Week 26 - Wimbledon - London (grass) - women's main draw

Jan · Hall of fame

RE: Week 26 - Wimbledon - London (grass) - women's main draw

dodrade · Satellite level

DavidC wrote:
Emma has been moved to court 12 starting at 6.30pm

Can't see her on any of the RB channels.

the addict · Tennis legend

dodrade wrote:
DavidC wrote:
Emma has been moved to court 12 starting at 6.30pm
Can't see her on any of the RB channels.

Doesn't usually show until the match actually starts. Should be there now

indiana · Tennis legend

junior wrote:
Women's draw starting to look a little thin already

Certainly top rankings-wise with only 3 of the top 11 in the rankings through to R3 ( Barty, Sabalenka and Swiatek ). Missing for one reason or another are Osaka, Halep, Svitolina, Kenin, Andreescu, S Williams, Kvitova and Bencic.

Though on this year's form, including the French Open, 8 of the top 11 in the race are through to R3 ( Barty, Krejcikova, Sabalenka, Swiatek, Muguruza, Pavlyuchenkova, Gauff and Mertens ), Osaka and Brady are not here, and only Sakkari has been beaten.

So at least we have form players as opposed to the overall rankings which of course currently include some points from much further back than usual. Hopefully we will retain a decent number of them into the later stages rather than another pretty new and unexpected cast list.

-- Edited by indiana on Thursday 1st of July 2021 05:55:17 PM

Ian1314 · Lower Club Player

the addict wrote:
dodrade wrote:
DavidC wrote:
Emma has been moved to court 12 starting at 6.30pm
Can't see her on any of the RB channels.
Doesn't usually show until the match actually starts. Should be there now

Unfortunately not yet, but is on i-player, which is less convenient and she leads 3-1

the addict · Tennis legend

Make that *4-1 and bossing the match so far

Priesty · Challenger level

How do you get i-Player? I've gone on and it says Cannot Book Programme.

Ian1314 · Lower Club Player

Priesty wrote:
How do you get i-Player? I've gone on and it says Cannot Book Programme.

BBC site - go to i=player and register.

However I have a feeling it will come onto telly soon.

It's on red button 6 but could be BBC 2 soon

-- Edited by Ian1314 on Thursday 1st of July 2021 06:10:47 PM

RedSquirrel · Satellite level

superb!

wales1994 · Club Coach

Raducanu played that first set like a seasoned top 100 player. Truly impressive stuff so far!

the addict · Tennis legend

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p09ls3z5/wimbledon-raducanu-v-vondrousova-court-12

PaulM · Tennis legend

Now live on BBC 2.

Had a break point at the start of the second. Vondrousova upping her level now a little.

6-2 *0-1

Lovely listening to Mel South in the booth too, I like her as a commentator.

wales1994 · Club Coach

Emma crumbling away a little bit in this second set now... it is a big ask!

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Not sure about crumbling.....V is playing better too.....

wales1994 · Club Coach

PaulM wrote:
Now live on BBC 2.

Had a break point at the start of the second. Vondrousova upping her level now a little.

6-2 *0-1

Lovely listening to Mel South in the booth too, I like her as a commentator.

Mel South is the player who got me into tennis! I was 11 and was watching her beat Schiavone on the TV. I remember running out in the summer sun and trying to get a hit in straight away.