Week 26 - WTA Premier ($852K) - Eastbourne, GBR Grass

Michael D · All-time great

RE: Week 26 - WTA Premier ($852K) - Eastbourne, GBR Grass

indiana · Tennis legend

Anna's been playing on grass though and not at all badly too in reaching a couple of WTA International SFs. But shock, horror, with a foreign partner. Hmm ...

Her relatively new partnership with Xenia seems to be coming along nicely. Assuming that that is who she would have been playing with, it would have been good to tune it up further at Eastbourne against top class opposition in advance of Wimbledon.

#homeisbest ?

-- Edited by indiana on Sunday 24th of June 2018 01:26:59 AM

Michael D · All-time great

indiana wrote:
Anna's been playing on grass though and not at all badly too in reaching a couple of WTA International SFs. But shock, horror, with a foreign partner. Hmm ...
Her relatively new partnership with Xenia seems to be coming along nicely. Assuming that that is who she would have been playing with, it would have been good to tune it up further at Eastbourne against top class opposition in advance of Wimbledon.
#homeisbest ?

-- Edited by indiana on Sunday 24th of June 2018 01:26:59 AM

Yes, I'd like to see Anna and Xenia get beyond the SF's though. They've been regularly winning 1-2 matches per tournament but not the 3-4 you need to reach finals and win titles. In terms of points she has one counter of 60 and another of 85, so these 110 points for reach 250k SF's are still helping her edge upwards - or really maintain her existing position, so she needs more, especially as she now has 5 counters that are 110 or 105 points, and only 4 that are higher. And one of those, the 185 for reaching the Eastbourne SF last year, will drop off this coming week. And since she reached the SF last year, it's another reason she should have been given a place in the tournament this year, even if oh so too bad she plays with a foreign partner.

flamingowings · All-time great

Katie has just started.

paulisi · Tennis legend

On serve 2-2

flamingowings · All-time great

Very impressed how Katie managed to dig herself out of 0-40 there. Obviously has Collins rattled because she got her coach down at the change of ends.

I really dislike on court coaching.

flamingowings · All-time great

Swan - 4-6 *0-0

Couldn't rescue a 0-40 a second time.

-- Edited by flamingowings on Sunday 24th of June 2018 10:51:05 AM

Nix · Futures level

Coach came and said she needs to up her first serve percentage because shes put too many in the net. Also to use slice serve as her opponent doesnt like it!