Week 37 - WTA250 Portoroz, Slovenia Hard

Jajon · Club Coach

RE: Week 37 - WTA250 Portoroz, Slovenia Hard

Peter too · Tennis legend

Q2: MURRAY SHARAN, Samantha (GBR) 265 lost to BRONZETTI, Lucia (ITA) 4 172 2-6 3-6
Q2: BOULTER, Katie (GBR) 6 190 def FETECAU, Irina (ROM) 12 253 7-6(4) 6-2

R1: WATSON, Heather (GBR) 64lost to CIRSTEA, Sorana (ROU) 4 39 1-6 3-6
R1: BOULTER, Katie (GBR) Q 171 (CH=82 2019) v ZAVATSKA, Katarina (UKR) 135 (CH=103 2020)
They played in 2019 with Katie winning 7-5 in the third.

dodrade · Futures qualifying

Good to see Katie get through qualifying again.

Heather having an annus horriblis, needs to reset in the off-season.

Steve J · Lower Club Player

It is not unusual for Ms. Watson to go out in the first round of a tournament. It is the norm. For the last few years, Ms. Watson has survived on a few good tournaments a year.

Does anybody know who, if anybody, was coaching her at this tournament?

PaulM · Tennis legend

Katie missed multiple points for 3-1*, now *2-3

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Watching Katie playing now, I'm not sure she would get a game off Emma.

emmsie69 · Top national player

Julia Carrot wrote:
Watching Katie playing now, I'm not sure she would get a game off Emma.

Absolutely no point comparing them right now and particularly not in the 1st few games of any Katie Boulter. She's notoriously slow out of the blocks, takes a while for her to wake up

Julia Carrot · All-time great

emmsie69 wrote:
Julia Carrot wrote:
Watching Katie playing now, I'm not sure she would get a game off Emma.
Absolutely no point comparing them right now and particularly not in the 1st few games of any Katie Boulter. She's notoriously slow out of the blocks, takes a while for her to wake up

I'm sure you are right. I felt a bit bad after making the comment but having watched no other matches but Emma's since Wimbledon the contrast was rather glaring to me.

I seem to have reverse jinxed her anyway now

-- Edited by Julia Carrot on Tuesday 14th of September 2021 11:13:23 AM

PaulM · Tennis legend

Katie missed a set point at 5-3*, was broken to love at *5-4, broke again, missed two more set points at *40-15, won an absolute lung buster at deuce, and finally dragged herself over the line. Well done.

7-5 0-0*

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Not watching it but great that she's scraped the first set.

Would be nice if she could manage to not make it such a long-drawn out battle - she has the attack weapons, if only someone would give her the confidence to use them - you slightly fear for her otherwise

Here's to an easier second set .....

PaulM · Tennis legend

Katie ends a streak of 5 breaks with a love hold

4-2*

DF · Tennis legend

Katie won 7-5 6-3

Well done smile

paulisi · Tennis legend

Good win for Katie.

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Well done Katie. Nice shot to seal the match.

paulisi · Tennis legend

Christian or Puti next - prize money is pretty poor for this tournament.