Week 23 - WTA International ($250K) - Nottingham, UK - Grass

PaulM · Tennis legend

Week 23 - WTA International ($250K) - Nottingham, UK - Grass

paulisi · Tennis legend

Cracking win from Tara and that should almost certainly give her a Wimbledon wildcard.

I'm sure she would like to draw Vekic again.

wimdledont · Challenger level

Jo won 6-3, 6-0; Katie Boulter should be on very soon

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

I'm so glad Jo has done so well. I was abit scared for her with the added media attention in this country. How is she on grass compared with the red stuff?

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Jo a bit scratchy, and is either starting slow or on fire in tournaments, rarely average.
The pleasure though at seeing Vicky Duval on court and looking so good and well was immense

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

I'm quite excited to see Ashley Barty around again.

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Helen40 wrote:
I'm so glad Jo has done so well. I was abit scared for her with the added media attention in this country. How is she on grass compared with the red stuff?

Jo career:
Grass 17-16 (52%) -8 on last 52 weeks
Clay 52-36 (59%) +27 on last 52 weeks
Hard 143-82 (64%) -13 on last 52 weeks

Jo last 52 weeks:
Grass 6-4 (60%) +8 on career
Clay 2-4 (33%) -27 on career
Hard 37-11 (77%) +13 on career

PaulM · Tennis legend

Jo playing well by the end although Duval fell away quite quickly. Her draw will let her work her way into the tournament and get more comfortable.

wimdledont · Challenger level

Poor start from Katie, trailing 0*-3, with 16% first serves in...

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

With Laura, Barty, Duval, Sevastova, Peng Shuai, all in the draw, this event has all the heart-warming injury/illness comeback stories you could possibly hope for!

PaulM · Tennis legend

Katie looked good at the very outset going up 15-40 but has been absolutely decimated since then. Not even a contest. Hope she can pull back like she did against Voracova.

tony_orient · ATP qualifying

Katie loses the first set 6-0 in under 20 minutes - hoping for at least a solid improvement in the 2nd even if she can't turn it around.

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Watching Katie, she doesn't seem to have been extending fully through her shots, particularly the forehand. She's using a sort of abbreviated 3-5 or 3/4 swing and not hitting through the court as a consequence.

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

33% first serve in won't help either, of course.

vohor · Grand Slam Champion

wimdledont wrote:
Tara 6-2, 6-2

Jo starting

Brilliant job by Tara biggrin