Week 6 - Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia Hard

DelayedReaction · Lower Club Player

Week 6 - Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia Hard

flamingowings · All-time great

Yay, Heather! Good to see, esp after going out immediately in the Grampians tournament for players in the hard quarantine.

flamingowings · All-time great

Mladenovic beats (20) Sakkari in 3 sets, in a very WTA scoreline 6-2 0-6 6-3.

indiana · Tennis legend

Kiki Mladenovic beat (20) Sakkari 6-2 0-6 6-3

I had a cheeky wee bet on Sakkari at 7/2 when Kiki led 5-2* in the final set, having such faith in Kiki. Err, well done to her.

ROSAMUND · Futures level

ROSAMUND wrote:
This is the ultimate pessimist but if our 3 players should all lose in the first round it would be the 3rd grand slam singles in a row where none of our female players had beaten foreign opposition.

-- Edited by ROSAMUND on Monday 8th of February 2021 05:56:16 PM

Just seen the good news Heather won beating the same opponent as last year.Pegula beat Azarenka which is a surprise. Fran is on a court where there has been a long 1st round mens match.

ROSAMUND · Futures level

With most of the big guns in the bottom half of the draw , Azarenka and Sakkari in the same part in the top half have both been beaten. Sakkari is one of the highest ranked players never to have reached the last 8 of a GS. Heather plays either Kontaveit or Saznovich next. Gauff plays Svitolina next.

emmsie69 · Top national player

Is Heather the 1st hard quarantiner to make it to the 2nd round? I think 3 of the 4 seeds out so far were in hard quarantine.

ETA Sakkari also hard quarantine so all 4 of them. This is what all the complaints were about, it wasn't hard quarantine, it was hard quarantine then having to play grand slam matches within 10 days, the 2 aren't compatible if we want to see a proper, competitive Slam.

-- Edited by emmsie69 on Tuesday 9th of February 2021 05:27:17 AM

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Well done heather seems a well fought battle and a good win! It was 84-82 points overall so just a whisker in it, the 2 points that won each tie breaker !

Andy Parker · Club Coach

Well done Heather, nice win in what on paper was probably an even money match - now waiting for Fran and Jo Ko; will need to keep a close watch on the schedule as Fran's match is almost certain to move court, as the matches on her court are moving too slowly for her to get on normally, and Fognini v Herbert will probably be a fiver setter, when they eventually get on - still on the second match on Fran's court, Wang v Vekic, when I last looked. I'm going to die of caffeine poisoning, by the time Fran's match starts (and I'm supposed to be working later - my poor customers!).

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

As well as Sakkari, Azarenka and Zhang also out from seeds today.

DF · Tennis legend

Well done Heather. smile

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Heather down to play her doubles opener tomorrow. Good to keep playing at this stage.

Jan · Hall of fame

Fabulous!!! Well done Heather biggrin biggrin

the addict · Tennis legend

indiana wrote:
Kiki Mladenovic beat (20) Sakkari 6-2 0-6 6-3

I had a cheeky wee bet on Sakkari at 7/2 when Kiki led 5-2* in the final set, having such faith in Kiki. Err, well done to her.

I got 9/2 on Mladenovich on Sunday wink

Well done Heather, knew that would be a close one.

flamingowings · All-time great

Mayar Sherif becomes the first Egyptian woman to win a main draw at a slam, ever. Plays the winner of Jo's match.

-- Edited by flamingowings on Tuesday 9th of February 2021 07:57:53 AM