Week 23 - ITF W100 - Surbiton, Great Britain Grass

Jaggy1876 · Grand Slam Champion

Week 23 - ITF W100 - Surbiton, Great Britain Grass

Jan · Hall of fame

Hev gets back from 3-6 to 6-6 in the TB
And breathe!

PaulM · Tennis legend

Heather saves 3 match points to get back to 6-6* but can't complete the perfect day. No excuses for that, she had two match points and should have won it.

Loses 2-6 7-6(3) 7-6(6)

Jaggy1876 · Grand Slam Champion

Got to suggest Heather should be in doubt for a Wild Card for Wimbledon now. Heading towards 200 rankings. Last years performance might save her in that regard but given a number of players like Svitolina, Andreeva etc who should be in line for something theres probably going to have to be someone that misses out.

PaulM · Tennis legend

No joy for EWS. Wasn't the best performance but they do well to recover from *2-6 to *5-6 in the MTB only for Kempen to double fault and bring the momentum to a crash.

Lose 6-4 3-6 10-5

Katie S and partner a set up.

RainDelay · Pro player

I'm certainly not calling for Hev's retirement, but the longer this goes on and the lower the ranking gets the more probable this is looking. I jam not sure how much fight she has left to get back to the top 100

the addict · Tennis legend

Just Katie's match left to complete the doubles first round. *0-3 in the second

Crispy · Strong Club Player

Im not gonna let Hevs result cloud a fantastic day for the GB women. Id take 5/6 any day

GAMEOVER · Satellite level

RainDelay wrote:
I'm certainly not calling for Hev's retirement, but the longer this goes on and the lower the ranking gets the more probable this is looking. I jam not sure how much fight she has left to get back to the top 100

Her current official ranking is 180 but her live ranking is 193.Heather's ranking has been falling in 2023 and it is hard to see her getting back to the top 100.

PaulM · Tennis legend

Crispy wrote:
Im not gonna let Hevs result cloud a fantastic day for the GB women. Id take 5/6 any day

Agree. And certainly a better day than the men had!

GAMEOVER · Satellite level

At a current ranking of 180, this is Heathers ' lowest ranking since November 2010.

the addict · Tennis legend

Great win for Katie and Priscilla - thought that match had got away from them

the addict · Tennis legend

Doubles results round-up

L16:- Priscilla Hon (AUS) / Katie Swan (GBR) CR1132 (237+895) def Viktorija Golubic (SUI) / Sabrina Santamaria (USA) CR144 (85+59) [1] v 7-6(5) 1-6 10-6
L16:- Olivia Gadecki (AUS) / Eden Silva (GBR) CR361 (158+203) def Lauryn John-Baptiste (GBR) / Yuriko Lily Miyazaki (GBR) CR760 (329+413) 6-0 6-3

L16:- Sophie Chang (USA) / Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) CR153 (64+89) [4] def Naiktha Bains (GBR) / Maia Lumsden (GBR) CR304 (150+154) 6-1 6-2
L16:- Ashlyn Krueger (USA) / Elizabeth Mandlik (USA) CR396 (114+282) def Carol Zhao (CAN) / Lin Zhu (CHN) CR1608 (1510+98) 6-3 6-4

L16:- Quinn Gleason (USA) / Elixane Lechemia (FRA) CR303 (162+141) def Magali Kempen (BEL) / Emily Webley-Smith (GBR) CR394 (169+225) 6-4 3-6 10-5
L16:- Alicia Barnett (GBR) / Olivia Nicholls (GBR) CR151 (73+78) [3] def Harriet Dart (GBR) / Heather Watson (GBR) CR325 (111+214) 6-1 7-6(4)

L16:- Emily Appleton (GBR) / Julia Lohoff (GER) CR284 (137+147) def Kimberly Birrell (AUS) / Ingrid Gamarra Martins (BRA) CR311 (235+76) 6-0 6-4
L16:- Viktoria Hruncakova (SVK) / Tereza Mihalikova (SVK) CR151 (106+45) [2] def Freya Christie (GBR) / Ali Collins (GBR) CR238 (119+119) 4-6 6-3 10-4

Quarter-Final Lineup

QF:- Priscilla Hon (AUS) / Katie Swan (GBR) CR1132 (237+895) v Olivia Gadecki (AUS) / Eden Silva (GBR) CR361 (158+203)

QF:- Sophie Chang (USA) / Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) CR153 (64+89) [4] v Ashlyn Krueger (USA) / Elizabeth Mandlik (USA) CR396 (114+282)

QF:- Quinn Gleason (USA) / Elixane Lechemia (FRA) CR303 (162+141) v Alicia Barnett (GBR) / Olivia Nicholls (GBR) CR151 (73+78) [3]

QF:- Emily Appleton (GBR) / Julia Lohoff (GER) CR284 (137+147) v Viktoria Hruncakova (SVK) / Tereza Mihalikova (SVK) CR151 (106+45) [2]

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

GAMEOVER wrote:
RainDelay wrote:
I'm certainly not calling for Hev's retirement, but the longer this goes on and the lower the ranking gets the more probable this is looking. I jam not sure how much fight she has left to get back to the top 100
Her current official ranking is 180 but her live ranking is 193.Heather's ranking has been falling in 2023 and it is hard to see her getting back to the top 100.

To be honest, I was glad when Heather lost.

It was pure torture.

Play well for a point or two. Just enough, always, to drag things out. But then resort to patting it around, with no plan, when it came to the important part.

I would have no problem at all if she didn't get a Wimbly WC (and I am the one who LIKES wildcards). Madison really is not a particularly good player.

Katie Swan was imperious. Didn't watch Katie B - knew she'd win. Sonay was delighted - her 'team' were bouncing - a real grass court 'suprise' for all of them And, as said, Eden proved my wrong and stayed strong. Good on her.

And, obviously, Isa's win was the real pinnacle today - an excellent show, on centre court, in front of a pretty big crowd (including a very happy Dad). Really took the ball on, and played her style of tennis.

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Tuesday 6th of June 2023 06:10:08 PM

Crispy · Strong Club Player

For about a decade, heather has been the last British woman standing most of the time. Shes had a solid top 100 career for a majority of it, picked up 4 titles, and been a lovely, buoyant personality within British tennis. Id love to see her reach the top 100 again and notch up some big wins, but if she doesnt - she has been such an incredible and popular ambassador for the sport. Good luck to her for the rest of the grass season and beyond