Week 41 - WTA International ($500k) - Tianjin, China - Hard

the addict · Tennis legend

Week 41 - WTA International ($500k) - Tianjin, China - Hard

mbturner · Lower Club Player

It's all Bondarenko, either winners or unforced errors. Heather is an interested spectator.

Michael D · All-time great

mbturner wrote:
It's all Bondarenko, either winners or unforced errors. Heather is an interested spectator.

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Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

4 MPs came and went for Hev at 5-2*, and now back on serve.

flamingowings · All-time great

Ace Ventura wrote:
4 MPs came and went for Hev at 5-2*, and now back on serve.

Ouch

seagull · Hall of fame

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Coup Droit · Tennis legend

seagull wrote:
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Yep.

But she'd held now, 6-5, and I feel a break coming ........

Add: or not.....my 'feelings' obviously not too clued in this morning as Bondarenko holds to love ! ( cry smile cry )

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Monday 7th of October 2019 09:21:08 AM

mbturner · Lower Club Player

Good time to serve well 6-5.

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Dart got Nara from the Q list. Kenin withdrew before they were placed, so both teenage Wang's ended up in the main draw.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Well done, Heather !

PaulM · Tennis legend

Did well to stay calm and close it out after missing those match points

-- Edited by PaulM on Monday 7th of October 2019 09:30:09 AM

mbturner · Lower Club Player

No surprise that it ended with a Bondarenko error after Heather double faulted serving for the match. She will need to be more assertive in the next match.

ROSAMUND · Futures level

That's only Heather's 2nd singles win on the main WTA tour this year.

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Well done, nice enough draw, but as Paul says, did well to put those missed MPs behind her. Obviously the win over McNally counts as a tour win, but that's her first official tour win under the WTA banner since Quebec last year.

Wang Qiang has drawn Rodionova in the first round which is a very nice draw for her, and I guess from her POV, should she come through that one, Hev is a decent R2 draw to make the quarter final. She did unfortunately retire with cramp at 7-5 5-4 last week in Beijing R1 against Tomljanovic, don't know if anyone saw it but was awful scenes, especially from a winning position, and had to be carried off in a wheelchair, so not sure if there'll be any lasting effects there, but on paper, Hev would do well to go any further, but a very welcome 30 points minimum in the bag.

Quebec, not San Jose.

-- Edited by Ace Ventura on Monday 7th of October 2019 09:42:28 AM

the addict · Tennis legend

Don't you count WTA 125k's as main tour then, but you include qualies ?