Week 34 - US Open Qualifying

flamingowings · All-time great

RE: Week 34 - US Open Qualifying

jb288 · Satellite level

Second serve win % is making a big difference here. Swan is at 9%, Heather at 82%

the addict · Tennis legend

Passed me by too - who is coaching Heather ?
*5-2

SuperT · Futures level

Don't want to see Katie lose badly, but it's such a joy to see Heather playing so well again.

the addict · Tennis legend

First set 6-2. Heather seems to be overpowering Katie on the backhand side.

flamingowings · All-time great

the addict wrote:
Passed me by too - who is coaching Heather ?
*5-2

Oops, just realised I'd read your post wrong - Jamie is watching Katie which makes sense given she's part of Andy's management company. For some reason I though he was watching Heather!! confuse

(Guess Heather still doesn't have a coach then...)

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Katie saves 3 consecutive BPs 2-2 40-40.

the addict · Tennis legend

And holds. Advice from Jamie between games.

jb288 · Satellite level

Really pleased for Heather :) A good solid win, no sign of nerves towards the end. Really hope for a kind draw and a main draw win!

ROSAMUND · Futures level

flamingowings wrote:
the addict wrote:
Stuart Fraser on twitter

Jamie Delgado sitting courtside here effectively as Swan's coach as Diego Veronelli has had visa issues
Interesting...both Jamie and the fact that Heather has a coach (that news had passed me by - last I saw or heard was her mum acting as coach)

Heather wins 6-2 6-4.

Ian1314 · Lower Club Player

Great win Heather - keep winning

SuperT · Futures level

Katie fought well in the second set but in the end Heather was just too good - been a while since I've said that!!!.. Now hoping for a decent MD draw and the top 100 beckons again. Good luck Hev. Katie to come back next year and qualify for the MD by right.

Jan · Hall of fame

the addict wrote:
And holds. Advice from Jamie between games.

I thought I saw that (dipping in and out). I also thought that they don't have on-court coaching at the slams - or have I got that wrong?

Well done Hev

And hard luck Katie - her day will come, and if she had to lose in FQR, I'd rather it was to a fellow Brit!

kundalini · Specialist Reporter + Intermediate Club Player

Heather played pretty well, some superb tennis at times from her, especially passing shots and forehand down the line on the run. I expected a lot more from Katie Swan; she landed a few good shots but so many wild errors. Her game looked very raw, poor choices never mind the execution, failing to attack when given the opportunity. Clearly needs time.

Across her 3 qualifying matches, Katie Swan's first serve percentage 50, 54, 53, winning 73%, 76%, 74%. 2nd serve 45%, 48%, 37%. Return 30/53, 44/50 and 17/28 against Heather. So first serve percentage a bit too low but decent when she does land it, against players ranked 101-200, I think a good server could be winning between 75% and low 80s at the US Open. Against top 100, anything above 70 is pretty good. 2nd serve clearly an issue, especially the error count in the rallies, though she did win 7 points through unreturned 2nd serves. Return of serve needs a lot of work. Didn't put anywhere near enough pressure on Heather's 2nd serve and often seemed late when attempting to get the Watson first serve back in court.

-- Edited by kundalini on Friday 24th of August 2018 10:27:10 PM

the addict · Tennis legend

Jan wrote:
the addict wrote:
And holds. Advice from Jamie between games.
I thought I saw that (dipping in and out). I also thought that they don't have on-court coaching at the slams - or have I got that wrong?

Well it wasn't actually on court, he was at the side behind the barrier and she went up to him at the change of ends. I thought it wasn't allowed, but it must be in qualifying, or she wouldn't have got away with it.