Week 31 - WTA International ($227K) - Washington, USA Hard

Strongbow · All-time great

RE: Week 31 - WTA International ($227K) - Washington, USA Hard

indiana · Tennis legend

Strongbow wrote:
Another straightforward win for Heather - meets Jamie Loeb next.

No, two qualifying rounds are quite enough for our nerves. Both Heather and Jamie have qualified.

blob · All-time great

Almost deja vu all over again, as heather failed to serve it out twice in a row, but, into the MD any way you can.

Decent draw, in Patricia Maria Tig, predominantly a clay courter, and not in the same form as she showed in patches last year as she was breaking in to the top 100. Due to the vagaries of the ranking cut offs, heather is considerably higher ranked of the two now, 136 versus 76.

Peter too · Tennis legend

Q2: WATSON, Heather (GBR) 1 79 def AOYAMA, Shuko (JPN) 229 6-3 7-6(7)

R1: WATSON, Heather (GBR) Q 79 v TIG, Patricia Maria (ROU) 135 CH=83 10/4/17
H2H 0-1 Miami 2017 6-7(4) 1-6

PaulM · Tennis legend

Another serious issue closing that one out but just got away with it. She was absolutely atrocious against Tig in Miami, let's hope she plays significantly better this time.

Perfectly capable of doing well this week if she gets her head in gear and the nerves under control.

Jan · Hall of fame

Phew!

vohor · Grand Slam Champion

Well done Heather :D
GL in R1 :)

Mervatron2 · Challenger qualifying

A match she should definitely win in round 1 but who all know what happened in Miami!!!!

paulisi · Tennis legend

Match started - live on BTSport

paulisi · Tennis legend

Confirmed that Morgan Phillips and Beechy are splitting the coaching role this week.

PaulM · Tennis legend

Cruising until she has to serve for the set then totally folds

5-4*

Come on Hev. Dig in.

-- Edited by PaulM on Tuesday 1st of August 2017 06:42:55 PM

PaulM · Tennis legend

Misses a set point at 5-4* and another at 6-5*

Served brilliantly other than at *5-3 when she totally collapsed and then played a woeful tiebreak.

Carbon copy of Miami. Better player, but choked and snatched at it when it came to the crunch. Stupid as she was under no pressure from anything Tig was doing.

Loses the first set 7-6(3).

Tig hasn't won a set since Miami as it happens.

blob · All-time great

Heather won 3 more points in that set, and had 6 BP to 1.

Jan · Hall of fame

Ugh. Come on Hev!

PaulM · Tennis legend

Apologies, it was 7-4 in the breaker.

Heather's mental fragility is not getting any better is it? Holding her back so much, a good dozen matches in the past two seasons she's choked away.

Needs to start this set strong.

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