Week 23 - ITF W100 - Surbiton, Great Britain Grass

the addict · Tennis legend

Week 23 - ITF W100 - Surbiton, Great Britain Grass

seagull · Hall of fame

Guaranteed Brit semi-finalist

indiana · Tennis legend

seagull wrote:
Guaranteed Brit semi-finalist

Yes, Isabelle will play the winner of Lily vs Eden ( Lily currently 6-4 *2-3 up ). 25 points for reaching the QF. 50 for reaching the SF!

31 points here so far ( adding her 6 for qualifying ) will take Isabelle up to 51 points from 6 counters and up about live WR 650, GB #21, and #10 world under 17 yo.

Grachka · Club Coach

Harriet had a chance to serve for the second set, but was broken somewhat lamely. After doing a great job to break and get her nose in front.

Maria continuing to slice relentlessly into awkward positions, and more often than not Harriet breaks down. Far too delicate on serve throughout the whole match, too.

Grachka · Club Coach

WC Yuriko Miyazaki GBR d. WC Eden Silva 6-4 7-5

Harriet held to take it to a second set tiebreak, but play interrupted as a woman has taken ill in the crowd.

(1) Tatjana Maria GER 6-4 *6-6 Harriet Dart GBR

Grachka · Club Coach

(1) Tatjana Maria GER 6-4 6-7(5) 0-0* Harriet Dart

Harriet played a brilliant point at 4-3* where she stayed in the point under strong pressure, and that kept her nose in front. Maria fluffed a second smash on SP down and we're into a final set.

-- Edited by Grachka on Thursday 8th of June 2023 02:08:43 PM

PaulM · Tennis legend

It sounds very windy, which I assume contributed to that smash from Maria? She looked in the right position and would trust her to make those!

Keep going Harriet!

PaulM · Tennis legend

She saves a break point but then rather wastes 40-0*

*1-1

Not the sort of opportunity to let go begging.

Obviously not the way you want Katie S and Isa to progress but after all the injury problems plaguing various girls I won't bemoan us getting a little luck. And to be honest I rather fancied Isa against Vickery anyway.

PaulM · Tennis legend

And she's just been broken from *40-15.

All will really pretty weak errors off slice balls she should be able to deal with better than that.

1-2*

Grachka · Club Coach

Particularly as she's had two and a half long sets to get used to them!

Very tight and she's just staying ahead.

(1) Tatjana Maria GER 6-4 6-7(5) *3-4 Harriet Dart

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

seagull wrote:
Guaranteed Brit semi-finalist

If Harriet gets through , make that a guaranteed finalist!

PaulM · Tennis legend

Harriet gets the break back. At 4-3* she recovers from 0-40* to the break point but bets a backhand she should have made.

That was a huge chance.

*4-4

Sonay all over Katie but just missed four points for a double break lead. *3-1

-- Edited by PaulM on Thursday 8th of June 2023 02:17:53 PM

Grachka · Club Coach

Rather predictably, she then loses two points in a row and then produces a very low-quality service game and Harriet is broken to love. You rather fear for the outcome now.

(1) Tatjana Maria GER 6-4 6-7(5) *5-4 Harriet Dart

-- Edited by Grachka on Thursday 8th of June 2023 02:19:51 PM

PaulM · Tennis legend

Shocking game from her there. Psychologically she'd probably have been better losing the last one to 15. But this is a situation of entirely her own making, had Maria on the ropes and didn't finish the job.

-- Edited by PaulM on Thursday 8th of June 2023 02:20:22 PM

Grachka · Club Coach

There you have it, she loses the last 10 points in a row and it's all over.

(1) Tatjana Maria GER d. Harriet Dart GBR 6-4 6-7(5) 6-4