Week 43 - ITF ($100K) - Poitiers, France - Indoor Hard

TomTraubert · Futures level

RE: Week 43 - ITF ($100K) - Poitiers, France - Indoor Hard

Jan · Hall of fame

Hev's racquet survives! and it's now 5-2*

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Good stuff. Another third set . . . well, the others have all ended well so . . .

Jan · Hall of fame

oh I look away for a few minutes and Hev has been broken cry

Sim · County player

Coup Droit wrote:
Good stuff. Another third set . . . well, the others have all ended well so . . .

but this one doesn't start as well - gets broken in 1st game.......

Jan · Hall of fame

I have to go out - hope Hev can come through

Sim · County player

Saves 1 MP and finally holds her serve but still 2 breaks down at 2-5

Priesty · Challenger level

Lost 6-4 2-6 6-2 cry

Shame, but I'm sure a lot of us would have been happy with a SF spot for Heather when this tournament started.

tony_orient · ATP qualifying

Possibly a set too far after so many long matches, but a really good return to form in this tournament.

She has proved me wrong as I thought she would be better off calling it a day for this year after Osaka but this run will provide Hev with something positive to take into the close season.

Objective for Barnstaple will be to get DA for the Aussie Open

Maza1987 · Challenger level

Shame.
On to barnstaple where hopefully there will be some more confidence building wins.

Spectator · All-time great

Pity about this match, but wonderful week for Ms Watson - great to see her stringing match wins together against good players. Upwards and onwards.

I hope she does equally well at Barnstaple, though feel somewhat conflicted about her getting MD acceptance at the AO. Still feel that being a high seed in the qualies could allow for more confidence boosting before she goes on to face the bigger opponents.

Jan · Hall of fame

ah shame - but a great week for Hev. Must have done her confidence some good. Hope for more of the same in Barnstaple.

paulisi · Tennis legend

Caught bits of the match. First set Hev was quite passive, just trying to get the ball back in play, second sets went for her shots and made lots more winners.

Decent week, hopefully will be seeded at Barnstaple and can win a few more games.

LordBrownof · Futures level

Watched most of it. Heather doesn't look too far away from her pre-GF form. There were times she looked to be more aggressive but it's not just instinct that's an obstacle, it's the lack of power behind her shots. You could see today how the swede could unleash a backhand whenever the ball was short - it wasn't always a winner - but certainly tended to set one up. Hev doesn't have that weapon yet and she desperately needs it.

On the bright side, she looked fit and her serve was pretty good in parts.