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

tony_orient · ATP qualifying

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

Strongbow · All-time great

Strongbow wrote:
This could be over very quickly

Not generally true. Excellent performance from the Brits that surprised me and delighted me - good things to come. smile

Oakland2002 · All-time great

Very pleased for Laura, a few wins on what must be her favourite surface should spur her on.

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Q1: (WC) Harriet DART (GBR) 421 lost to Anna TATISHVILI (USA) 107 4-6 6-4 1-6
Q1: (WC) Gabriella TAYLOR (GBR) 445 v. Kristyna PLISKOVA (CZE) 108 {Sunday}
Q1: (WC) Katie BOULTER (GBR) 724 lost to Tsvetana PIRONKOVA (BUL) [q5] 71 1-6 2-6
Q1: Laura ROBSON (GBR) 308 v. Varvara LEPCHENKO (USA) [q3] 65 6-4 6-1
Q1: (WC) Jodie BURRAGE (GBR) UNR lost to Vania KING (USA) 160 5-7 4-6

Q2: Laura ROBSON (GBR) 308 v. Katerina SINIAKOVA (CZE) 102 (CH 65, Jul. 2015)

Miriambee · Futures level

steady rain and grey skies in Brum this morning, can't see play starting at 11am. ( I live a couple of miles from the Edgbaston club).

vohor · Grand Slam Champion

Great win for Laura yesterday; hopefully the start of the enxt phase of her comeback :D
Really good efforts from Harriet and Jodie :)

PaulM · Tennis legend

Jo promoted to 9th seed and plays Doi. Tara to play a Q/LL.

Probably not ideal for Jo

steven · Tennis legend

PaulM wrote:
Jo promoted to 9th seed and plays Doi. Tara to play a Q/LL.

Probably not ideal for Jo

Yes, that certainly seems to have worked out better for Tara than for Jo. However, while Doi did beat her this year, it was on clay, and Jo has won all three of their meetings on hard and grass. They tend to have close matches though - 3 of the 4 went to 3 sets and the grass court win required a 3rd set tiebreak.

DF · Tennis legend

Gabi's match under way indoors 1-1

wolf · Tennis legend

Looks like we will have some play in Birmingham, covers coming off so looks like a half 2 start.

Gabi moved indoors where we cant watch though.

Laura first on centre.

wolf · Tennis legend

New centre court is a bit strange, not many seats behind the court and what there is is high up!

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

I know she's not British, but has Riske pulled out?

wolf · Tennis legend

She is in the Nottingham final so she had to.

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

Thanks, I figured as much, but I thought that she might have been given a WC or SE due to that.

wolf · Tennis legend

Bencic/Petkovic, Svitolina/Konta and Watson/Broady have wild cards into the doubles.