Week 23 - WTA250 - Nottingham, UK Grass

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Week 23 - WTA250 - Nottingham, UK Grass

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Holds to 15 biggrin , I was fearing that above comment would come back to bite, but she only dropped 4 points in her 5 service games, and one of those was a DF.

That should go a long way to helping with a Wimbledon MDWC, and a brilliant day for the GB girls.

-- Edited by Ace Ventura on Monday 6th of June 2022 06:23:57 PM

Nix · Futures level

Wow brilliant from Jodie to win in two sets. A great day for GB women. Well done.

Crispy · Strong Club Player

Is this jodies first tour level win?

RJH1962 · Intermediate Club Player

Great result. Would assume that a good number of points for a win in WTA250 which makes up for an indifferent start to the year

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

I believe so Crispy. I knew she hadn't had one not so long ago, and hasn't had one recently.

A fair few slips. Didn't realise Zhu had a fall, and just saw Martincova topple over at the business end vs Dodin, but she's battling on, and has a MP.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

updated table as of 6th June - wins for Eden and Jodie give them a small gap at the top

4 Eden Silva
4 Jodie Burrage
2 Isabelle Lacy
2 Katie Boulter
2 Lily Miyazaki
1 Beth Grey
1 Freya Christie
1 Harriet Dart
1 Heather Watson
1 Sonay Kartal
1 Talia Neilson-Gatenby

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Didn't realise Heather potentially faced Emma in R2. The draw looks really lop sided on paper to me - that bottom half looks much lot stronger, certainly in terms of grass pedigree.

Peter too · Tennis legend

Q2: SILVA, Eden (GBR) 349 def GREY, Sarah Beth (GBR) 314 5-7 7-5 6-2
Q2: MIYAZAKI, Yuriko Lily (GBR) 244 def SHARMA, Astra (AUS) (2) 124 3-6 6-2 6-0
Q2: BOULTER, Katie (GBR) (7) 139 def INGLIS, Maddison (AUS) (3) 125 3-6 6-2 6-3

R1: MIYAZAKI, Yuriko Lily (GBR) Q 234 (CH=199 2022) v FRECH, Magdalena (POL) 92 (CH=86 2022)
They played in 2021 with Magdalena winning 4 & 6(5)
R1: SILVA, Eden (GBR) Q 343 =CH v MARINO, Rebecca (CAN) 109 (CH=38 2011)
R1: BURRAGE, Jodie (GBR) 235 def ZHU, Lin (CHN) 96 7-6(5) 6-4
R1: DART, Harriet (GBR) 114 def VEKIC, Donna (CRO) 90 6-4 6-3
R1: KARTAL, Sonay (GBR) 270 =CH v GIORGI, Camila (3) 26 =CH
R1: BOULTER, Katie (GBR) Q 136 (CH=82 2019) v MARIA, Tatjana (GER) 106 (CH=46 2017)

R1: WATSON, Heather (GBR) 102 (CH=38 2015) v VOLYNETS, Katie (USA) 123 (CH=112 2022) 6-4 6-2
They played last year with Heather winning in three.
R1: RADUCANU, Emma (GBR) 11 =CH v GOLUBIC, Viktorija (SUI) 55 (CH=35 2022)

-- Edited by Peter too on Tuesday 7th of June 2022 08:56:56 PM

wolf · Tennis legend

They've put Sam on one of the practice courts (right on the other side of the complex) tomorrow.

indiana · Tennis legend

RJH1962 wrote:
Great result. Would assume that a good number of points for a win in WTA250 which makes up for an indifferent start to the year

Jodie's year has got a lot better the last 2 weeks, with that now 30 points for a R1 win here on top of 50 points last week for her Surbiton W100 SF.

It wasn't actually awful pointswise even previously but did certainly feel that she should have been managing some rather better results.

Now, of her up-to-date 318 live ranking points,186 points of these will have been earned this year so far.

Hopefully she can build on this grass court form, and indeed attitude, and take it to other places as the year continues.

the addict · Tennis legend

I think that must be the best I''ve seen Jodie play - certainly for a whole match.

Crispy · Strong Club Player

the addict wrote:
I think that must be the best I''ve seen Jodie play - certainly for a whole match.

Totally agree. Jodie is always going to be a player who hits big and make errors, but to hold serve immediately after losing break points is a great sign. of course we would like her to snatch these break points, but Im more impressed how she managed to block out the negativity of missing those chances. really impressed

RJH1962 · Intermediate Club Player

Thats the thing about today. She didn't get down on herself if things didn't go well. She has a great game for grass if she gets it right. I'm not sure I would have given her a MD wild card for Wimbledon but she must be pushing for one now. Maybe the thought of not getting one has helped her focus.

-- Edited by RJH1962 on Monday 6th of June 2022 07:07:25 PM

jb288 · Satellite level

RJH1962 wrote:
Thats the thing about today. She didn't get down on herself if things didn't go well. She has a great game for grass if she gets it right.

Agreed. Great controlled aggression, hitting her spots with fairly limited unforced errors, and above all a positive attitude.

I'm sure playing in front of a home crowd and boyfriend etc is helpful in terms of this - not only do they make you feel positive, but you don't want to 'behave badly' in front of them!