Week 2 - WTA250 - International Adelaide2, Australia

PaulM · Tennis legend

Week 2 - WTA250 - International Adelaide2, Australia

HarryGem · Club Coach

flamingowings wrote:
R32: (4) Tamara Zidansek (SLO) WR 31 (CH=30 Nov 2021) vs (Q) WATSON, Heather (GBR) WR 72 (CH=38 2015)

Very good win to reach the main draw. I see absolutely no reason why Heather can't win this match and the draw is reasonable to go further. Zidansek on clay is one thing but on a hard court I think Heather can win this.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Tara is in the doubles draw, playing with Kucova in round one versus Kostyuk and Piter.

Peter too · Tennis legend

Heather's match has started, she won a long first game 1-0*

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Hev has just started. 1-0

She looks well

ADD: Peter beat me to it ....

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Tuesday 11th of January 2022 12:47:44 AM

Peter too · Tennis legend

Heather started by struggling to win her first service game, Tamara won her's easily. Heather then lost her next service game and it was starting to look worrying for Heather, only for Heather to reel off 4 games in a row.
Heather 5-2*

Peter too · Tennis legend

Heather breaks for a third time to take the first set 6-2 *0-0

Peter too · Tennis legend

Heather loses her 1st game in the 2nd set after two DFs.

Peter too · Tennis legend

Seven of the first eleven games go against service. Tamara finally holds after losing her previous four service games.
6-2 *1-3

Peter too · Tennis legend

2nd set is almost a repeat of the first only this time it was Tamara who won four games in a row before Heather managed to hold to make it 6-2 2-5*

-- Edited by Peter too on Tuesday 11th of January 2022 01:54:41 AM

Peter too · Tennis legend

Heather 6-2 2-6 *0-0

Eight breaks of service in sixteen games.

indiana · Tennis legend

Heather into a final set TB !

Peter too · Tennis legend

R1: WATSON, Heather (GBR) Q 74 lost to ZIDANSEK, Tamara (SLO) (4) 31 6-2 2-6 6-7(4)

After all those lost points on service earlier in the match Tamara unfortunately kept tight control of her service throughout the tie break.

-- Edited by Peter too on Tuesday 11th of January 2022 03:05:36 AM

indiana · Tennis legend

Very decent looking scoreline overall though. I only saw the concluding TB where a couple of loose forehands late on from Heather were very costly.

-- Edited by indiana on Tuesday 11th of January 2022 03:10:35 AM

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

And Tara lost her opening doubles 3 and 0 as well to Kostyuk and Piter