Week 18 - WTA Premier Mandatory - Madrid, Spain - Clay

murrayman650 · ATP level

RE: Week 18 - WTA Premier Mandatory - Madrid, Spain - Clay

murrayman650 · ATP level

2nd set

Watson to serve

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adv Watson

1-0

murrayman650 · ATP level

15-0

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1-1

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murrayman650 · ATP level

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adv Gavrilova

2-2

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3-2 Gavrilova

DF · Tennis legend

Heather loses 5-7 4-6

tony_orient · ATP qualifying

For the second day in a row Heather couldn't quite close out a tight first set and it cost her.
After being injured, she was probably a bit behind other players in terms of clay preparation coming into Madrid, but should be caught up now.

wimdledont · Challenger level

Jo is out on court, and Laura shouldn't be long...

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

All the various forms of usual coverage are available for both matches.

tony_orient · ATP qualifying

First job done for Laura - no risk of the double bagel any more :)

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

I haven't got access to a stream, so would be grateful if any who can see it can put up how our girls are playing.

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Jo *1-4
Not playing bad, but naive tactics on clay giving garcia lots of time and room. Also, Caro isn't obliging by beating herself yet as she is prone to do, and looks very sharp.

airsmashers · County player

Laura not playing badly, the ball striking is there but its any time she is on the run.

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

No bread product for Robbo this set 2-3, so I'm happy for her, and Joko seems to be getting the measure of her opponent now 3-4

kundalini · Specialist Reporter + Intermediate Club Player

Laura has hit 7 forehand winners so far; several of them super shots. Movement still not there. Azarenka not giving her anything bar one df.

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Jo recovers the break, Caroline made a few bad choices in rallies, and Jo was good enough to punish them. Jo has also come as close to arguing with an umpire as I can recall - politely querying a call at length, had something in her eye which needed floods of water to remove, and had Carrill down for a chat already, which seemed to do the trick. *3-4

Laura loos to be OK, some very nice winners in the opening game and the incrementally increased general quality of shotmaking trend of this year. It's not reliable or predictable though; feast or famine. Still, a good account thus far 2-3*