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cwej


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Naomi is very close for the break points saved % too I believe. She was in the top 10 until very recently.

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Yes, I was just going to say that it was very interesting to see Heather in the top 10 for both saving and converting BPs. It's not something that I would have readily anticipated that she was comparatively so good on these crucial points, general battler as she is. These are not particular stats that can really lie, the order may vary a bit due to some circumstances, but she is clearly up there on both. Long may it continue ...

Think we need an ace percentage of serves, rather than total number, to get Naomi further up the aces table.

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indiana wrote:

Yes, I was just going to say that it was very interesting to see Heather in the top 10 for both saving and converting BPs. It's not something that I would have readily anticipated that she was comparatively so good on these crucial points, general battler as she is. These are not particular stats that can really lie, the order may vary a bit due to some circumstances, but she is clearly up there on both. Long may it continue ...

Think we need an ace percentage of serves, rather than total number, to get Naomi further up the aces table.

 It's really surprising. I think of her as being someone that has bottled a lot - but clearly the stats are saying that she DOES take them more than it seems.

 

Interestingly, Heather is in the 7th shortest match (a 47 min 6-1 6-0 win against Cetkovska) and the 3rd longest (a 3hr 14 min 6-7 6-2 7-6 win against Niculescu) - she seems to like her extreme matches! :D

 

 



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Well, not entirely convincing, and I suspect a racquet or two may have been unceremoniously 'retired', but Hev gets there in the end.
6-3 2-6 6-3

Two with a chance to make MD; let's hope to get at least one this week.

Fun fact, Naomi now has a higher CH win on clay than the Britsh #1!

Best Clay wins by recent Brits.
Laura: WR 4 - Agnieszka Radwanska - Madrid R32, 2013
Bally: WR 34 - Sorana Cirstea - Strasbourg R32, 2010
Annie K: WR 40 - Carla Suarez Navarro - Fes R16, 2010
Heather: WR 44 - Robert Vinci - Rome R64, 2015 - Her only result better than Naomi's today
Naomi B: WR 71 - Saisai Zheng - Rome Q, 2016
JoKo : WR 88 - Yulia Putintseva - Oeiras Q, 2013
Katie O'B: WR 95 - Pauliine Parmentier - Fes R32, 2010

 

Heather moves up this list to second place now...! :)



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Birthday rankings for Heather and Jo both will come out next week.

I suspect that Heather has already got what she needed - a place at Rio. Another win would absolutely confirm it, and see her return to the top 50.

Sometimes, though, you don't just get what you need. A run to the SFs could take her to a new CH, on the verge of seeding for Roland Garros.

Since she turned 24, Jo has risen from WR143 to WR22. A hat-trick of wins this week should see her into the top 20. If she's really after spoiling herself, making the SF here should see her move up into the seeds 9-16 pot for Roland Garros. A maiden WTA title could see her into the top 10, with a guaranteed seeding for the Australian Open 2017. Otherwise, Rome has some very good icecream.

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wimdledont wrote:

Otherwise, Rome has some very good icecream.

 Jo, though, is avowedly a gelato girl.



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JoKo off with an ace, 15-0...

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Coverage available.

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Great start 3 - 0*

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3 games, 3 aces, Jo 12 points, Larsson 0. Halfway to a golden set?

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Joko up 5-1.
Aljaz 1-3

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In the battle of the Johanna's, Johanna has taken the first set 6-1

That is Joko btw

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Jo(Ko) 6-1 Jo(noKo)

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Gosh! Jo played some very good stuff there.
Just to be clear, Larsson won Båstad on clay last year, is best on clay, and throughout her career clay has been pulling farther and farther away as her best surface (win rate of 63% overall, was 73% in 2015).



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And breaks to start set 2.
6-1 *1-0

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