Week 41 - WTA International ($227K) - WTA International Hong Kong Hard

vohor · Grand Slam Champion

Week 41 - WTA International ($227K) - WTA International Hong Kong Hard

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Phew.

11-9

Well done, Hev

Jan · Hall of fame

Phew - well done Hev!!!

Peter too · Tennis legend

R1: WATSON, Heather (GBR) 75 def ERAKOVIC, Marina (NZL) Q 119 7-5 7-6(9)
R1: BROADY, Naomi (GBR) 88 v KONTA, Johanna (GBR) 3 9

R2: WATSON, Heather (GBR) 75 v WOZNIACKI, Caroline (DEN) 5 22 CH=1 2010
H2H 1-0 Monterrey 2016 7-5 6-4

tony_orient · ATP qualifying

Much needed win for Heather, and she did well to prevail in two close sets. Although she beat Wozniacki earlier this year, she is a different prospect now and if Hev could defeat her here it would be a much more impressive win.

tony_orient · ATP qualifying

No sign of Jo looking flat after her Beijing exertions - dominating Naomi so far and up 6-2

Jan · Hall of fame

Very straightforward win for Johanna 6-2 6-2

PaulM · Tennis legend

Absolute gulf in class. Rough on Naomi but she didn't bring anything to the table today, needed to play much better to make a match of it.

Still hopeful she can have a great finish to the year

Peter too · Tennis legend

R1: WATSON, Heather (GBR) 75 def ERAKOVIC, Marina (NZL) Q 119 7-5 7-6(9)
R1: KONTA, Johanna (GBR) 3 9 def BROADY, Naomi (GBR) 88 6-2 6-2

R2: WATSON, Heather (GBR) 75 v WOZNIACKI, Caroline (DEN) 5 22 CH=1 2010 H2H 1-0 Monterrey 2016 7-5 6-4
R1: KONTA, Johanna (GBR) 3 9 v WANG, Qiang (CHN) 73 CH=61 22/8/16
H2H 0-1 Shenzhen 2016 3-6 6-3 3-6

I hope these rankings and CHs are OK the WTA site is all over the shop on rankings today.

indiana · Tennis legend

The winners of these two R2 matches meet in the QF. Go girls !

tony_orient · ATP qualifying

I've just seen that Cibulkova plays Bencic in her 1st round in Linz today, which makes me think Jo chose the right tournament to play draw-wise. Wozniacki would be a tough QF opponent but hopefully Jo won't get to play her.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Tara and Dalila lost their dubs match, 2&2

Kounosuke · Intermediate Club Player

Rain in Hong Kong has delayed Hev's match to tomorrow.

indiana · Tennis legend

tony_orient wrote:
I've just seen that Cibulkova plays Bencic in her 1st round in Linz today, which makes me think Jo chose the right tournament to play draw-wise. Wozniacki would be a tough QF opponent but hopefully Jo won't get to play her.

Cibulkova beat Bencic 6-1 6-2. Still no direct race issue since she needs to reach the SF to beat her 16th counter of 100 and even then would only initially gain a net 10 ( though 10 points is what she is currently behind Jo ). She plays Annika Beck in R2.

Jo's 16th best is 55 so reaching the QF and 60 points would see her adding net points, if only 5 to start.

-- Edited by indiana on Wednesday 12th of October 2016 02:10:32 PM

tony_orient · ATP qualifying

Well I got that wrong in thinking Bencic was a tough draw as she put up little resistance. All of the players with tour finals qualification to play for are still going this week.