Week 11 - WTA 250 $235K Abierto Seguros, Mexico Hard

the addict · Tennis legend

RE: Week 11 - WTA 250 $235K Abierto Seguros, Mexico Hard

ROSAMUND · Futures level

the addict wrote:
ROSAMUND wrote:
Harriet lost 6-4 7-5. Will she qualify as a lucky loser?
I'm hearing Kucova won the lucky loser draw

Harriet not as lucky as last week then.

the addict · Tennis legend

Osorio Serrano got one of the Q v Q spots, playing Juvan the Q1 seed. Lucky loser Kucova wan't so lucky - she plays Sloane Stevens, the top seed.

the addict · Tennis legend

Katie is first match on the main court tomorrow. Heather plays her doubles second match on court 4

L16:- V. Gracheva (RUS)/K. Juvan(SLO) CR1085 (494+591, but singles 94+91) v H. Watson (GBR)/S. Zheng (CHN) CR149 (121+28)

the addict · Tennis legend

I'm also hearing that Harriet is now first alternate for the main draw - so any withdrawals over the next two days .......

ROSAMUND · Futures level

the addict wrote:
Osorio Serrano got one of the Q v Q spots, playing Juvan the Q1 seed. Lucky loser Kucova wan't so lucky - she plays Sloane Stevens, the top seed.

I think it is Sloane Stephens not Sloane Stevens. However I think drawing Sloane at the moment is not such a bad thing as she's not in the form that once saw her win the US Open.

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

I was just going to say, I'll be quite interested to see how the bookies price up Stephens vs Kuckova. Name-wise you would think/hope it would be a straightforward win, but Stephens has astonishingly lost 22 of her last 30 matches since losing to JoKo at Wimbledon 2019, 7 of them against players outside the top 100 (like Kuckova), and while Gracheva is a step up on Kuckova, Gracheva was the 1.7 (just under 8/11) pre match favourite to beat Sloane in her last outing, and subsequently won 6-2 6-2. When you see her record over the past 20 months or so, she really is one of main benefactors of the current ranking system, and lucky to be seeded, but maybe a shot at a sub 150 LL could finally be spark needed to get something going?

dodrade · Futures qualifying

ROSAMUND wrote:
the addict wrote:
ROSAMUND wrote:
Harriet lost 6-4 7-5. Will she qualify as a lucky loser?
I'm hearing Kucova won the lucky loser draw
Harriet not as lucky as last week then.

Pretty disappointing after such a good win previously.

flamingowings · All-time great

Ace Ventura wrote:
I was just going to say, I'll be quite interested to see how the bookies price up Stephens vs Kuckova. Name-wise you would think/hope it would be a straightforward win, but Stephens has astonishingly lost 22 of her last 30 matches since losing to JoKo at Wimbledon 2019, 7 of them against players outside the top 100 (like Kuckova), and while Gracheva is a step up on Kuckova, Gracheva was the 1.7 (just under 8/11) pre match favourite to beat Sloane in her last outing, and subsequently won 6-2 6-2. When you see her record over the past 20 months or so, she really is one of main benefactors of the current ranking system, and lucky to be seeded, but maybe a shot at a sub 150 LL could finally be spark needed to get something going?

Sloane also recently lost several family members due to covid but has been generally poor with flashes of brilliance since her slam win.

ROSAMUND · Futures level

Mentioning Jo and Sloane reminds one she was a great match up for Jo in 2019. It started in Brisbane, where Jo won and followed up with Jo winning in Rome, Paris and Wimbledon,.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Katie Boulter is due on court around 6 pm British time today. She opens play on the second court.

Heather is playing her doubles , second match on court 4 at c. 7.15pm.

-- Edited by JonH comes home on Monday 15th of March 2021 01:33:08 PM

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

flamingowings wrote:
Ace Ventura wrote:
I was just going to say, I'll be quite interested to see how the bookies price up Stephens vs Kuckova. Name-wise you would think/hope it would be a straightforward win, but Stephens has astonishingly lost 22 of her last 30 matches since losing to JoKo at Wimbledon 2019, 7 of them against players outside the top 100 (like Kuckova), and while Gracheva is a step up on Kuckova, Gracheva was the 1.7 (just under 8/11) pre match favourite to beat Sloane in her last outing, and subsequently won 6-2 6-2. When you see her record over the past 20 months or so, she really is one of main benefactors of the current ranking system, and lucky to be seeded, but maybe a shot at a sub 150 LL could finally be spark needed to get something going?
Sloane also recently lost several family members due to covid but has been generally poor with flashes of brilliance since her slam win.

Yeah, I did read about her losing some members on TF unfortunately, but her decline has been so longstanding that it's hard to tell if that had any impact on her actual results. She won Miami, and reached the FO and WTA finals since her slam win, which is solid, but there's basically been nothing since mid 2019.

She has been made the circa 1/2 (1.5) favourite for what it's worth.

Jaggy1876 · Grand Slam Champion

Harriet in as a lucky loser to play Heather.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Jaggy1876 wrote:
Harriet in as a lucky loser to play Heather.

Seriously ?

Well, that's a win-win situation biggrin

Harriet shouldn't be there anyway so that's all upside.

And Heather gets an 'easier' match

And we get a guaranteed second round

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Harriet is getting to be a very lucky loser this past two weeks!

I hope Heather can win this being honest, I would be worried if she doesnt have the game to overcome Harriet