Week 40 - WTA250 - Monastir, Tunisia Hard

Strongbow · All-time great

RE: Week 40 - WTA250 - Monastir, Tunisia Hard

PaulM · Tennis legend

Harriet comes out on top in two key long games, to take the first set 6-2.

Went a break down in the second but back on serve *1-2

PaulM · Tennis legend

Harriet broke for *3-2, was broken, broke again

*4-3

PaulM · Tennis legend

Harriet missed a game point, then missed 40-0* with 3 poor forehand errors before eventually breaking again, but she's done something to her finger on her right hand looks in quite a bit of discomfort.

*5-4

PaulM · Tennis legend

Brushes it off to hold with an ace for a 6-2 6-4 win.

Very well done. These courts looked sticky, slow and quite low bouncing to me. Difficult in hot conditions.

Jan · Hall of fame

Nice win for Harriet!

Peter too · Tennis legend

R1: DART, Harriet (GBR) 96 def PARRIZAS DIAZ, Nuria (ESP) 76 6-2 6-4

R2: DART, Harriet (GBR) 96 (CH=84 2022) v CORNET, Alize (FRA) (3) 37 (CH=11 2009)

Rich2310 · County player

Nice win there for Harriet.
Really hope she can stay top 100 for next year.

Priesty · Challenger level

Any win welcome for Harriet, not really had her mojo for a while (let's be honest, Kasatkina was pretty awful in the US Open 1R) and she's getting dangerously close to a 3 digit ranking again so let's hope she can keep it up. Cornet likely to be tough though.

the addict · Tennis legend

Actually, Harriet is showing as WR89 on live ankings, 40 points clear of WR100. Another win would take her back to her career high of 84.

emmsie69 · Top national player

Harriet loses a big chunk of points in 2 or 3 weeks but so do a lot of others so, as it stands, without counting points to be added in the next few tournaments, she will still just about be top 100

the addict · Tennis legend

Doubles update

QF:- Viktoria Kuzmova (SVK) / Elena-Gabriela Ruse (ROM) CR183 (96+87) [4] v Emily Appleton (GBR) / Quinn Gleason (USA) CR410 (196+214)
First match on Court 1, 11am local

Heather and Harriet are down to play their first round match last on Center Court

-- Edited by the addict on Wednesday 5th of October 2022 08:17:23 AM

the addict · Tennis legend

QF:- Viktoria Kuzmova (SVK) / Elena-Gabriela Ruse (ROM) CR183 (96+87) [4] def Emily Appleton (GBR) / Quinn Gleason (USA) CR410 (196+214) 6-2 6-2

indiana · Tennis legend

emmsie69 wrote:
Harriet loses a big chunk of points in 2 or 3 weeks but so do a lot of others so, as it stands, without counting points to be added in the next few tournaments, she will still just about be top 100

Yes and overall she's not roo bad after that. OER has her as live 87 on 593 points for points won this year, so looking good for being top 100 at year end

The current WR 100 in the 12 months rankings has 674 points.

-- Edited by indiana on Wednesday 5th of October 2022 09:33:55 PM

PaulM · Tennis legend

Harriet lost 6-3 6-4.

She manages to be simultaneously not a million miles away but also never looking like beating this sort of level.

Good week still. Doubles later.