Week 14 - WTA Premier ($731K) - Charleston, USA Clay

Peter too · Tennis legend

RE: Week 14 - WTA Premier ($731K) - Charleston, USA Clay

PaulM · Tennis legend

Oh Heather you lucky little thing you!

Vekic implodes at the sight of the finish line and Heather steals the set from 2-4* (broke courtesy of three doubles) and *3-4 0-40

Vekic on the verge of tears.

-- Edited by PaulM on Monday 6th of April 2015 03:48:47 PM

Mervatron · Masters Series Champion

If Hev closes this out it will be a case of fighting for everything. Her timing has not been great. Lots of shanks.

Mervatron · Masters Series Champion

Tight in the 3rd so far

PaulM · Tennis legend

Oh my. Broken from 40-0

4-4*

Mervatron · Masters Series Champion

Hev a break up all final set was 40-15 up that game and now broken

3-6 6-4 4-4*

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

oh no 4-5

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

I'm going to be more gutted if Hev loses this than I was about a certain Mr Murray last night.

PaulM · Tennis legend

Oh Heather.

Took her chance when Vekic choked then blew it big time in that 8th game. Vekic played pretty well from 5-5 but still that is a shocking loss.

Vekic picks up her first main draw win of the year.

paulisi · Tennis legend

Only caught the last half of the final set, but Vekic played really well towards the end.

If Heather had held serve after the break(she had a serve for it), I suspect Vekic would probably have caved in.

PaulM · Tennis legend

I hadnt realised Hev was carrying a one pointer on her ranking. Really should have made the third round here to push for a RG seeding.

Ah well. She can't play much worse than she did for a set and a half there and it was nice to see Vekic playing something close to decent tennis again.

Onwards and hopefully upwards when she hits the red stuff in a couple of weeks.

PaulM · Tennis legend

paulisi wrote:
Only caught the last half of the final set, but Vekic played really well towards the end.

If Heather had held serve after the break(she had a serve for it), I suspect Vekic would probably have caved in.

she was broken from 40-0 in that game :sad:

philwrig · Hall of fame

Best player won, Hev looked like a player who was satisfied with her last couple of tournaments, and so wasn't as desperate as DV, who looks to have rediscovered some of her mojo. TYPICAL. Embrace at the end suggested that Hev wasn't that gutted about the loss. Hev's only way into the top 30 at her current level is playing well every week, so these types of weeks which she has too regularly, mean that any chance of a seeding at a GS in the short term are very slim. Her coach was trying to pump her up but to no avail. Also the point at 0-15 in the final game, should have been Hev's as the call was late and DV had already hit her shot into the net. But symptomatic of Hev's lack of will to dig deep today, there was no effort by Hev to get the umpire to overturn the call.

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

I'm very disappointed. I thought she wanted it more.

vohor · Grand Slam Champion

philwrig wrote:
This is basically a bye given Vekic's shocking form.

Ahem! furious

Shocker from Heather by the sounds of it; very disappointing cry