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

tony_orient · ATP qualifying

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

wimdledont · Challenger level

Swan broken to love, Pronkers holds to love. Katie takes the third game...

down 1-2*.

murrayman650 · ATP level

15-0

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40-30

3-1

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adv Swan

3-2

indiana · Tennis legend

Great stuff by Naomi.

Wouldn't it be great if that serve was much more ingrained. That and some of her other issues so much better coached at an earlier age and she could / should have been a top 100 player.

The cameos like today are great, and well done Naomi, but ...

murrayman650 · ATP level

15-0

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4-2

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adv Swan

40-40

adv Pironkova

5-2

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Well done, Joko, 6-1 6-3 - very nice

murrayman650 · ATP level

0-15

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adv Swan

40-40 (GSM Konta 6-1 6-3)

adv Pironkova

40-40

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6-2

First Set Pironkova 6-2

tony_orient · ATP qualifying

Pretty impressive win for JoKo 6-1 6-3 in under an hour.

Katie Swan has a tough assignment against a player who is probably more accustomed to a grass court than she is (let alone it being her first ever WTA match...) so a 2-6 scoreline is perfectly respectable

Jan · Hall of fame

well done Jo!

Babfive · Satellite level

Well done Jo. biggrin

wales1994 · County player

Brilliant performance Jo! I'm so impressed with her form this grasscourt season, lets hope this comes out at Wimbledon too!

Strongbow · All-time great

Another good scalp for Jo biggrin

murrayman650 · ATP level

GSM Pironkova 6-2 6-2

kundalini · Specialist Reporter + Intermediate Club Player

Katie is clearly a genuine talent but looks a little short of weapons at this level right now. First serve super when it goes in. Movement is excellent. Ground-strokes on both wings had their moments but overall rather erratic, backhand was error prone. Not surprisingly, she struggled to deal with the pace of Pironkova's first serve.

Perhaps could have won a couple more games if she'd cut out the horror errors. Pironkova far too good for Katie to have had any chance of making it a competitive contest.

-- Edited by kundalini on Monday 15th of June 2015 05:19:48 PM

Peter too · Tennis legend

R1: BROADY, Naomi (GBR) WC 208 def TOMLJANOVIC, Ajla (CRO) 81 6-3 6-4
R1: WATSON, Heather (GBR) 47 v KRUNIC, Aleksandra (SRB) Q
R1: KONTA, Johanna (GBR) WC 139 def GAJDOSOVA, Jamila (AUS) 60 6-1 6-3
R1: SWAN, Katie (GBR) 891 lost to PIRONKOVA, Tsvetana (BUL) 48 2-6 2-6

R2: BROADY, Naomi (GBR) WC 208 v HALEP, Simona (ROU) 1 3 CH=2 11/8/14

R2: KONTA, Johanna (GBR) WC 139 v PLISKOVA, Karolina (CZE) 6 12 =CH
H2H 0-2
Prerov 2011 2-6 6-7(3)
Nottingham 2013 6-3 5-7 3-6

-- Edited by Peter too on Monday 15th of June 2015 05:17:32 PM