Week 40 - WTA1000 Indian Wells, USA Hard

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Week 40 - WTA1000 Indian Wells, USA Hard

Jaggy1876 · Grand Slam Champion

I think given Emma has yet to play to play a top 10 player there will be more downs than ups, at least initially. Will be interesting to see how she copes with this. The test will be when she is up against the likes of Barty, Osaka, Muguruza etc.

Edited post as Bencic was top 16 when they played.

-- Edited by Jaggy1876 on Tuesday 5th of October 2021 01:49:02 PM

the addict · Tennis legend

I must admit that I have no expectations for Emma to win any matches over the next few weeks. She will be under a lot of pressure wherever she plays, and I think any wins will be a bonus. In fact I hope she doesn't have to play any top 10 players this year, so she can get more time being used to being on the tour.

HarryGem · Club Coach

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Heather plays Sloane Stephens.

Wow. Can't wait for the plethora of unforced errors and general lack of enthusiasm and self belief. Whoever implodes the least will win.

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Heather and Sloane were really really good friends when they were younger; I don't know if they still are ?

the addict · Tennis legend

Peter too wrote:
Q1: BOULTER, Katie (GBR) 20 157 lost to BRANTMEIER, Reese (USA) WC 757 5-7 2-6

Brantmeier lost 1 & 2 to Trevisan in Q2

Pancho P · Lower Club Player

Bet365 have Emma 6/1 fav to win I W, with a number of other players someway back at 12/ 1. Heather at 500/ 1 may interest some as a fun bet... maybe not then !

Barefoot · Lower Club Player

the addict wrote:
Peter too wrote:
Q1: BOULTER, Katie (GBR) 20 157 lost to BRANTMEIER, Reese (USA) WC 757 5-7 2-6

Brantmeier lost 1 & 2 to Trevisan in Q2

Ouch. Katie definitely needs a break. I wonder if the pressure of losing funding is affecting her and Harriet - I think theyre too old for the support programme soon and imagine thats intimidating.

noticed on the BBC today Emma talking about Jeremy Bates - seemingly hes just there to help temporarily on the side, he travelled with Katie B.

indiana · Tennis legend

the addict wrote:
Peter too wrote:
Q1: BOULTER, Katie (GBR) 20 157 lost to BRANTMEIER, Reese (USA) WC 757 5-7 2-6

Brantmeier lost 1 & 2 to Trevisan in Q2

Though to be fair since the IW entry list came out, with Trevisan ranked 106, she has won a MD round at the US Open, been runner up in a WTA 125 and won an ITF 80K title. She is now WR 66 which at entry date would easily have got her into the MD.

indiana · Tennis legend

Pancho P wrote:
Bet365 have Emma 6/1 fav to win I W, with a number of other players someway back at 12/ 1. Heather at 500/ 1 may interest some as a fun bet... maybe not then !

Interesting re Emma. She may well lose early. But if she gets on a roll again you never know.

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

indiana wrote:
the addict wrote:
Peter too wrote:
Q1: BOULTER, Katie (GBR) 20 157 lost to BRANTMEIER, Reese (USA) WC 757 5-7 2-6

Brantmeier lost 1 & 2 to Trevisan in Q2

Though to be fair since the IW entry list came out, with Trevisan ranked 106, she has won a MD round at the US Open, been runner up in a WTA 125 and won an ITF 80K title. She is now WR 66 which at entry date would easily have got her into the MD.

It's just as well Trevisan hit a bit of form as she's back out to 114 in the live rankings once French Open 2020 points drop off next week, which would have obviously been far worse if not for this revival. She lost 12 of her 13 matches from last October up until the end of May. Still a bit of work for her to do to secure her AO main draw spot.

dodrade · Futures qualifying

Surprised after everything that's happened how negative people still are about Emma's prospects going forward. I don't expect her to win every tournament but I don't see now why she should fear anyone and I don't think she does either.

GAMEOVER · Satellite level

dodrade wrote:
Surprised after everything that's happened how negative people still are about Emma's prospects going forward. I don't expect her to win every tournament but I don't see now why she should fear anyone and I don't think she does either.

I agree.Surely it's the other players fearing Emma. Looking at the draw the likes of Halep and Azarenka are injury prone these days. Bencic and Rybakina have retired in their last matches. Swiatek would be an interesting opponent these days. Emma could play Fernandez again. The last player to beat Emma is injured that is Tauson. If she plays like the US Open players will struggle to get a set of Emma.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

dodrade wrote:
Surprised after everything that's happened how negative people still are about Emma's prospects going forward. I don't expect her to win every tournament but I don't see now why she should fear anyone and I don't think she does either.

In my case its the unknown - the us open so was so out of the blue, no one really knows what to expect , its extreme speculation in a situation which is really unique. My instinct is to say it wont be a smooth ride for that reason.

whatever we all believe personally , I am sure we will all get what actually happens wrong , for better or worse!

Pancho P · Lower Club Player

dodrade wrote:
Surprised after everything that's happened how negative people still are about Emma's prospects going forward. I don't expect her to win every tournament but I don't see now why she should fear anyone and I don't think she does either.

Good points, maybe its the British caution, ha.