Week 12-13 - WTA Premier Mandatory ($7M) - Miami, FL, USA - Hard

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

Week 12-13 - WTA Premier Mandatory ($7M) - Miami, FL, USA - Hard

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Hev vs. PMT, erm, Patricia Maria Tig, is underway, 1-0*

Sim · County player

Hev breaks back to 5-5. Good to see ace count exceeding DFs so far.....

PaulM · Tennis legend

Why is she so bad?!

(4)6-7 0-0*

Priesty · Challenger level

PaulM wrote:
Why is she so bad?!

(4)6-7 0-0*

PMT is clearly proving tough for her to contend with...

PaulM · Tennis legend

Bag of nerves, tight, mentally not engaged. So, so weak on return.

0-2*

Tig is mediocre and Heather should be steamrolling this. Needs to turn this around fast.

skibbarriz · Strong Club Player

PaulM wrote:
Why is she so bad?!

(4)6-7 0-0*

Or is it your expectations that are too high. Reality is she plays poor and frustrating tennis very often.

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

PaulM · Tennis legend

Heather playing like someone ranked about 150. Which is fortunate in some ways as that is where she will be in a couple of weeks...

Broken again 1-5*

Out 76(4) 61

I can't get over how horrific she returned, missed basic return after basic return. Tig doesn't even have a good serve.

Absolutely zero confidence in any part of her game, and she'd be wise to follow Naomi onto the ITF tour for a couple of months and find that spark we love about her and that's so sadly missing.

She's not even half the player she was here 12 months ago. So sad to see. There was just zero fight.

Jan · Hall of fame

cry cry

the addict · Tennis legend

cry cry cry

PaulM · Tennis legend

Just for anyone interested, the week after Miami Heather will be playing Monterrey (defending her title, but the event has moved a month), as will Naomi.

Jo is going to Charleston.

Hev is then playing the Swiss Open (another hardcourt event).

Week after is Fed Cup.

Jo is not playing Stuttgart (week after Fed Cup) which I am surprised about.

WD40 · Club Coach

PaulM wrote:
Just for anyone interested, the week after Miami Heather will be playing Monterrey (defending her title, but the event has moved a month), as will Naomi.

Jo is going to Charleston.

Hev is then playing the Swiss Open (another hardcourt event).

Week after is Fed Cup.

Jo is not playing Stuttgart (week after Fed Cup) which I am surprised about.

Just to add that Tara and Sam Murray (using her SR/PR) are playing in the Monterrey qualies.

skibbarriz · Strong Club Player

On the upside, the idea of form isn't one that applies to Heather as much as other players. She may have a completely brilliant tournament just around the corner.

Mervatron2 · Challenger qualifying

Oh Hev.