Week 25 - WTA Premier $666K - Eastbourne, UK grass

Sim · County player

RE: Week 25 - WTA Premier $666K - Eastbourne, UK grass

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Johanna, Katie, Heather - is today real?
Wonderful day ladies, just wonderful.

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Great stuff.

tony_orient · ATP qualifying

Heather wins 3-6 7-5 6-4 - and gets very emotional in the post match interview

Heather had to fight really hard in the second set when Svitolina was playing really well and carried the momentum through to the winning line. That was a good quality and entertaining match.

Mervatron · Masters Series Champion

Great stuff Hev

Babfive · Satellite level

Well done Heather biggrin

paulisi · Tennis legend

Enjoyed that. The standard was a lot higher than the previous round. The Ukrainian was superb in the first set, but Heather was gritty, served well and her fitness came though again.

Sim · County player

The top half of the draw has really opened up with the top 3 seeds in that half all gone ( including the one that didn't even start).

The two highest ranked players left Radwanska and Pliskova play eachother in R3 as well.

Mind you the no.4 seed has gone in the bottom half as well biggrin .

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

For the record:

L32: Heather Watson WR 64 defeated (11) Elina Svitolina (UKR) WR 17 (= CH) by 6-2 3-6 6-4

L32: (WC) Jo Konta WR 146 defeated (4) Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) WR 8 (= CH) by 2 & 4

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L16: Heather Watson WR 64 vs Sloane Stephens (USA) WR 43 (CH = 11 in October 2013)
L16: (14) Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP) WR 20 (CH = 19 in March) vs (WC) Jo Konta WR 146

Jan · Hall of fame

That's fantastic from Hev.
I had to stop watching stream near the end of the second set and only just able to get on here to find result!
What a day for the ladies!!

-- Edited by Jan on Tuesday 23rd of June 2015 08:56:42 PM

airsmashers · County player

Just watched Heather's match, she was so happy she cried in her interview with Annabel Croft.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Also for the record:

R1: (WC) Joss Rae & Anna Smith CR 154 (77+77) defeated Vera Dushevina & María José Martínez (RUS/ESP) CR 276 (128+148) by 6-3 5-7 [11-9] (*)

(*) Not sure I understand why Joss & Anna needed the wild card here... confuse

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QF: (4) Caroline Garcia & Katarina Srebotnik (FRA/SLO) CR 46 (24+22) vs (WC) Joss Rae & Anna Smith CR 154 (77+77)

vohor · Grand Slam Champion

Great stuff Heather :D

BeefyDeedz · Pro player

Terrific day here, no qualification needed. Two awesome wins and smiles all around.

savva0122 · Intermediate Club Player

I didn't fancy Hev today so really pleased with her win. JoKo's win amazing.
Tough next time round; hopefully Hev can increase her stats against Sloane and JoKo a real chance on this form.