Week 24 - WTA Premier ($666K) - Birmingham, UK - Grass

PaulM · Tennis legend

RE: Week 24 - WTA Premier ($666K) - Birmingham, UK - Grass

PaulM · Tennis legend

Shame, Naomi couldn't quite hold onto her serve at *4-4 (one or two loose shots), then gets jammed with a second serve into the body on break point at 4-5*.

I suspect Halep will pull away now, but a great standard of tennis from Naomi in that set.

4-6 *0-0

murrayman650 · ATP level

2nd Set

Broady to Serve

0-15

0-30

15-30

30-30

40-30

40-40

adv Halep

1-0 Halep

vohor · Grand Slam Champion

PaulM wrote:
Shame, Naomi couldn't quite hold onto her serve at *4-4 (one or two loose shots), then gets jammed with a second serve into the body on break point at 4-5*.

I suspect Halep will pull away now, but a great standard of tennis from Naomi in that set.

4-6 *0-0

Yep cry

4-6; 0-3*

Naomi breaks :)

4-6; 1*-3

But is broken again :(

4-6; 1-4*

4-6; 1*-5; 15-40...ace...MP #2 saved...gutsy :)

-- Edited by vohor on Tuesday 16th of June 2015 03:32:52 PM

-- Edited by vohor on Tuesday 16th of June 2015 03:37:15 PM

-- Edited by vohor on Tuesday 16th of June 2015 03:39:29 PM

vohor · Grand Slam Champion

Naomi holds :)
4-6; 2-5*

vohor · Grand Slam Champion

Naomi gets it to 15-30 but Halep closes it out 4&2
Nice try Naomi :)

tony_orient · ATP qualifying

Decent effort by Naomi today but disappointing result for Heather which raises questions about if she has recovered from her injury.

Forbesman · Social player

How come so many empty seats during both matches?

paulisi · Tennis legend

Forbesman wrote:
How come so many empty seats during both matches?

Birmingham is a biggish venue on centre and not particularly well attended historically for the first few days

A131 · Intermediate Club Player

I'm there on Saturday for the semi-finals (weather not withstanding) so hopefully the attendance should improve as Saturday is a non-work day for most. Mind you the cost of the tickets have gone up a bit since last year ie for the same semi-final Saturday.

vohor · Grand Slam Champion

The prior match finishes on court 1...good luck Jo :)

vohor · Grand Slam Champion

Encouraging start: 2 holds for the loss of only 2 points; 3 aces; 2 BPs (saved unfortunately)
2-1*

vohor · Grand Slam Champion

Jo gets 2 more BPs...and converts #4 :)
3*-1

vohor · Grand Slam Champion

Grrr...rain :(
3*-1 30-15

Babfive · Satellite level

I hope Jo can keep her momentum going when they get back on court.