indiana wrote:

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emmsie69 wrote:

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1 point in it at the end. I don't think it's fair to criticise, she dug deep and won, if she was that bad it doesn't say much about Doi

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I think honest criticism and praise is fair enough. As are honest alternative viewpoints.

I didn't see any of the match and it is good to get various views.

Super reult anyway, well done Harriet. 

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 Agree with this. Like you I didn't get to see the match but the result is important and great for Harriet. What I want to see now is at least a fighting effort from Harriet in the next round. Against the top players last year she came up embarrasingly short so even a 6-3 6-3 defeat would be an improvement.

I was impressed with Katie B from what I saw. She seemed to be hitting the ball cleanly on the forehand side. Shame it was such a tough first round draw. Her interview afterwards indicated she was going to play Acapulco and Indian Wells (?) as well as consideration to Fed Cup in the next few days.

A round up where we are thus far. A great result for Harriet, and an encouraging performance by Katie. I'd have been intrigued actually to see her play Jabeur. Have a feeling she'd have done better than Jo, who has raised far more questions than answers in her brief appearance here. Let's hope Heather can follow the Harriet route...

R128: Joanna KONTA (GBR) [12] 13 lost to Ons JABEUR (TUN) 78 (CH:51 Sept 19) 4-6 2-6
R128: Katie BOULTER (GBR) 315 lost to Elina SVITOLINA (UKR) [5] 5 (CH:3 Sept 17) 4-6 5-7
R128: Harriet DART (GBR) 173 def Misaki DOI (JPN) 82 (CH:30 July 16) 2-6 6-4 7-6(10)

R128: Heather WATSON (GBR) 75 vs Kristyna PLISKOVA (CZE) 64 (CH:35 July 17)

R64: Harriet DART (GBR) 173 vs Simona HALEP (ROU) [4] 3 (CH:1 Oct 17)

-- Edited by Michael D on Tuesday 21st of January 2020 07:35:03 PM

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A round up where we are thus far. A great result for Harriet, and an encouraging performance by Katie. I'd have been intrigued actually to see her play Jabeur. Have a feeling she'd have done better than Jo, who has raised far more questions than answers in her brief appearance here. Let's hope Heather can follow the Harriet route...

R128: Joanna KONTA (GBR) [12] 13 lost to Ons JABEUR (TUN) 78 (CH:51 Sept 19) 4-6 2-6
R128: Katie BOULTER (GBR) 315 lost to Elina SVITOLINA (UKR) [5] 5 (CH:3 Sept 17) 4-6 5-7
R128: Harriet DART (GBR) 173 def Misaki DOI (JPN) 82 (CH:30 July 16) 2-6 6-4 7-6(10)

R128: Heather WATSON (GBR) 75 vs Kristyna PLISKOVA (CZE) 64 (CH:35 July 17)

R64: Harriet DART (GBR) 173 vs Simona HALEP (ROU) [4] 3 (CH:1 Oct 17)

Having played 2 matches in the last 4 months  it looks like another month will elapse before she plays again. Not playing Fed Cup. No wonder she was talking about PR's. On comment I did read about the Jabeur match was that her serve was 5 to 10 miles slower than it was before her knee problems.

-- Edited by Michael D on Tuesday 21st of January 2020 07:35:03 PM

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It is windy out there. Some of Heathers best results have been at Eastbourne and Hobart which are traditionally windy tournaments so hopefully shell be able to get through this one.
Not a pretty watch though

Heather lost first set. Im going to sleep so I might/probs will wake up looking like booboo the fool, but genuinely think she still has a good chance of coming through here.

Heather 4-6 6-3 0-0*