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RE: Week 5 - Fed Cup Qualifier - Slovakia vs GB - Bratislava (Indoor Clay)


Bet 365 have their odds out now. Slovakia 4/9 to win the tie, GB 13/8

 

Watson 1/1, AKS 8/11

Dart 9/4, Kuzmova 1/3

 

Hopefully Watson can get us off to a good start at 3pm. I see it is now listed on the BBC red button on my Sky planner. I'll follow it at work (listen to it in the background), but record to skim through when back home, assuming it's not 2 routine defeats.



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the addict wrote:

No, much as I'l like Naiktha and Emma to get a match for the experience, I would think Heather and Harriet would play all the live rubbers. Katie might get a chance if we lose the first three.


 Katie, assuming she's not ill, will be the reserve singles player in case of injury or illness to Heather/Harriet. She isn't there just to play in a meaningless rubber, she's there to win a crucial singles match if called upon. That's the way I see it anyway.

 

Agreed, I wasn't ignoring her, just stating my thoughts



-- Edited by the addict on Thursday 6th of February 2020 08:12:47 PM

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The bookies are usually right. Every point hard earned so far. A break down 1-2.

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2-2. 6th break point converted.

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Broken again 2-3. AKS playing more like her career high than current ranking.

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2-6.



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Clay helps AKS reduce the silly errors and gives her time she needs. And Heather doesn't hit the ball hard enough to get the clean winner on this surface.

It's a close match but the Slovak is winning every mini battle.

 

Hev shouldn't have lost that fifth game from 30-0 up

 



-- Edited by PaulM on Friday 7th of February 2020 04:01:45 PM

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Heather hasn't played the drop shot since the 2nd game, she needs to start bringing AKS forward and off the baseline.



-- Edited by foobarbaz on Friday 7th of February 2020 04:05:18 PM

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2 more break points missed

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Extremely poor performance in a must win match. AKS was good but Heather wasted pretty much every chance she got and was completely outclassed.

Harriet needs a miracle here.

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PaulM wrote:

Extremely poor performance in a must win match. AKS was good but Heather wasted pretty much every chance she got and was completely outclassed.

Harriet needs a miracle here.


 Yes. Very one-sided. 



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22 winners to 43 unforced errors.

 



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Closer than it looks. Heather had nine break points but only took one. I thought both played well but AKS had the edge.

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PaulM wrote:

Extremely poor performance in a must win match. AKS was good but Heather wasted pretty much every chance she got and was completely outclassed.

Harriet needs a miracle here.


It will be tough because it's away, and probably on Kuzmova's best surface, and Harriets worst, but if you look at that Race to Tokyo thread, which is rankings post Roland Garros, which is like 8 months, so a considerable period, Harriet is 117, and Kuzmova is 127, and she has been in woeful form (relatively) since losing to Konta at Roland Garros, but yes, in an ideal world, Hev would have got a W, and this would have been a less pressured, not far off a free hit for Harriet, but it's now pretty much must win. Not ideal.



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