Week 1 - WTA500 International - Adelaide, Australia Hard

Peter too · Tennis legend

Week 1 - WTA500 International - Adelaide, Australia Hard

flamingowings · All-time great

Katie is a set and a break up at 7-6(4) *3-1

-- Edited by flamingowings on Sunday 2nd of January 2022 04:03:19 AM

flamingowings · All-time great

Heather also playing doubles here, with Shelby Rogers (USA).

Edited: draw

(WC) Priscilla Hon & Charlotte Kempenaers-Pocz (AUS/AUS) WR 2024 (559+1465) vs Shelby Rogers & Heather Watson (USA/GBR) WR 184 (73+111)

Kempenaers-Pocz is 17.

-- Edited by flamingowings on Sunday 2nd of January 2022 04:48:38 AM

flamingowings · All-time great

Q1: BOULTER, Katie (GBR) 8 149 defeats STEFANINI, Lucrezia (ITA) 177 7-6(4) 6-1

FQR: BOULTER, Katie (GBR) 8 149 (CH=82 2019) v Daria Saville (AUS) 419 (CH=20 Aug 2017). She is coming back from achilles tendon surgery as she didn't play for most of 2021. She beat (4)Caty McNally in Q1.
(formerly Gavrilova - recently married Luke Saville)

brittak · Satellite level

Well done Katie. I was a bit nervous about this match as Katie can sometimes take a while to get up and running.

Tricky Q2 though against an opponent coming back from injury.

PaulM · Tennis legend

Nice one Katie. Fran starting now.

Emma has withdrawn from Melbourne which is a shame.

Jan · Hall of fame

Good win for Katie!

DF · Tennis legend

Fran started well taking the first set 6-3

but Papamichail has then taken the second set 6-2

So come on Fran in the final set

Lambda · Challenger level

Fran 6-3 2-6 0-0*

DF · Tennis legend

Franis 0-3 in the final set

DF · Tennis legend

and loses

6-3 2-6 1-6

dodrade · Futures qualifying

A shame about Fran (especially given the previous H2H record) but Katie off to a good start at least.

-- Edited by dodrade on Sunday 2nd of January 2022 10:58:21 AM

Priesty · Challenger level

flamingowings wrote:
Q1: BOULTER, Katie (GBR) 8 149 defeats STEFANINI, Lucrezia (ITA) 177 7-6(4) 6-1

FQR: BOULTER, Katie (GBR) 8 149 (CH=82 2019) v Daria Saville (AUS) 419 (CH=20 Aug 2017). She is coming back from achilles tendon surgery as she didn't play for most of 2021. She beat (4)Caty McNally in Q1.
(formerly Gavrilova - recently married Luke Saville)

And there was me for a minute or two wondering who this Daria Saville was who'd been top 20 biggrin

flamingowings · All-time great

Katie is 5-7 6-3 *1-2 (on serve, deuce)

-- Edited by flamingowings on Monday 3rd of January 2022 02:30:24 AM

Peter too · Tennis legend

Q2: BOULTER, Katy (GBR) 8 149 lost to SAVILLE, Daria (AUS) 419 5-7 6-3 4-6

Katy saved one match point serving at 2-5 in the final set, broke to love in the next game and then lost her own service and the match.

-- Edited by Peter too on Monday 3rd of January 2022 03:00:25 AM