Week 44 - ITF ($75K) - Barnstaple, UK Hard

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

RE: Week 44 - ITF ($75K) - Barnstaple, UK Hard

Spectator · All-time great

I sincerely hope that Ms Watson gets some rest ... and is encouraged by how well she was doing before she became ill. Also that the illness is over quickly ... and that it's the last of its ilk for some time!

Oh, and while we're at it ... that Ms Konta wins the singles, and Ms Broady the doubles.

TomTraubert · Futures level

Spectator wrote:
Also that the illness is over quickly ... and that it's the last of its ilk for some time!

yes ther is always the dread in the back of my mind with hevs illness... the "s" word...

soderling

indiana · Tennis legend

Doesn't sound connected. The fact that she was "doubled over" the other day seems to point to a more general illness / bug, which hopefully she is over soon. All the best to her.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
I guess Hev's retirement from the singles means that she & JoKo will give Olaru & Paszek a walkover into the doubles final, which means Naomi's now our only standard-bearer.

Conceivably not: the match against the top seeds is on tomorrow's OoP, so perhaps that's an indication that it's some kind of 24-hour bug. I did wonder whether their doubles match yesterday evening might have taken too much out of her, but she herself must know what she's capable of doing at this stage in her recovery.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

From the ATP site:

Final match of the day was the highly anticipated all-British encounter between Jo Konta and Heather Watson. A packed audience saw Konta race into a 4-0 lead, only for Watson to unfortunately have to retire feeling unwell.

[...] the doubles semi-final's [sic] including Naomi Broady partnering [Krystina] Pliskova, and Jo Konta and Heather Watson partnering each other against 2nd seeds Raluca Olaru & Tamira Paszek.

Dodgy English aside, sounds promising. smile

-- Edited by Stircrazy on Saturday 2nd of November 2013 09:16:59 AM

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Annika Beck retired so it's Pliskova in the final.

Guess that means Jo will be on earlier than expected as it's a 'followed by' Oop with not 'not before'

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Saturday 2nd of November 2013 11:54:22 AM

korriban · Challenger level

Now *4-5 and a DF to start the next game. We see this quite a lot from Jo. She has played beautifully for a set and a half, but a few basic errors have crept in and she is hitting her groundstrokes shorter and shorter as the finish line approaches. Her opponent appears to be encouraged by this and has raised her game. Is this just nerves from Jo?

Edit: But a terrific hold stops the rot. Very well played actually.

-- Edited by korriban on Saturday 2nd of November 2013 01:30:09 PM

-- Edited by korriban on Saturday 2nd of November 2013 01:44:35 PM

wolf · Tennis legend

Jo saves from 40-15 2 match points down to force a tb...come on JoKo!

-- Edited by wolf on Saturday 2nd of November 2013 02:48:02 PM

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Jo already 3-0 up . . .

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Make that 4-1. wink

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

First set in the bag by 6-3, though Jo had a couple of set points in Sirotkina's last service game.

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Live stream not working today?
Mine won't connect from the LTA pages, can't find a mirror.

hmm

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

AliBlahBlah wrote:
Live stream not working today?
Mine won't connect from the LTA pages, can't find a mirror.

Mine kept demanding a new sign-in yesterday and then just hangs today.

Have gone to : http://www.drakulastream.eu/static/popups/1811841026353000.html

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

AliBlahBlah wrote:
Live stream not working today?
Mine won't connect from the LTA pages, can't find a mirror.

Forgive this dinosaur of an IT-illiterate, but confuse .