Week 7 - WTA500 - Dubai, UAE Hard

GAMEOVER · Satellite level

RE: Week 7 - WTA500 - Dubai, UAE Hard

LordBrownof · Futures level

PaulM wrote:
There's actually quite a lot of players, particularly from Northern Africa that could have been selected and have been in the past. And there's a few juniors from the region these days (the young girl who won a match at Australian Open for example). Even Al Nabhani who hasn't played this year and is a long way from the level she was at her best would have been a better choice.

Yers but their family may not have been able to pay up.

Peter too · Tennis legend

Q1: DART, Harriett (GBR) 130 def BEHBEHANI, Sarah (KUW) WC UNR 6-0 6-0
Q1: WATSON, Heather (GBR) 87 def YASHINA, Ekaterina (RUS) 398 6-3 3-6 6-1

Q2: DART, Harriett (GBR) 130 (CH=120 2021) v SAMSONOVA, L udmila (RUS) (3) 34 =CH
Q2: WATSON, Heather (GBR) 87 (CH=38 2015) v TOMLJANOVIC, Ajla (AUS) (6) 39=CH
They have played twice before with Heather winning 3&2 at Wimbledon in 2014 and Ajla winning 4 & 6(5) earlier this year in Adelaide.

dodrade · Futures qualifying

A slightly trickier opponent for Harriet this time.

PaulM · Tennis legend

Eden seems to have ditched Cancun to travel half way round the world to play doubles on a wildcard with Zimmerman. She's gotten quite a few wildcards here over the years.

Although as she's scheduled to travel back to Mexico to play the 250 there next week (also with Zimmerman), that's quite a lot of airmiles!

-- Edited by PaulM on Sunday 13th of February 2022 09:41:47 AM

DF · Tennis legend

Harriet herself outclassed today 2-6

DF · Tennis legend

Harriet is still in this match 3-3 in the second set

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

DF wrote:
Harriet is still in this match 3-3 in the second set

Yeah, she's doing her stuff, playing her game. It's obviously a little short on power, as compared with Samsonova, but all she can do is make it difficult to be beaten.

emmsie69 · Top national player

She breaks but Harriets challenge has always been her serve.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Samsonova had a real wobble on serve.

And Harriet hung tough - good serving - tight.

And takes the second set 6-3

DF · Tennis legend

and she takes the second set 6-3 to level the match

emmsie69 · Top national player

5 aces is positive on the serving front. New coaching set up making a difference?

HowardDubai · Junior player

Big ace to serve out the second set. Really played a great three last games.

-- Edited by HowardDubai on Sunday 13th of February 2022 10:35:30 AM

HowardDubai · Junior player

Set point

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Some slightly dodgy returning from both, and then Harriet made some returns, and good hitting off the ground, and she gets the break....