Week 49 - ITF (W100+H) Dubai, UAE Hard

the addict · Tennis legend

Week 48 - ITF (W100+H) Dubai, UAE Hard

PaulM · Tennis legend

*5-2 becomes *5-4

PaulM · Tennis legend

2 set points. Double fault. Gets it.

Phew.

6-4 0-0*

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Some good serves there from Hev, to close out the set.

6-4

Fair score, she was always in the lead, and the slightly better player.

But it's close......

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

comfortable second set by comparison, so far, 5-2 and serving...

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Nice win, Hev.

Always with the upper hand.

PaulM · Tennis legend

Really nice performance and so wonderful to see that big beaming smile!

Looks like Babos/Mladenovic have pulled out of doubles, which is a little frustrating.

ROSAMUND · Futures level

Does Heather play Siniakova next?

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Nice comfortable win there, good to see. Siniakova up next - most of the seeds have made the QF, Mladenovic a notable exception (Hev's partner Blinkova the other).

Kovinic (8/9) vs Ruse (Q)
Watson (3) vs Siniakova (5)
Galfi (WC)/ Krejcikova (6) vs Cocciaretto (Q) / Cirstea
Hercog (2) vs Rus (7)

Peter too · Tennis legend

R2: WATSON, Heather (GBR) 3 59 def FLIPKENS, Kirsten (BEL) 85 6-4 6-2

QF: WATSON, Heather (GBR) 3 59 (CH=38 2015) v SINIAKOVA, Katerina (CZE) 5 64 (CH=31 2018)

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

7 straight wins (and the early retirement), so play over and the QFs set.

Kovinic (8/9) vs Ruse (Q)
Watson (3) vs Siniakova (5)
Krejcikova (6) vs Cirstea
Hercog (2) vs Rus (7)

Apart from Ruse, and maybe one or two other tweaks, I don't think that won't be too far off what many would have expected when the draw was made. 7 of the 8 players ranked inside top 86.

Looking forward to seeing Thursday's OOP when it's released, and whether they'll be using one court or two, when play will begin (hopefully not 6.30am), and whether Heather will be on the TV stream again.

-- Edited by Ace Ventura on Wednesday 9th of December 2020 02:35:49 PM

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

www.itftennis.com/en/tournament/w100plush-dubai/uae/2020/w-itf-uae-01a-2020/order-of-play/

Thursdays order of play out. All 4 singles matches on Court 1. Heather second on, so probably 8/8.30ish our time (depending on how Rus vs Hercog at 6.30am goes). Assuming Dubai Sports TV keep the schedule they have been using all week, she won't be on the multi camera / replay stream (that'll be the final 2 matches), but there'll be a regular fixed ITF stream at least.

I guess Rus and Heather kind of had to be on the earlier matches with them playing against each other in the doubles later.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Ace Ventura wrote:
7 straight wins (and the early retirement), so play over and the QFs set.

Kovinic (8/9) vs Ruse (Q)
Watson (3) vs Siniakova (5)
Krejcikova (6) vs Cirstea
Hercog (2) vs Rus (7)

Apart from Ruse, and maybe one or two other tweaks, I don't think that won't be too far off what many would have expected when the draw was made. 7 of the 8 players ranked inside top 86.

Looking forward to seeing Thursday's OOP when it's released, and whether they'll be using one court or two, when play will begin (hopefully not 6.30am), and whether Heather will be on the TV stream again.

-- Edited by Ace Ventura on Wednesday 9th of December 2020 02:35:49 PM

Clearly we are looking at a Ruse v Rus final here

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Ace Ventura wrote:
www.itftennis.com/en/tournament/w100plush-dubai/uae/2020/w-itf-uae-01a-2020/order-of-play/

Thursdays order of play out. All 4 singles matches on Court 1. Heather second on, so probably 8/8.30ish our time (depending on how Rus vs Hercog at 6.30am goes). Assuming Dubai Sports TV keep the schedule they have been using all week, she won't be on the multi camera / replay stream (that'll be the final 2 matches), but there'll be a regular fixed ITF stream at least.

I guess Rus and Heather kind of had to be on the earlier matches with them playing against each other in the doubles later.

Heather is also on doubles duty tomorrow, last on court, not before 1130 gmt.

HowardDubai · Junior player

Heather lost the first set 2-6. Too many unforced errors against a very strong hard hitting opponent.