Week 9 - WTA International (227K) - Monterrey, Mexico Hard

thejester · Satellite level

RE: Week 9 - WTA International (227K) - Monterrey, Mexico Hard

philwrig · Hall of fame

She did say she was looking forward to playing in Mexico, when I had a last word with her in Eilat, now I know why !!

WavenNarsam · Lower Club Player

Great win for Heather. Such an incredible finals record (I know it's only three, but they're never easy opponents at that stage) and now more or less back to where she was at the end of 2015.

A reasonably big haul of points to defend at Indian Wells and a few at Miami (although only one victory will increase her points) but then hardly anything until Rome in mid May. COuld put herself into a good position for the summer.

insomniacfolder · Challenger level

SMC1809 wrote:
insomniacfolder wrote:
When Hev beats Hercog or Jo beats Wickmayer, they go on to win the title 100% of the time!!!!!!!!!!

R2: Johanna KONTA (GBR) [4] 27 vs. Yanina WICKMAYER (BEL) 48
H2H 1-0
2015 Vancouver, Canada - $100K - Hard - JK[7] YW[4] - SF, JK won 6-4 6-3

R2: Heather WATSON (GBR) 84 vs. Polona HERCOG (SLO) 81
H2H 1-2
2015 Prague, Czech Republic - WTA International - Clay - R32, PH won 7-5 3-6 7-6(5)
2012 Osaka, Japan - WTA International - Hard - R32, HW won 6-4 6-4
2011 Coupe Rogers, Toronto, Canada - WTA Premier 5 - Hard - PH[q2] - FQR, PH won 2-6 6-3 6-2
Part of this lives on! Well done that girl.

Polona, can we play you every week? Pretty please?

On another note, Hev beat a higher ranked opponent in every single round.

indiana · Tennis legend

Someone keeps nicking the cheques !

cwej · Lower Club Player

What a lovely speech at the end, and Flipkens showing some real emotion as well. Was a lovely finish! I fricking love Michelle Watson. :D

cwej · Lower Club Player

thejester wrote:
Helen40 wrote:
So proud of her. We now have WR 26, 53 AND 76. Without Robbo being fit. I never thought I'd be posting that on here!

Well done our girls.

And all three should be in the top 50 in the Race to Singapore tomorrow as well!

DF · Tennis legend

The result was 3-6 6-2 6-3

Brilliant from Heather

philwrig · Hall of fame

Shout out to Flipper who's comes across as a great human being, she spent some time with a group of our junior coaches in Budapest last year, a credit to her profession.

insomniacfolder · Challenger level

cwej wrote:
And all three should be in the top 50 in the Race to Singapore tomorrow as well!

Yes, Jo ~7, Naomi ~29 and Heather up over 100 places to ~40.

cwej · Lower Club Player

Even better then! Top 40!

insomniacfolder · Challenger level

philwrig wrote:
Shout out to Flipper who's comes across as a great human being, she spent some time with a group of our junior coaches in Budapest last year, a credit to her profession.

Well said. Sometimes she even gives her best mate, and sometime coach, Kim a run for her money in the loveliness stakes.

And on Mummy Watson, I'm always struck each year when Heather wishes her happy birthday, how many, diverse and disparate players chip in to send best wishes too. They all love her on Tour

cwej · Lower Club Player

Average Player beaten by Heather this week was ranked 53.6, compared to 50 for her Hobart title and 90.2 for her Osaka title, so a decent set of competitors.

insomniacfolder · Challenger level

And, a mention for Coach Veronelli, who must be sitting somewhere in Argentina with a well deserved and satisfied smile. His former charge did him proud.
There's a lot of the good groundwork that he laid in today's win, and which will surely continue to reap rewards long into the future. He seemed to be generally a very good relationship for Heather at a difficult time in her career, and I think he can be allowed a small fraction of this one.
Thank you Diego.

Strongbow · All-time great

Well done Heather smile

An excellent week for the top 3.