Week 24 - WTA250 Nottingham, UK - Grass

dodrade · Futures qualifying

RE: Week 24 - WTA250 Nottingham, UK - Grass

markymc1983 · Club Coach

I really am not a fan of Dart's salty persona on court - questions calls a pre-pubescent junior would not challenge and so ungracious in defeat.

-- Edited by markymc1983 on Saturday 17th of June 2023 12:05:41 AM

-- Edited by markymc1983 on Saturday 17th of June 2023 09:57:26 AM

mbturner · Lower Club Player

Heather has shown glimpses of her best years this week.Katie B may have too much for her tomorrow but it has been a superb week.

Lambda · Challenger level

There is a wealth of info in the WTA media notes. To pick out a few interesting bits.

Heather has played 5h 17min on court this week. It will be her 4th grass SF at WTA tour level. It will be her 9th match against a GB player, and has won 3 and lost 5 to date. She has won 9 matches against WCs and lost 7. Its her 12th SF, having won 5 and lost 6. Heather is the first ever qualifier to make it to the SF in Nottingham.

Katie has played 4hr 53min on court. She has yet to lose to a GB player at tour level, having won all 3 of her previous matches against a GB player (2 of those this week).

Jodie has played 6hr 54min on court (1hr 08mins more than Cornet). Has won 9 and lost 13 matches against top 100 players in her career (including a couple of ITFs)

This is the first time three British women have made the SF of a Tour level event since 1975 Paris, an indoors event. (Wade, Barker and Coles)

-- Edited by Lambda on Saturday 17th of June 2023 07:43:12 AM

foobarbaz · Strong Club Player

Message deleted, mistakes can always be rectified.

-- Edited by foobarbaz on Saturday 17th of June 2023 11:16:20 AM

Blue_Belle · Club Coach

markymc1983 wrote:
I really do not like Harriet Dart, no class at all and questions calls a pre-pubescent junior would not challenge.

-- Edited by markymc1983 on Saturday 17th of June 2023 12:05:41 AM

Guess you've never watched an Ostapenko match then...

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

foobarbaz wrote:
markymc1983 wrote:
I really do not like Harriet Dart, no class at all and questions calls a pre-pubescent junior would not challenge.

-- Edited by markymc1983 on Saturday 17th of June 2023 12:05:41 AM
Mr.Moderator, how does the post above not break message board rules?
Unfortunately, it appears the baying Twitter mob have sniffed out a bit of controversy, and see it as yet another opportunity to spread their hate on the world, from behind the sofa.

I'm sorry, foobarbaz, but I don't see the major problem? Several people have said they find Harriet to be sulky or grumpy on court. Mark says he doesn't like her. I agree that she does question a lot of linecalls that are perfectly fine. I wouldn't quite phrase it the same way and I'm not saying I agree but, just me, I have no problem with Mark's post

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Saturday 17th of June 2023 07:55:00 AM

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Blue_Belle wrote:
markymc1983 wrote:
I really do not like Harriet Dart, no class at all and questions calls a pre-pubescent junior would not challenge.

-- Edited by markymc1983 on Saturday 17th of June 2023 12:05:41 AM
Guess you've never watched an Ostapenko match then...

She certainly does take it to a whole new level biggrin

foobarbaz · Strong Club Player

JonH comes home wrote:
just watched the highlights on the BBC of all 3 of these matches:

- Heather, just knew how to move so much better than Golubic, she had grass movement to a tee; beautiful lob, Murray-esque, near the end!
- Jodie - used the court well, drop shotted, volleyed, moved her opponent round - confident final set.
-Katie v Harriet - Katie's forehand was enormous today, is it always like that - impressive. Nothing wrong with her forehead tapping at the end, that was about herself saying she had toughness, nothing to do with Harriet and Harriet was too touchy by far; it wasnt unprofessional at all and anyone saying Harriet had a point needs to watch the end of the highlights again.

Katie v Heather will be a very interesting match - Katie will win and play Cornet in the final, I would reckon. Hope all of them, incl Harriet, are in Birmingham, I see Katie Swan has gone to Italy and the grass 125 event there

JonH, In my earlier comment where I answered Grachka's question, I tried to be even-handed. I'm sure you are happy to see different (reasonable) viewpoints on this forum. Ultimately, it doesn't matter whether you or I think the contre-temps at the net between Dart and Boulter was justified or not.

Otherwise, thanks for the QF match summaries.

It's amazing how in 2 short weeks our GB women tennis players have lifted the spirits of those on this forum.

-- Edited by foobarbaz on Saturday 17th of June 2023 08:22:40 AM

foobarbaz · Strong Club Player

Message deleted, mistakes can always be rectified.

-- Edited by foobarbaz on Saturday 17th of June 2023 11:17:34 AM

Blue_Belle · Club Coach

Coup Droit wrote:
Blue_Belle wrote:
markymc1983 wrote:
I really do not like Harriet Dart, no class at all and questions calls a pre-pubescent junior would not challenge.

-- Edited by markymc1983 on Saturday 17th of June 2023 12:05:41 AM
Guess you've never watched an Ostapenko match then...
She certainly does take it to a whole new level

Indeed she does! Or if not challenging calls, she may whack a ball at her partner or opposition! ;)

markymc1983 · Club Coach

foobarbaz wrote:
Coup Droit wrote:
foobarbaz wrote:
markymc1983 wrote:
I really do not like Harriet Dart, no class at all and questions calls a pre-pubescent junior would not challenge.

-- Edited by markymc1983 on Saturday 17th of June 2023 12:05:41 AM
Mr.Moderator, how does the post above not break message board rules?
Unfortunately, it appears the baying Twitter mob have sniffed out a bit of controversy, and see it as yet another opportunity to spread their hate on the world, from behind the sofa.
I'm sorry, foobarbaz, but I don't see the major problem? Several people have said they find Harriet to be sulky or grumpy on court. Mark says he doesn't like her. I agree that she does question a lot of linecalls that are perfectly fine. I wouldn't quite phrase it the same way and I'm not saying I agree but, just me, I have no problem with Mark's post

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Saturday 17th of June 2023 07:55:00 AM
Oh really, I found the 4 words after the comma (in the post in question) to be both unnecessary and insulting.

Apologies, reading my comment back I didn't mean it to be quite as personal as it reads! I'm sure Harriet is a lovely person - she just shows no class or sportsmanship on the court making it hard for me to support her (even against non Brits)

the addict · Tennis legend

For anyone who hasn't been watching this morning, there were only 5 games played until play was suspended for rain
Katie leads *3-2

Neil Gee · Club Coach

Rushed home over an hour ago thinking I'll be just in time to catch the start of the semi-finals in Nottingham but it's been nothing but covers on, play suspended since I tuned in. Not a drop of it has fallen here in Manchester. An obvious solution is to move the whole shebang to the Northern in Didsbury.

DF · Tennis legend

First set to Katie 6-4