Week 37 - WTA250 - Zavarovalnica Sava Portoroz, Slovenia Hard

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Week 37 - WTA250 - Zavarovalnica Sava Portoroz, Slovenia Hard

Armchair · County player

I think these are the matches she needs, a good opponent but away from the media mayhem.

Pancho P · Lower Club Player

Emma 4 -1 lead and happily munching chocolate at the sit down... or at least it looked like chockie, ha

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Pancho P wrote:
Emma 4 -1 lead and happily munching chocolate at the sit down... or at least it looked like chockie, ha

Eazy peazy chocolate teazy !st set in the bag.

Armchair · County player

Nicely done and on to the next

Peter too · Tennis legend

R1: RADUCANU, Emma (GBR) (1) 83 def YASTREMSKA, Dayana (UKR) 89 6-2 5-3 Ret.

Emma's next opponent will be decided tomorrow, they are ranked about 95 and 125 so Emma should win.

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Shame about the retirement but Emma was going to win that anyway, it seemed from early on to me.

Pancho P · Lower Club Player

Decent win against unpredictable opponent, who s now lost her last 16 sets. Quite liked the commentator who made some good points I thought. Hope thats boosted Julia s spirits a bit btw, ha.

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Pancho P wrote:
Decent win against unpredictable opponent, who s now lost her last 16 sets. Quite liked the commentator who made some good points I thought. Hope thats boosted Julia s spirits a bit btw, ha.

HaHa, yes, thank you. Retirements always a bit of anti climax but at least we have another match to look forward to, and I still have one more bottle of wine for Wednesday LOL

Rich2310 · County player

Good start by Emma to her new chapter of tennis life.

PaulM · Tennis legend

Well done Emma. Shame Yastremska couldn't finish the match but onwards.

the addict · Tennis legend

indiana wrote:
Jaggy1876 wrote:
Harriet is now GB Number 1 by a single point courtesy of the 12 she gets for QR win I believe.

Congratulations Harriet
Not even live when you take off Harriet's existing lowest counter of 9. She would need to qualify and then go further than Emma in the MD.
Live 19/09 ranking points with Harriet into the FQR and Emma yet to play her MD R1 match.
Emma 726
Harriet 715 + ( 12 - 9 ) = 718
Hopefully there will be further wins here for both and for Jodie.

Emma's win today opens the gap a little - now 751 points and WR73 according to live.eu

GAMEOVER · Satellite level

miriam abc wrote:
GAMEOVER wrote:
Doonan wrote:
Yastrzemska has lost 9 of her last 11 matches and Emma has at least won some first/second round matches. Im not convinced she will win but lets not pretend it isnt a good draw. It definitely is.

-- Edited by Doonan on Sunday 11th of September 2022 02:02:46 AM
Yastremska has actually lost 11 out of her last 13 matches. Since Yastremska came back from her drug suspension in July last year there are only 3 tournaments in which she has won more than 2 matches. Emma should be full of confidence with this draw.

-- Edited by GAMEOVER on Sunday 11th of September 2022 08:54:07 PM
I am in total disagreement about that approach to Emma, she should be told here is a feisty player, nearly in top 20 , capable of beating anybody at the top of their game, therefore I don't expect you to win, so if you give it your best shot you might be in with a chance etc

Well I think my comment was correct.When Yastremska recovers from her wrist injury she should move from tennis to cricket or golf like Ash Barty. Her game would seem more suited to those sports.

Julia Carrot · All-time great

So Harriet did get an LL after all and is playing Martincova later this morning. (Sorry if that has been announced already). Great news and a fair chance of a win if she's on her game.

foobarbaz · Strong Club Player

GAMEOVER wrote:
miriam abc wrote:
GAMEOVER wrote:
Doonan wrote:
Yastrzemska has lost 9 of her last 11 matches and Emma has at least won some first/second round matches. Im not convinced she will win but lets not pretend it isnt a good draw. It definitely is.

-- Edited by Doonan on Sunday 11th of September 2022 02:02:46 AM
Yastremska has actually lost 11 out of her last 13 matches. Since Yastremska came back from her drug suspension in July last year there are only 3 tournaments in which she has won more than 2 matches. Emma should be full of confidence with this draw.

-- Edited by GAMEOVER on Sunday 11th of September 2022 08:54:07 PM
I am in total disagreement about that approach to Emma, she should be told here is a feisty player, nearly in top 20 , capable of beating anybody at the top of their game, therefore I don't expect you to win, so if you give it your best shot you might be in with a chance etc
Well I think my comment was correct.When Yastremska recovers from her wrist injury she should move from tennis to cricket or golf like Ash Barty. Her game would seem more suited to those sports.

Watched the match on replay. Raducanu played well, doing enough to instil doubt into Yastremska's game which duly unravelled. Yastremska plays some ferocious tennis, always trying to dictate on every shot. It is a high risk strategy, and against an opponent who is quick on the court and able to compete physically, the gung-ho approach is likely to come unstuck. The injury would seem to be a likely consequence of continuous hard hitting.