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Heather manages to make a silk purse of a sows ear biggrinbiggrinbiggrin



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Good win in the end for Heather, she battled hard when it was a struggle to get ahead in the second set and then the decider was much more straightforward as Gibbs lost her way. I doubt Jo will be too concerned by the quality of tennis on show today, but the conditions of thin air and a slow court make it very tough for players short on confidence and there will be plenty of scrappy matches in the early rounds.

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Well fought Hev!

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Yay, glad she pulled away. I was not looking forward to another tight third set.

And while it might be good for her to win a very tight match losing another would not be at all good for a player who does certainly really feel defeats.

And so, Jo vs Hev ...



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Really well done. Breaks from 40-0 for a 46 62 62 win. She did deserve it. Her level was a bit meh throughout but she was steady, whereas Gibbs had a hot streak in the first set then really fell away and started panicking and getting into all sorts of bother. Match point was a beauty.

Hope that gives her a boost, she gutsed it out not playing well, and she plays well against Jo.

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Hev really looked like she enjoyed that, the second two sets at least, I certanly did! Her cross court backhand really on song.



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Well done Heather; really needed that win :D

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R1: KONTA, Johanna (GBR) 11 11 v Bye
R1: WATSON, Heather (GBR) 108 v GIBBS, Nicole (USA) 94 4-6 6-2 6-2

R2: KONTA, Johanna (GBR) 11 11 v WATSON, Heather (GBR) 108
H2H 1-0 Barnstaple 2013 4-0 Ret.

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Highlights (or fullscreen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Y7iB_50aog)



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Into Thursday and 9 of our top 12 are still standing in various levels of competition.

OK, Jo hasn't played a match yet ( and when she does clearly one goes ) but the other 8 have won their opening MD matches.

I'm not promising that there will still be 9 when most folk wake up !



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As soon as Hev started serving well, the result was never in doubt. The cross backhand was excellent, the overheads were good. The errors were in set 1, mainly on a faltering serve.

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Jo vs Heather starts proceedings off on Friday on Stadium 1 ( as did Heather on Wednesday vs Nicole Gibbs ). 11 am local, 7 pm GMT.

Heather is then later due 3rd on Stadium 9 "after suitable rest" partnering Gabriela Dabrowski in the doubles.



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Hoping its a good match. Can usually end up messy when players are friends. Would, on balance, prefer to see Jo come through now that Hev has done a good job getting a win under her belt and have a good run (though I suspect Miami conditions might suit her better) and try to make some inroads so get towards single figure ranking.

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On court, on telly, on streams, and back on serve...

Hev 2-1* Jo

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(11) Johanna Konta GBR *5-4 Heather Watson GBR

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