Week 36 - WTA 125K Series ($162K) - New Haven, CT, USA - hard

Ian1314 · Lower Club Player

RE: Week 36 - WTA 125K Series ($162K) - New Haven, CT, USA - hard

DF · Tennis legend

Back at 4-4

Jajon · Club Coach

Only saw the last game but that was a very nice drop shot to win it with

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Thought that MP was going to drift agonisingly wide, but stayed in and that's another very good win - she seems to have SSTs number smile

The more points she can get here the better (obviously) with WTA Quebec SF points dropping off soon.

Ian1314 · Lower Club Player

Watched the last game also; too nervous to watch until then.

Hopefully this will give her confidence.

the addict · Tennis legend

Didn't realise this was available anywhere - or I would have watched. A good win against a higher ranked player - Hev heading the right way.

mbturner · Lower Club Player

Takes it 6-4. Well done Heather, a rare win against a higher ranked player. Strange match. Heather was superb in the first set, aggressive and dominant making her opponent run around. Second set she became timid, trading sliced forehands and backhands and rushing forward with almost 0% success. She threw her racquet and started to play with her shoes which usually signals the end is nigh. Third set was a roller coaster and could have gone either way but Heather was the stronger player and deserved to win. Hopefully lessons have been learned and she can go further. She will enjoy the doubles later anyway.

Jan · Hall of fame

I didn't realise this was being played, oops! Well done Hev!!

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

mbturner wrote:
Takes it 6-4. Well done Heather, a rare win against a higher ranked player. Strange match. Heather was superb in the first set, aggressive and dominant making her opponent run around. Second set she became timid, trading sliced forehands and backhands and rushing forward with almost 0% success. She threw her racquet and started to play with her shoes which usually signals the end is nigh. Third set was a roller coaster and could have gone either way but Heather was the stronger player and deserved to win. Hopefully lessons have been learned and she can go further. She will enjoy the doubles later anyway.

I was just looking into this. She's only had 7 of these in the past 12 months, but 4 have been since the grass (and 2 in North America against today's opponent), so there is progress there. The one win that massively stands out is Kenin in Beijing last October - I'm sure it would have been considered a pretty big upset at the time, but if it happned today, it would be huge.

mbturner · Lower Club Player

Heather plays Danielle Lao next. This is opening up nicely for a very successful week.

indiana · Tennis legend

QF: Naomi Broady & Fanny Stollar (HUN) CR 219 (120+99) beat Nicole Gibbs (USA) & Heather Watson CR 319 (203+116) by 6-4 7-6(4)

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SF: Naomi Broady & Fanny Stollar (HUN) CR 219 (120+99) vs Usue Maitane Arconada & Jamie Loeb (USA/USA) CR 405 (170+235)

The Americans comfortably beat the Japanese top seeds in the QF.

indiana · Tennis legend

L16: (11) Heather Watson WR 101 beat (6) Sara Sorribes Tormo WR 83 (CH 64 in June) by 6-3 4-6 6-4

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QF. (11) Heather Watson WR 101 vs Danielle Lao (USA) WR 174 (CH 152 in April)

Lao beat the top seed Gasparyan in the L32 but on a first set retirement.

Strongbow · All-time great

Ian1314 wrote:
Watched the last game also; too nervous to watch until then.
Hopefully this will give her confidence.

If you w wattch Heather live you need a big sofa wink

-- Edited by Strongbow on Friday 6th of September 2019 02:06:32 AM

vohor · Grand Slam Champion

Great to see Heather gettings some win here and, with the top seed retiring in her QF to ease the path, fingers crossed Heather can go all the way this week :)

DF · Tennis legend

Heather's QF against Danielle Lao is underway