Weeks 26 and 27 - The Championships, Wimbledon (grass) - women's singles

PaulM · Tennis legend

Weeks 26 and 27 - The Championships, Wimbledon (grass) - women's singles

newby · Junior player

Did Masarova qualify or was she direct entry?

PaulM · Tennis legend

Harriet loses a bit of concentration from 4-0 *30-0

4-1*

I really do like Mel South as a commentator. Shame she's with Castle on this one.

PaulM · Tennis legend

Emma broken from *30-0. Really struggling with Garcia's deep returns.

2-4*

PaulM · Tennis legend

Harriet tight as a drum but scrapes a hold

5-2*

wales1994 · Club Coach

Pretty ugly match from Emma so far. Lots of loopy short balls and unforced errors. Seems to be pretty tentative and nervous.

Garcia playing very aggressively though, coming to the net a lot. But Emma's in this if she can just up the level.

Neil Gee · Club Coach

First set was a scrappy effort from Emma. Not enough flashes of brilliance and too much reliance on Caroline Garcia errors.

PaulM · Tennis legend

Harriet chokes from *30-0. So tight.

5-4*

PaulM · Tennis legend

4 huge serves wipe out 40-0* and advantage, but she gets the fifth!

Well done Harriet, very nervy end but job done! 6-1 6-4

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

I found that the most relaxing Harriet match
Had no qualms ever that she wouldn't win in two

Peter too · Tennis legend

R1: KARTAL, Sonay (GBR) WC 226 lost to PATTINAMA KERKHOVE, Lesley (NED) 138 4-6 6-3 1-6
R1: DART, Harriet (GBR) 94 def MASAROVA, Rebeka (ESP) 146 6-1 6-4
R1: BOULTER, Katie (GBR) WC 118 def BUREL, Clara (FRA) 95 7-5 6-3
R1: SWAN, Katie (GBR) WC 184 lost to KOSTUYK, Marta (UKR) 76 6-4 4-6 4-6
R1: MIYAZAKI, Yuriko (GBR) WC 204 lost to GARCIA, Caroline (FRA) 55 6-4 1-6 6-7(4)
R1: RADUCANU, Emma (GBR) (10) 11 def VAN UYTVANCK, Alison (BEL) 46 6-4 6-4
R1: WATSON, Heather (GBR) 121 def KORPATSCH, Tamara (GER) 110 6-7(7) 7-5 6-2
R1: BURRAGE, Jodie (GBR) WC 141 lost to TSURENKO, Lesia (UKR) 101 2-6 3-6

R2: DART, Harriet (GBR) 94 =CH v PEGULA, J. (USA) (8) 9 (CH=8 2022)
R2: BOULTER, Katie (GBR) WC 118 (CH=82 2019) v PLISKOVA, Karolina (CZE) (6) 7 (CH=1 2017)
They have met twice before with Carolina winning in three in 2018 and Katie winning in three this year.
R2: RADUCANU, Emma (GBR) (10) 11 =CH v GARCIA, Caroline (FRA) 55 (CH=4 2018)
R2: WATSON, Heather (GBR) 121 (CH=38 2015) v WANG, Qiang (CHN) 140 (CH=12 2019)
They met at Tianjin in 2019 with Heather winning 3 & 0

PaulM · Tennis legend

No surprises in Emma's 6-3 6-3 defeat. Meh.

Neil Gee · Club Coach

Ouch! The centre court's homecoming Queen bows out with the crowd's approval still ringing in her ears.

wales1994 · Club Coach

Really disappointing performance from Emma. Just nothing on her game today, so many errors, very unclutch on big points and the shots that were going in were mostly fluff mid court balls. Disappointing - her game seems to have regressed a lot since last year.

But still hopeful that she can pull it altogether over the coming years.

Peter too · Tennis legend

I got the impression that Emma wasn't getting the depth of shot that she usually gets. That was allowing Garcia to close into the net putting Emma on the defensive.