Week 24 - WTA Premier ($846K) - Birmingham, UK - Grass

Sim · County player

RE: Week 24 - WTA Premier ($846K) - Birmingham, UK - Grass

Strongbow · All-time great

The net 12pts puts her under 300 - just ahead of Mandy.

indiana · Tennis legend

Yay, go Laura, I did think she had been getting better ( though was clearly a matter of debate ), but it was a slow slow process and one thing she needed was a big win.

And no matter Lepchenko's ( lack of ) grass prowess that counts as a big win

Jaffa · Challenger level

Brilliant result from Laura.

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

Priesty wrote:
Go Laura!!
13 precious points not to mention a confidence boost. What might that do for her ranking?

At last, I just hope it's not the opposite of a blip, but a real start of her comeback.

Back into top 300 by my calculations.

Strongbow · All-time great

Harriet has taken the 2nd set smile

Etienne · Club Coach

Really impressive.

DF · Tennis legend

Harriet takes the second set 6-4 levelling the match. Go Harriet !!

DF · Tennis legend

Harriet is 1-3 down in the decider

DF · Tennis legend

Katie B is 1-4 down

DF · Tennis legend

Katie B is a set down in 25 mins 1-6

PaulM · Tennis legend

Shame Harriet ran out of gas. She probably should have won thr first but dug in and did a great job in the second. Impressed with that.

Spectator · All-time great

Well done, Ms Robson. Great work, whatever happens, from Ms Burrage and Ms Dart. Commiserations to Ms Boulter - Pironkova was a terrible, terrible draw. One to give one's all but not to be upset if one doesn't win.

DF · Tennis legend

Katie B bows out 1-6 2-6

philwrig · Hall of fame

Stoked to see Laura get the win, I was really disappointed with how she played last week, having seen her look so sharp in practice, but I always had the feeling, better times were just around the corner. It's only 1 win against an opponent who was probably there for the taking, and tomorrow will probably be a better barometer, but it's still a big win, given the last 6 months.