Getting a bit of a pasting at the moment...now 1*-5....

Harriet on the wrong end of a 1-6 scoreline, but apart from the first game, every one has gone to at least 30, although Harriet didn't get a break point at all in the first set.

Break, break back, break again, hold now 3*-5

emmsie69 wrote:

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Better start to 2nd set, Harriet has the break 2-3*. We moan about her 2nd serve but as bad as it is she still often gets a higher % off it than her opponent manages on their 2nd serve.

-- Edited by emmsie69 on Tuesday 17th of August 2021 05:05:35 PM

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 There was an interesting theory proposed by Naomi B in last week's commentary on the Fernandez match that she deliberately serves low speed so she can draw an aggressive return and then feed off its pace.

Priesty wrote:

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emmsie69 wrote:

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Better start to 2nd set, Harriet has the break 2-3*. We moan about her 2nd serve but as bad as it is she still often gets a higher % off it than her opponent manages on their 2nd serve.

-- Edited by emmsie69 on Tuesday 17th of August 2021 05:05:35 PM

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 There was an interesting theory proposed by Naomi B in last week's commentary on the Fernandez match that she deliberately serves low speed so she can draw an aggressive return and then feed off its pace.

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Interesting. Very small survey but there have certainly been recent Harriet matches where, counting both getting the serve in and subsequently winning the point, her second serve has been more successful than her first. 

indiana wrote:

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Now needs to hold and then win the subsequent TB.

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 Done 

Priesty wrote:

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emmsie69 wrote:

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Better start to 2nd set, Harriet has the break 2-3*. We moan about her 2nd serve but as bad as it is she still often gets a higher % off it than her opponent manages on their 2nd serve.

-- Edited by emmsie69 on Tuesday 17th of August 2021 05:05:35 PM

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 There was an interesting theory proposed by Naomi B in last week's commentary on the Fernandez match that she deliberately serves low speed so she can draw an aggressive return and then feed off its pace.

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 I can see the logic as the receiver has to generate all the pace themselves rather than use the pace from the serve which means the servers 2nd point is the sweet spot as they have a bit more time to position and a little less pace of ball coming at them.