Week 8 - WTA Premier ($731K) - DOHA, Qatar Hard

Peter too · Tennis legend

Week 8 - WTA Premier ($731K) - DOHA, Qatar Hard

philwrig · Hall of fame

Kind.

Spectator · All-time great

The Gulf States are being very nice to Britons this year.

Kounosuke · Intermediate Club Player

Q1: WATSON, Heather (GBR) 3 43 beat MOURAD, Olla (QAT) WC UNR 16yo JCH=769 6-1 6-0

Q2: WATSON, Heather (GBR) 3 43 v ZHENG, Saisai (CHN) 76 =CH

vohor · Grand Slam Champion

Tougher match-ups ahead methinks; ah well :)

indiana · Tennis legend

That's 13 ranking points for starters, thanks very much :)

Mervatron · Masters Series Champion

Good to acclimatise

Would be nice to qualify comfortably. Get a few wins under her belt

emma · Strong Club Player

well done Heather.

when Heather was rising quickly up the rankings last year, she won a lot of matches against players who I think in her mind she knew she was better than. it really helped her confidence so I think its good for Heather to have matches like this, winning well and hopefully taking that confidence into tighter matches with higher level players.

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Competitive matches should certainly battle harden Hev.
She's a bit up and down at the moment, hard to know what to predict.

If Kozlova was too good last week, then Zheng could be too if Heather has a similar malaise as in Dubai.

But, I'm more concerned about being in the same qualies bracket as Gajdoová.
Jarka has played some very good tennis this year already (which I'm generally very pleased about, she's had a pretty traumatic 3-4 years or so), beating Kerber, Petkovic & Cibulkova - all around top 10 at the time and pushing Kvitová all the way in Sydney.

If both get through, depending on which Jarka, and which Hev, shows up, that could be very tricky. (I realise that's an awful lot of ifs and buts and speculation)

Edit: To/Too I keep suddenly mixing these up, never having done so before!

-- Edited by AliBlahBlah on Saturday 21st of February 2015 11:37:48 AM

emma · Strong Club Player

edit: yes, AliBlahBlah, I know what you mean, am having difficulties too but they usually sort out in the end.

re: your other edit, I have a nerd card too!

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

emma wrote:

edit: yes, AliBlahBlah, I know what you mean, am having difficulties too but they usually sort out in the end.

re: your other edit, I have a nerd card too!

Phew! I'm not alone.

There are other sufferers out there - on both counts!

Peter too · Tennis legend

Heather's match starts at 3.30 local time 12.30 UK time.

paulisi · Tennis legend

Hev underway

paulisi · Tennis legend

Hev 4-2 down, I think she lost 4 games on the bounce after winning the opening game.

Mervatron · Masters Series Champion

Not a great start