Week 23 - ITF W100 - Surbiton, Great Britain Grass

seagull · Hall of fame

Week 23 - ITF W100 - Surbiton, Great Britain Grass

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

I think they should at least let in some of the grounds pass ticketholders

Or, yes, oversell the centre court tickets with a batch that are not numbered so get put anywhere by the grounds people and have to move if the 'rightful' ticket holder comes along

foobarbaz · Strong Club Player

Swan needs to keep Maria running side to side on the baseline, doesn't need to put too much into the shot, just keep it in court.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Isabelle Lacy's dream event comes to an end

Lily won easily

But good luck to Lily - great to see her back doing well

And Isa has so many good things to take away from this week

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Coup Droit wrote:
Isabelle Lacy's dream event comes to an end

Lily won easily

But good luck to Lily - great to see her back doing well

And Isa has so many good things to take away from this week

Well done Lily - she seems to be down in the live rankings though, did she do better last year , here or the FO?

the addict · Tennis legend

JonH comes home wrote:
Coup Droit wrote:
Isabelle Lacy's dream event comes to an end

Lily won easily

But good luck to Lily - great to see her back doing well

And Isa has so many good things to take away from this week
Well done Lily - she seems to be down in the live rankings though, did she do better last year , here or the FO?

She's dropping points from the FO and also Nottingham WTA250 from last year - 69 in total, but this week is mitigating that a lot. Lots of movement in the live rankings all round though.

paulisi · Tennis legend

Maria's game is very unconventional, lots of slice and chops.

Very difficult to play against and needs immense concentration to manage the spin.

Grachka · Club Coach

I am a big supporter of variety of games in tennis, but I do find it very tough to like Tatjana's game. The net game is great, but when 85% of your game is slow slicing to make it sit up at the 3/4 court area, it is hard to see what the dynamic part of your game is.

One set apiece. Hopefully Katie can keep up the momentum in the final set.

(1) Tatjana Maria GER 6-3 3-6 *0-0 Katie Swan GBR

PaulM · Tennis legend

Katie got a break but being sliced into submission to hand it back.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

PaulM wrote:
Katie got a break but being sliced into submission to hand it back.

If she'd gone for the open court rather than hit the volley back to her, the slice wouldn't have mattered, though - she's done it twice now on important points - there's a huge open court and she tries to place it in the most difficult part of the court - where, en plus, her opponent happens to be standing

Mind you, I know Maria has always played like that but I rather like a 35 year-old dinking and chipping her way around the court, coming in on a whim and making life hard

But, allez, Katie - keep lucid !

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Katie........... TWO doubles faults .... just after you'd broken.....

4-4

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Ok, Katie

Now's the time, my girl, I've had enough, my nerves can't stand it

Serve it out !

PaulM · Tennis legend

I think Katie is oversubscribing to the theory that going back behind the opponent is a good idea on grass. But that only works if you opponent is actually going to move...

Impressed with how she is channelling her frustration here though. Rebounds well after losing the break (again).

*5-4

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Atta girl !!!!!!!!!

PaulM · Tennis legend

Well done!! Couple of very good points in that final game.