Week 26/27 - Wimbledon women's main draw - grass

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

RE: Week 26/27 - Wimbledon women's main draw - grass

korriban · Challenger level

Excellent result! Well done Laura!! biggrin

Didn't see the match but all the comments seem to suggest that she played really well throughout, barring a minor (and understandable) mini wobble near the winning post. Fantastic!

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

And Tara breaks back. Some excellent winners - she's a real natural ball player. And Kanepi hits a really weighty shot.

tony_orient · ATP qualifying

This is really impressive from Tara so far - first time I've seen her in a while and the improvement she has made is huge

philwrig · Hall of fame

tony_orient wrote:
jake270392 wrote:
SMC1809 wrote:
jake270392 wrote:
Why do we have to have Wade commentating??
I don't mind Wade, but her co-commentator Chris is useless.
True she wasn't as bad today as she usually is... although she does make me laugh with her comments!
Kerber in 2011, Safarova in 2012 and Kirilenko today - Virginia Wade commentated on all of them. Keep her on, she is obviously a good luck charm

She was also commentating when Laura beat Li Na!

murrayman650 · ATP level

Back on serve

4-3 Kanepi

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philwrig · Hall of fame

Kiri was well below her best, but it was still a stunning performance by Laura, next round hopefully won't feel like an anti climax, as probably will be scheduled for court 2.

PockyTastic · Futures level

Wish I could be watching Tara's match. Tried watching on my phone and caught one point - Tara rushing the net to hit a series of volleys - before my 3G cut out...

murrayman650 · ATP level

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6-5

kundalini · Specialist Reporter + Intermediate Club Player

Tara did well to hold after that horror smash long.

murrayman650 · ATP level

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7-5 Kanepi

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Unlucky. Excellent set of tennis. Real commitment and energy. Keep going Tara.

Spectator · All-time great

Very competitive. Hope she can keep it up ... and go one better.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

kundalini wrote:
It's a good match. Tara even seems to be enjoying it.

Yes, I know each player has their own way of expressing themself on the court but it is so nice to see Tara laughing at the lucky breaks and making faces !

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

Yes, agreed. I was impressed with Joko, and Tara looks good too. Let's hope that this can propel GB forward as well as inspire a few lower ranked players.

Interested to hear that Tara also spent six years at Bollieteri's academy, as well as being half Hong Kongese. As someone put on this board awhile ago, all of our top players represent our country, but have very strong foreign ties.

I'm glad Robbo's proved me wrong. I only hope she carries on at a fair level and doesn't go into self destruct mode the next match.