so JoKo has a great chance

Laura should beat Beygeizimer

Depends which Pliskova shows up. If Kristyna serves well it will be difficult for Bally, but if her first serve is erratic Bally will win.

Hev will be a tight match.

PockyTastic · Futures level

Watched Heather live today down at surprisingly sunny Eastbourne. After a bad 1st game heather grew in confidence and started playing well. Lepchenko got very down on herself and complained about calls (one was a bit dodgy to be fair). Saw the 1st set or so of Robmond playing - much more life and energy in Laura's play than has been reported. It was moved to court 2 so everyone was crowded round... Also saw Kyles win - majorly impressed by his maturity, composure, shot selection and ability.

WD40 · Club Coach

korriban wrote:
tony_orient wrote:
Hopefully a competitive score against the top seeds is indicative that Laura is in better form than last week - we will certainly find out tomorrow (not that with Laura you would be able to use this week's performance as a gauge for Wimbledon)
Beyond Wimbledon I also expect Lisa will want a partner with more of a doubles focus.

-- Edited by tony_orient on Monday 17th of June 2013 07:49:07 PM
Or a partner with more focus period.

I find this rather harsh, as Lisa and Laura have had frankly terrible first round draws since Miami. Also the initial success in Miami was on hard courts, which I think is Laura's best surface. Laura will also need time to adjust to this level of doubles, which I would hope and believe that Lisa knew before agreeing to the partnership. there is also an article I read by Lisa in which she states she was not expecting any great initial success's . So let's just wait and see how they do get on at Wimbledon.

korriban · Challenger level

Robson *2-2. Already hard to watch!!! Same old same old.

She has 10 times the talent of her opponent......

....who will win this match? Robson or anti-Robson?

Apparently, Robson!!

6-3 and all strangely under control after the initial post

-- Edited by korriban on Tuesday 18th of June 2013 03:35:38 PM

kundalini · Specialist Reporter + Intermediate Club Player

Service motion certainly looks better than it had done. As Sam Smith was mentioning, she seems to rock back then come forward now; previously it had looked very cramped. Robson ahead 27-13 on unreturned serves. Fewer dfs than normal but her 2nd serve still looks horribly vulnerable as YB missed the lines by inches on several of the points Laura won behind her 2nd serve. Return of serve was awful to start with then improved as the match progressed. The few rallies seemed to be dominated by YB pulling Robson from side to side then hitting a winner into the space, that or attempting a drop shot. Still a few too many careless shots from Laura.

-- Edited by kundalini on Tuesday 18th of June 2013 04:07:14 PM

Peter too · Tennis legend

Laura has the game to hit Wozniacki off court, particularly on grass.
Laura's service record today:- 8 aces, 3 DFs. 64% 1st serves in winning 88% and 47% on 2nd serve.
She was also very aggressive on her opponents 2nd serve.
She looked very focussed today, if she carries the same state of mind into the match against Wozniacki she could reverse the result of their last meeting.

-- Edited by Peter too on Tuesday 18th of June 2013 09:46:02 PM

blob · All-time great

JoKo recovers the break against Hsieh, but is already having a difficult serving day. Early days though.
*2-3

blob · All-time great

JoKo lost the first set

But the match is very close, and, as Laura discovered to her cost in Guangzhou, Hsieh is a very solid and canny player.

Still a chance, maybe.

4-6 *2-3

blob · All-time great

Rhubarb. JoKo broken, Hsieh will serve for it.
4-6 3-5*

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

Hey pepes, tune in! The Beeb are showing Eastbourne at 13.00.