Week 10 - WTA Premier ($5.4M) Indian Wells, USA Hard

philwrig · Hall of fame

RE: Week 10 - WTA Premier ($5.4M) Indian Wells, USA Hard

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

I think criticism of CSN previously would be mostly justified, but this year she has certainly stepped up, and is being much more consistent and focused.
She's a very good player. That backhand is glorious, too.

Heather's sit down interview for WTA after her win (~2½ minutes): http://www.wtatennis.com/videos/article/4564913

philwrig · Hall of fame

AliBlahBlah wrote:
I think criticism of CSN previously would be mostly justified, but this year she has certainly stepped up, and is being much more consistent and focused.
She's a very good player. That backhand is glorious, too.

Heather's sit down interview for WTA after her win (~2½ minutes): http://www.wtatennis.com/videos/article/4564913

I think CSN has been very solid for 18 months steadily rising up the rankings, whereas before that she was a bit flaky and quite streaky.

Mervatron · Masters Series Champion

After leaving the match following Hev being broken at 6-4 2-4. Hev then wins 4 games in a row. I totally was a jinx LOL

Awesome win.

wimdledont · Challenger level

Well, I watched it, and I'm only just ready to accept it. That was very good. The best I've ever seen Heather play, and against Aggy Rad, who has beaten her again and again, and who I always thought was a real touchstone for Heather; the one top player that she could aspire to play like. And H played better.

With bigger shoulders has come a bigger serve. And she is definitely honing her instincts about when and where to deploy the very aggressive shots which she started to introduce to her play a year or so ago.

CSN...

live-tennis.eu/wta-race

...is apparently on course to make it to the end of year free-ranking-points bonanza, lying in 7th place. So she must have some recent form.

Sim · County player

steven wrote:
Had to dash off when the match finished but that really was amazing First top 20 scalp, first top 10 scalp and in straight sets against a woman she had never taken more than 4 games off in a set in 4 previous matches

-- Edited by steven on Sunday 15th of March 2015 10:23:12 PM

Steven, I know you were excited (rightly so, we all were) but...First top 10 scalp - yes, First top 20- no. Hev beat Pennetta, WR12, at Eastbourne last year. wink

Anyway, it was a great result and regardless of how Hev does tomorrow bodes well for the rest of the year.

steven · Tennis legend

Oh dear, it hasn't been my memory's best 24 hours LOL

Thank goodness I didn't tweet the top 20 bit!

vohor · Grand Slam Champion

Heather first up again today (on court 2) so here's hoping that this remains a winning formula :)

wimdledont · Challenger level

Interesting article on the WTA site reveals H has been seeing Greg Rusedski on the side; though Diego doesn't seem to mind...

www.wtatennis.com/news/article/4568574/title/hodgkinson-watsons-newfound-belief

Certainly she's been serving very well.

PaulM · Tennis legend

Diego gets a few weeks off to go home and spend with his young family. Same with most coaching arrangements.

So it makes sense she has someone else on hand to work with in his off weeks. Whether thats when shes in London or Miami.

DF · Tennis legend

Heather's match has started.
1 - 1

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

During one of the breaks perhaps, you can read a new article on (See Above) on WTA, whose timing in releasing articles remains resolutely dubious.

Edit: Apologies to @wimdledont - I did not twig the link in their post above. I was talking about the same article, and so have removed the duplication here.

-- Edited by AliBlahBlah on Tuesday 17th of March 2015 06:53:05 PM

DF · Tennis legend

She breaks !
Up 4 - 3. Needs to hold on to her serve. Hope she has listened to Greg as 2 forum members have posted

DF · Tennis legend

Pause in play?

DF · Tennis legend

5 - 3