Week 35 & 36 - US Open New York, USA - Hard

PaulM · Tennis legend

Week 35 & 36 - US Open New York, USA - Hard

PaulM · Tennis legend

Heather's had to go off court for treatment

2-3*

PaulM · Tennis legend

Well, whatever treatment it was it helped and/or broke Makarova's rhythm.

First really poor game from the Russian

*3-3

verveandsolley · Junior player

wow didn't see that coming, Heather 5-3 up.

Not entirely sure how Amazon have rights to live coverage but only way I can watch Heather is on Bet 365

jb288 · Satellite level

Watson hits a rash of post treatment winners and is suddenly serving for the set :)

verveandsolley · Junior player

and set duly taken

the addict · Tennis legend

As always, I'm watching on videostream, which goves a full-screen picture. And access to all the courts.

Well done Hev, takes her second set point, and all to play for.

flamingowings · All-time great

verveandsolley wrote:
wow didn't see that coming, Heather 5-3 up.

Not entirely sure how Amazon have rights to live coverage but only way I can watch Heather is on Bet 365

Amazon's "outside court" pick is Kyle which means no Heather.

PaulM · Tennis legend

Well that break rather changed things didn't it? Heather stayed nice and solid, Makarova went off the boil, and our girl stayed calm and took her opportunities in the rallies nicely

1-6 6-3 0-0*

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Can watch Hev on bet365 for now.

jb288 · Satellite level

2-4* down in the third now.

The umpire in this match has twice overruled only to have her overrules successfully challenged. Makes you understand why players get so irate when no Hawkeye available.

Jan · Hall of fame

Come on Hev, keep battling!

PaulM · Tennis legend

Thats it

6-1 3-6 6-3

She will be disappointed by the result but I think that was such a positive performance from Heather.

She played a consistently high level, and while Makarova dipped, she had just enough in the end to dig into to take the third.

The game at 2-4* was fantastic, Heather played some cracking tennis, and whilst obviously that was a chance to break back, to be honest they were well saved.

More tennis like this and Hev will be climbing back up the rankings week by week over the rest of 2017. Hope she can keep it up.

-- Edited by PaulM on Monday 27th of August 2018 06:48:00 PM

Jan · Hall of fame

Glad to hear Heather played well - I had trouble keeping an eye on 3 matches at once!

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Often in Heather's career when she goes out of a big event like this, there's a slump of spirit, and often form, that follows for a few weeks at least.
Whoever is advising, coaching and managing her at the moment needs to get to that now, and stop it, somehow, because the form is up, and just keep at it and something good could really happen.
Next week in Chicago is a great chance to continue the uptick. The field is shaping up to be quite strong, but quite even. In this form, Heather could make it through qualifying and win main draw matches. Building again on Vancouver and qualifiction in Flushing Meadows, and making a useful springboard from which to approach Asia.
Got to keep that head up though, don't let the improvement melt away in lingering disappointments from today.