Week 20 - ITF ($100K+H) - Prague, Czech Republic - Clay

Jan · Hall of fame

Week 20 - ITF ($100K+H) - Prague, Czech Republic - Clay

wales1994 · County player

She gets a break in the 2nd *4-2

steven · Tennis legend

Hev holds so is now just 1 game away ... 6-2 5-2*

Jan · Hall of fame

score has been stuck at 15-0 for ages

ok it's moving again!

-- Edited by Jan on Friday 16th of May 2014 11:27:00 AM

steven · Tennis legend

There was a very long break at 15-0 on both bet365 and ITF livescores. The fact that Pliskova won the point before the break and the 2 points after the break makes it a bit worrying from Hev's point of view.

Edit: Hev won the following 2 points, though, before Pliskova held. 6-2 *5-3

-- Edited by steven on Friday 16th of May 2014 11:27:47 AM

Jan · Hall of fame

Hev has had 3 mps so far...

steven · Tennis legend

Hev goes 0-30 down serving for the match but now has match point at 40-30 ... which Pliskova saves
Another match point ... also saved
A 3rd MP ... aargh!
Match point no. 4 ... and again Pliskova saves it!
Match point no. 5 ... you must be joking

Now Pliskova has her first break point of the game ... which Hev saves

Another bp for the Czech ... which she takes

6-2 5-4*

Jan · Hall of fame

boo

COME ON HEV!!

-- Edited by Jan on Friday 16th of May 2014 11:43:41 AM

steven · Tennis legend

Pliskova serving to stay in the match ...

0-15
15-15
30-15
30-30
30-40 match point no. 6!
40-40 saved

ad Hev MP 7 ...
saved again ... deuce
ad Hev MP 8 (it's as if each of them can only play well from one side of the court!)
saved AGAIN ... deuce
ad Hev MP 9
you've guessed it ... deuce
ad Hev MP 10!!
2nd serve ...

Yes!! Another very good win

even if it took a while to get over the line!

QF: Heather Watson WR 112 beat (5) Karolina Pliskova (CZE) WR 62 (CH 51 in Feb) by 2 & 4

paulisi · Tennis legend

Good win Hev. Pushing closer to that top 100 now(maybe at Joko's expense...)

Jan · Hall of fame

Hooray - at last! Lost count of the mps!
Very well done Hev!

Spectator · All-time great

Fabulous! Two top-100 wins in three matches. Hurrah for Ms Watson.

philwrig · Hall of fame

Wow dramatic end to that match !!!
As Steven points out a long break at 5-2 0-15 was a big worry and then of course only 10mps squandered before getting over the line.
Still maybe only Hev could go through that emotional downer and still come out the other end the winner.

Race to be top 100 1st was a scenario I didn't think possible after last week when neither player was anywhere near their best.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

SF: Timea Babos (HUN) WR 110 (CH = 59) vs Heather Watson WR 112

steven · Tennis legend

SF: Heather Watson WR 112 v Tímea Babos (HUN) WR 110 (CH 59 in 2012)

H2H 2-0, both in 2013 - Babos retired when Hev was a set up in Pattaya early last year and Hev then won again, 3 & 2, in Fed Cup a couple of weeks later.

In-running race for the top 100 next Monday now:

97 & 98 both on 632
99 Tímea Babos 617 (RU 652, Title 712)
100 Anna Tatishvili 609 (no further points to add)
101 Johanna Konta 605 (RU 629, Title 669)
102 Jovana Jaksic 598 (no further points to add)
103 Kristina Mladenovic 590 (no further points to add)
104 Heather Watson 590 (RU 625, Title 685)

(I haven't checked the 103/104 tiebreak since that's not really what we're interested in)

So it looks to me like both need 'only' win their SFs to make the top 100.