Week 25 - WTA Premier ($712K) - Eastbourne, UK Grass

kundalini · Specialist Reporter + Intermediate Club Player

Week 25 - WTA Premier ($712K) - Eastbourne, UK Grass

vohor · Grand Slam Champion

Yes, Tara lost 8 straight points after that; pity as that would have been a great chance for a best ever win :(

kundalini · Specialist Reporter + Intermediate Club Player

Tara holds at the start of the 2nd set after a run of 12 straight points lost 1-0*

Makarova with a classy hold to 15, getting down low to strike clean winners *1-1

Tara responds with 2 aces and a super forehand winner as she holds to love 2-1*

Tara earns a bp with a couple of super forehand winners but it is saved by an unreturned first serve 2-2

Makarova with 2 lucky netcord winners as she breaks to love 2-3*

Makarova hands Tara a bp after a shocking miss but saves it with a good body-serve. *2-4

Tara with an impressive hold to 15 3-4*

Makarova holds to love *3-5

Tara with back to back dfs gifts Makarova 2 mps then saves both, winning 4 points in a row with quality tennis 4-5*

Makarova eases to 40-0, Tara saves another 2 mps before Ekaterina finally gets there on her 5th mp with a smash winner after Tara fails to take an opportunity to pass, earlier in the rally. 4-6

-- Edited by kundalini on Monday 20th of June 2016 04:11:50 PM

PaulM · Tennis legend

That miss was a throwback to her Zvonereva choke at Wimbledon. Ouch. Otherwise its been good tennis.

kundalini · Specialist Reporter + Intermediate Club Player

The wind seems to come and go. Several great points followed by a series of ugly misses as the ball isn't where the player expected it to be. Difficult to judge the quality of the match.

-- Edited by kundalini on Monday 20th of June 2016 03:45:21 PM

vohor · Grand Slam Champion

Glad to see Tara has made a decent fist of set 2; last chance saloon now though to get the break
4-5*

PaulM · Tennis legend

Very good effort against a good grass courter but boy was that frustrating too!

Try to take the positives and looking nice for next week. She's playing well no doubt. Half decent draw and she can do some damage.

vohor · Grand Slam Champion

Yeah, great effort; pity she couldn't take her chance in set 1 but hopefully she'll be ready to cross the line next week :)

Strongbow · All-time great

Well done Tara - a bit fustrating, but it shows how far she's come when we're bemoaning the fact that she hasn't knocked over WR 37 smile

briteny · Intermediate Club Player

Watson down one set 2-6 and a break down 3-1 second set.... Anyone watching this match? What happened to Heather?

briteny · Intermediate Club Player

briteny wrote:
Watson down one set 2-6 and a break down 3-1 second set.... Anyone watching this match? What happened to Heather?

Oh.... mistake it is 2-2 second

Jan · Hall of fame

I've just found the stream and remembered why I mute any match involving Vesnina.
Come on Heather!

PaulM · Tennis legend

Heather was terrible im awkward conditions

briteny · Intermediate Club Player

PaulM wrote:
Heather was terrible im awkward conditions

cry cry Maybe waiting too long because of rain

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

I think I've seen just about every professional match of Heather's that it's been possible to see, and that was about the worst I've seen her play.
No idea why, could be any number of things, but she was poor and lacklustre today in all departments.

The much vaunted grass season, when the specialist Brits come to play and take advantage of players unfamiliar with the surface... can we please be done with this notion now, and actively discourage our players from focusing on grass? No, of course not. That wouldn't be British, no, would it?