Week 14 - WTA500 - Charleston, USA Clay

PaulM · Tennis legend

Week 14 - WTA500 - Charleston, USA Clay

indiana · Tennis legend

... to 4-3*

PaulM · Tennis legend

Crowd looks pretty full, and very supportive!

Nothing for them to cheer in that game though. Bleurgh.

4-5*

-- Edited by PaulM on Sunday 3rd of April 2022 03:44:34 PM

PaulM · Tennis legend

Heather has two break points, both very well saved. A beauty of a forehand saves set point, but nets on the second.

4-6 *0-0

Lots of work to do.

PaulM · Tennis legend

Big hold saving break points

1-0*

PaulM · Tennis legend

Needs multiple deuces but gets out the game with a cracker of a backhand down the line.

2-1*

Peter too · Tennis legend

Q2: WATSON, Heather (GBR) (1) 115 lost to EIKERI, Ulrikke (NOR) (15) 281 4-6 4-6

-- Edited by Peter too on Sunday 3rd of April 2022 08:53:00 PM

DF · Tennis legend

Heather lost 4-6 4-6

scottie1 · Futures level

Don't know why Heather plays clay court tennis

PaulM · Tennis legend

Eikeri deserved it. Very solid, first serve was effective. Heather had the higher level but it was too infrequent.

Might get the lucky loser slot I guess

Strongbow · All-time great

cry cry cry

mbturner · Lower Club Player

If Heather was serious about improving her game and her ranking she would find a new coach. I don't think her Mum is the answer.

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

I guess turning 30 next month, and being an 'old' 30 at that, having been on tour 13 years, there's not going to be too much improvement at this stage and more likely just going to be moseying about draws and the rankings until she decides to call it a career.

There is a LL spot as PaulM says, and if she misses out on that, she might actually hit the jackpot if a top 8 seed withdraws after the main draw starts. I really hope not, but there could maybe be some question marks over Badosa fitness after the way her Miami ended, so potentially landing in her slot and facing a match with either Bondar or Hartono for a place in the last 16 could be a possibility for someone rather lucky.

jb288 · Satellite level

Think she is working more with Mara Schmidt than mum tbf.

She could do worse than recruiting Naomi B to help!

PaulM · Tennis legend

There's not really much technical work that can be done for Heather at this stage. What she needs is to feel happy, relaxed and confident off court, and be able to bring that enjoyment on to it so she's able to be more aggressive and less fraught and down. It's why just now travelling with a friend makes quite a bit of sense to me. She's never going to be top 40 again, but a couple of final years in the top 80 getting some good results and picking up good paychecks is not to be sniffed at. She's given a lot to the game, and us as fans, that if she doesn't appear to be investing tens of thousands a year back into her game coaching wise I'm not overly concerned really.