Week 24 - WTA250 - Birmingham, Great Britain Grass

DF · Tennis legend

RE: Week 24 - WTA250 - Birmingham, Great Britain Grass

jb288 · Satellite level

Freya took the second 6-3 with a footfault from her opponent.
She was doing really well (83% behind her first serve), but first serve fell apart in the first game of the third and she's broken, getting frustrated.
If she can make it through, it will be her third highest current scorer.

-- Edited by jb288 on Saturday 11th of June 2022 11:52:27 AM

DF · Tennis legend

Katie lost 5-7 4-6

DavidC · Tennis legend

Katie saved matchpoint and broke back when Vekic served for the match, only to lose her next service game and the match 7-5 6-4

DavidC · Tennis legend

Freya got it back to 2-2 in the third, but then lost 4 games in a row to go down 6-4 3-6 6-2

jb288 · Satellite level

Rain delay at Bham comes at the wrong time for Emily App - Tsurenko was looking a bit of a mess (her first match on grass), and Emily had just served a blinding service game to get back on serve at 3-2 having been at 0-2.

Side note - if there's any suggestion of a Ukrainian wildcard to Wimbledon, it should surely go to Tsurenko. She has battled through qualies at the AO and RG this year, to be faced with Barty and Swiatek in R1 (winning 3 games in total)!

foobarbaz · Strong Club Player

DavidC wrote:
Katie saved matchpoint and broke back when Vekic served for the match, only to lose her next service game and the match 7-5 6-4

I didn't watch the match, just saw the score tick over (very erratically on the WTA/ATP app). Swan battled back into contention in both sets, and the overall stats suggest it was a fairly close match. It was quite a tough ask, drawing Vekic in Q1. Is that it now, before Wimbledon, or will Swan get another match in before then?

dodrade · Futures qualifying

foobarbaz wrote:
DavidC wrote:
Katie saved matchpoint and broke back when Vekic served for the match, only to lose her next service game and the match 7-5 6-4
I didn't watch the match, just saw the score tick over (very erratically on the WTA/ATP app). Swan battled back into contention in both sets, and the overall stats suggest it was a fairly close match. It was quite a tough ask, drawing Vekic in Q1. Is that it now, before Wimbledon, or will Swan get another match in before then?

Probably should have gone to Ilkley instead. A QWC for Eastbourne perhaps?

DF · Tennis legend

Emily App lost 4-6 4-6

Eden is about to start the third set 6-7(6) 6-4

Beth is a set down 4-6

Peter too · Tennis legend

R1: BOULTER, Katie (GBR) 136 (CH=82 2019) v RISKE, Alison (USA) (7) 40 (CH=18 2019)
They met in Beijing in 2018 when Katie won in three.

R1: DART, Harriet (GBR) 114 (CH=99 2022) v OSORIO, Camila (COL) 61 (CH=33 2022)
They met in Monterrey in 2021 with Camila winning 4 & 5.

indiana · Tennis legend

Eden went a break down in the final set but immediately recovered it for *3-4

Beth 4-6 2-5* down.

DF · Tennis legend

Eden WINS taking the final set 6-4

indiana · Tennis legend

Beth lost. But yay, Eden came through to win 6-4 in the third

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Brilliant, just watched final game. Looked like Kawa didnt even shake hands though.

jb288 · Satellite level

And Eden serves it out 6-4 in the third :)

I thought she did really well today; Kawa was playing pretty well, and it was very back and forth, but Eden was very positive on big points, and went for her shots.

Unfortunately she will have to face Coco next, but at least she has covered last year's points here.