Week 2 - Australian Open - women's qualifying (outdoor hard)

RainDelay · Pro player

Week 2 - Australian Open - women's qualifying (outdoor hard)

PaulM · Tennis legend

Katie up and running. She's on the KIA Arena, the fourth largest court I believe, which is pretty cool. And so is her tennis so far.

3-0*

brittak · Satellite level

Thanks - keep us up to date. The AO and TENNS apps which I am using dont seem to be reporting scores at the moment.

indiana · Tennis legend

Not to be a bagel but Katie S now serving at *5-1

indiana · Tennis legend

Not to be a breadstick. 5-2*

C'mon Katie.

PaulM · Tennis legend

There is a pretty big gulf in quality, but Katie threw in a couple of cheap double faults in that game.

indiana · Tennis legend

First set won 6-2

wolf · Tennis legend

Katie went 0-3* down in the 2nd set but has pulled it back to *3-3.

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Bit of a seesaw match. Katie with the first 5 games, Myers with 5 of the next 6, bit Katie has responded with 5 more in a row, and now serving for the match at 5-3 (although in a tiny bit of trouble here).

Maybe not so much in quals, but I do find it crazy how the pinnacle of the sport there's probably more R1 slam matches without a commentator than with one, yet you can go to any given WTA 250 event, and pretty much every R1 match will have them. Makes a huge difference to the spectacle for me, but I say that every time, haha.

Back on serve now, 5-4*.

-- Edited by Ace Ventura on Tuesday 11th of January 2022 12:37:18 AM

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Ace Ventura wrote:
Bit of a seesaw match. Katie with the first 5 games, Myers with 5 of the next 6, bit Katie has responded with 5 more in a row, and now serving for the match at 5-3 (although in a tiny bit of trouble here).

Maybe not so much in quals, but I do find it crazy how the pinnacle of the sport there's probably more R1 slam matches without a commentator than with one, yet you can get pretty much any WTA 250 R1 match, and pretty much all of them have them. Makes a huge difference to the spectacle for me, but I say it every time, haha.

Funny - I love no commentator.

They annoy me most of the time - I like the calm of the tennis, especially if you want it mainly in the background to dip in and out of.

But I agree a good commentator, when you're 100% watching the match, is great.

If only Katie could just get over the line now....

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Which she does

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Tuesday 11th of January 2022 12:40:35 AM

wales1994 · County player

Katie's first win at the Australian Open (obviously not including juniors), well done!

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Coup Droit wrote:
Ace Ventura wrote:
Bit of a seesaw match. Katie with the first 5 games, Myers with 5 of the next 6, bit Katie has responded with 5 more in a row, and now serving for the match at 5-3 (although in a tiny bit of trouble here).

Maybe not so much in quals, but I do find it crazy how the pinnacle of the sport there's probably more R1 slam matches without a commentator than with one, yet you can get pretty much any WTA 250 R1 match, and pretty much all of them have them. Makes a huge difference to the spectacle for me, but I say it every time, haha.
Funny - I love no commentator.
They annoy me most of the time - I like the calm of the tennis, especially if you want it mainly in the background to dip in and out of.
But I agree a good commentator, when you're 100% watching the match, is great.
If only Katie could just get over the line now....

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Don't know what happened there, the site randomly froze on me and I couldn't be bothered typing all that out again, haha.

Yeah, good for Katie to get the win, and not to be dragged into a fight. Her potential Q2 opponents have just gone into a third set.

I personally think 11pm is quite a nice time to watch tennis (especially in these WFH days). Jodie should be starting soon as Errani has just this moment lost on her court, but it's perhaps a bit too late to commit at this stage. I'll maybe give it the first set.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Yeah, I agree - it's a 'gentle' time of day for tennis

I've even just watched a bit of Heather.

But I think I'm calling it a night....

Cheer on Jodie a bit for me, won't you?

Fingers crossed.....