Week 12 - WTA1000 - Miami, USA Hard

HarryGem · Club Coach

Week 12 - WTA1000 - Miami, USA Hard

DavidC · Tennis legend

newby wrote:
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HarryGem · Club Coach

Well she needed a big set of tennis and it has started well for Harriet.

PaulM · Tennis legend

Emma against Andreescu. Shame it wasn't a better draw given the surface should suit Emma much more than last week, but it will suit Bianca too.

jb288 · Satellite level

MTO for Katie....

Peter too · Tennis legend

It says injury break.

the addict · Tennis legend

PaulM wrote:
Emma against Andreescu. Shame it wasn't a better draw given the surface should suit Emma much more than last week, but it will suit Bianca too.

Winner to play Sakkari [7]. Could have been better but could have been worse.

Quallifying spots seem to be well spread out.

PaulM · Tennis legend

Oh, I'd forgotten Heather reached the third round here last year. Big ranking drop coming.

indiana · Tennis legend

the addict wrote:
PaulM wrote:
Emma against Andreescu. Shame it wasn't a better draw given the surface should suit Emma much more than last week, but it will suit Bianca too.
Winner to play Sakkari [7]. Could have been better but could have been worse.
Quallifying spots seem to be well spread out.

Overall it really couldn't have been a lot worse that your non seed in R1 being Andreescu with the winner's seed for R2 ( out of 32 ) being Sakkari.

PaulM · Tennis legend

Although Andreescu is the second highest non-seed, I guess you could say her form isn't the greatest and like Emma there's usually a half-question over whether she's fully fit. But yeah, it's pretty tough.

-- Edited by PaulM on Sunday 19th of March 2023 08:07:00 PM

Peter too · Tennis legend

the addict wrote:
PaulM wrote:
Emma against Andreescu. Shame it wasn't a better draw given the surface should suit Emma much more than last week, but it will suit Bianca too.
Winner to play Sakkari [7]. Could have been better but could have been worse.
Quallifying spots seem to be well spread out.

Emma played Bianca Andreescu in Rome in 2022 with Bianca winning 6-2 2-1 Ret.

Emma played Sakkari in the US Open in 2021 winning 1 & 4.

If Emma can get past Bianca this time, and repeat her win against Sakkari it would be her first top ten win, as Sakkari is now ranked 7 against 17 the last time they met.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Two US Open champions - similar stories in some respects

PaulM · Tennis legend

Well done Harriet. Was nice to see her being attacking. Shame for Katie, but if she can keep healthy she can have a great summer.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

PaulM wrote:
Well done Harriet. Was nice to see her being attacking. Shame for Katie, but if she can keep healthy she can have a great summer.

Yes, I felt slightly sorry that Katie couldn't quite keep it up

But,as above, it's win-win match

And, as you say, good to see Harriet taking the iniative, being aggessive, and bossing things a bit....

indiana · Tennis legend

indiana wrote:
Very good to read Jodie did so well, however good or otherwise her draw was considered to be.

Katie vs Harriet looked a toss-up to me. Anyway Harriet has that early break.

Though when Harriet, although a set down, went well up in the second set and was still being quoted at 6/4 against for the match, it was time to lump on ( my 50p ) on Harriet.