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Ace Ventura wrote:

Looking at the last 16, you'd think this was a strong W60 / normal W100. Only seeds 6, 7, and 8 remain, and pretty much everyone will have played at least one ITF event within the last 6 months. Heather is the 7th seed, and Katie plays the 6th seed, but there's no obvious favourite left. In fact, someone (not me, ha) always put the pre tournament outright odds up on TF, and 11 of the top 16 favourites (excluding qualifiers) have bitten the dust already.

 

Another abysmal defeat for Sloane Stephens, this time against  potential Mexican FC opponent.

 

Last year the semi finals were

 

Kenin vs Andreescu

Vekic vs Y Wang (,who went on to take the title)



-- Edited by Ace Ventura on Wednesday 26th of February 2020 07:42:31 AM

 For what it is worth, tennis abstract have Heather as their favourite to win the event, albeit there are several players very close to her and she is only circa 12 per cent chance. Ie wide open! 

 

http://www.tennisabstract.com/current/2020WTAAcapulco.html



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Well done Katie, great turn around. Very pleased for her.

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Nice to see wins for both our ladies.
Dunno what has happened to Sloane though - never the most consistent of players it's true but she seems to have fallen off a cliff the past few months and seemingly can't buy a win.

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Both matches on court and on Amazon Prime. And both are 3-3 after breaks both ways.

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First set tie break in Boulter match, had twice been a break down in the set.
Boulter serving first
*1-0
1-1*
1-2*
*2-2
2-3*
2-4*
*2-5
*2-6 Boulter double fault
2-7 Boulter forehand in the net

First set to Zhu 7-6 (7-2)
Boulter gave away too many cheap points in the tiebreak


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But Heather wins her first set tb 7-2

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Heather now in a first set tie break, Heather was a break up at 3-1 but got pegged back. Bondarenko served for the set at 5-3 and got broken and Heather served for the set at 6-5 but got broke.

Bondarenko to serve first
*0-1
1-1*
1-2*
*1-3 Bondarenko DF
*1-4 forehand pass down the line by Heather 
1-5*
2-5*
*2-6
*2-7

First set to Heather 7-6 (7-2)




-- Edited by dougie on Wednesday 26th of February 2020 11:20:18 PM

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Boulter up a break at *2-1 in the 2nd set

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Hev takes her tie-break by the same score 7-2. Match swinging one way then the other. Should come through though, if she can sort out that second serve.

Didn't realise Bondarenko's ranking was so low

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Bondarenko is just coming back to the tour having had her 2nd child. She played just 4 matches in 2019 towards the end of the year.



-- Edited by dougie on Wednesday 26th of February 2020 11:30:30 PM

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Heather up 3-0 in the 2nd set

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Thanks dougie - I thought it was either that (since it is becoming common now !), or a major injury. Hadn't got round to looking it up yet.

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Boulter up 4-2, doing well on her 1st serve but struggling on the 2nd serve.

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Heather 4-1* up in the 2nd set

Boulter broken back and is serving to stay in the match *4-5

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Now serving to stay in the match, *4-5.

Hev is hopefully on her way though.

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