Week 14 - WTA500 ($566K) Charleston, USA Clay

dodrade · Futures qualifying

Week 14 - WTA500 ($566K) Charleston, USA Clay

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Won as many games here after 2, than she did in either set vs Min.

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

dodrade wrote:
How come Muguruza gets a bye when others had withdrawn opponents replaced?

She's the 6th seed, top 8 players all get a bye here.

Or has she got a bye into R3?

-- Edited by Ace Ventura on Monday 5th of April 2021 08:40:18 PM

emmsie69 · Top national player

Ace Ventura wrote:
Won as many games here after 2, than she did in either set vs Min.

It's too early to get excited but 2 games is progress. I thought she'd do well to get 2 games in the entire match (and she still might only get those 2 games)

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

emmsie69 wrote:
Ace Ventura wrote:
Won as many games here after 2, than she did in either set vs Min.
It's too early to get excited but 2 games is progress. I thought she'd do well to get 2 games in the entire match (and she still might only get those 2 games)

And I missed them both as I was watching the closing stages of a match in Bogota. Tuned in to that prior game, so no doubt 2-6 0-6 it is...

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

That'll do.

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Holding her own, 3-5* back to 5-5*.

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

8-8 in the TB, Poots has had 7 SPs, but Dart just had her first there. Thought it was going to be Zhu all over again.

Edit, that's a pity. 6-7(8). Thought she was going to nick that. Great effort though.

-- Edited by Ace Ventura on Monday 5th of April 2021 09:33:18 PM

indiana · Tennis legend

Bah. But again looks a great fight.

the addict · Tennis legend

Cracking match, hope she can keep this up.

PaulM · Tennis legend

If she'd stolen that seat it would really have been a steal! Although she did have a point for *3-0 so she had opportunities herself. Far more impressive today than in qualies. Nice reminder of how much fun she can be to watch! Really digs in.

-- Edited by PaulM on Monday 5th of April 2021 09:41:50 PM

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Harriet lost 6-7(8) 4-6 unfortunately. She did have a MTO at 3-2* in the second for some sort of elbow injury, I thought it was a weird bite or something first, but a really good effort, and while I didn't see the Min match, I can imagine it being a big improvement. It makes the tournament a lot better IMO, still an easy 13 points in the bag, so something to show for it, and now ending with an encouraging, spirited display in an unexpected bonus match, rather than ending with a seemingly routine loss. She was 2-0 up in both sets.

Hopefully BJK Cup for her next week, which we should find out tomorrow.

dodrade · Futures qualifying

Watched the first set, frustrating to see her repeatedly go so close but fall just short.

Strange how often the ball didn't bounce and simply went flat at times.

-- Edited by dodrade on Tuesday 6th of April 2021 01:59:06 AM

-- Edited by dodrade on Tuesday 6th of April 2021 01:59:20 AM

HarryGem · Club Coach

Well that was a pretty decent effort from Harriet. Infact I'd say it was a bit of a lost opportunity.

I thought the quality of the court surface itself was very poor for this level of competition. Quite a few poor bounces.

Putintseva was truly terrible at times and very good at others. Harriet's lack of experience on the surface exposed her at the end. Some encouraging signs though.