Girls: 2023 Wimbledon (Week 28)

DavidC · Tennis legend

Girls: 2023 Wimbledon (Week 28)

Var · Pro player

Bit off piste but if you are on Instagram follow Mimi, Ranah and Ella. They post some lovely photos sharing time together during competitions including Wimbledon - think it really good to see they are supporting each other on their journeys .

DavidC · Tennis legend

Given lost 6-1 6-4

Hep trails 2-6 3-4* but that is an improvement on 1-4* a few minutes ago, so the break may have come at the wrong time for her.

DavidC · Tennis legend

The break didn't cause Hep any problem - she reels off another 3 games, making five on the trot to take the second set 6-4

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Given was playing the young Australian girl, 3 years younger than her, Emerson Jones

She's still quite small but hits a very clean ball , and quite heavy (the ball, not her ), and has some court craft too

Given managed better in the second but was pretty much outplayed

Enjoying watching Hep - she really did loosen up a bit in that second set

Somehow I doubt she'll win, but you never know....

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Saturday 8th of July 2023 03:52:39 PM

KK · Club Coach

DavidC wrote:
Given lost 6-1 6-4

Hep trails 2-6 3-4* but that is an improvement on 1-4* a few minutes ago, so the break may have come at the wrong time for her.

If you are not watching this, you ought to log on now. Hep leading 6-5 in the final set and had lots of break points on her opponent's last two service games.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

And Hep wins, well done her!

KK · Club Coach

Great to see her win. She looked so happy!

Jan · Hall of fame

Brilliant! I managed to watch some of the match, dipping in and out.

DavidC · Tennis legend

2-6 6-4 7-5 in the end - a mix of stunning winners and disappointing errors, but the plus column just exceeded the minus in the end (helped by a poor last game from the Slovak)

Oscariyan · Strong Club Player

Terrific win for Hep, great mental strength to come through that one!

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

KK wrote:
DavidC wrote:
Given lost 6-1 6-4

Hep trails 2-6 3-4* but that is an improvement on 1-4* a few minutes ago, so the break may have come at the wrong time for her.
If you are not watching this, you ought to log on now. Hep leading 6-5 in the final set and had lots of break points on her opponent's last two service games.

Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes biggrin

Watched the last set and a half of that - and, blimey, didn't our Hep do SO SO well

And it was absolute justice

Hep really took the game to Vargova

Who, increasingly, was playing the consistency card - just keep it deep and in the court - but Hep was hitting winners left and right - and a few errors - but really on the front foot - and Vargova stuck to her tactics - until the last game where she made three completely unexpected errors ! And serve her right Hep's game was a breath of fresh air

9vicman · Satellite level

A crazy match. Hep won 9 out of 10 games from a set and 4-1 down to lead 4-1 in the third but was pulled back to 4-4. She reminds me a bit of Julie Pullin - not huge power on the groundstrokes but uses her lefthanded forehand effectively with some excellent placement. Some smart tennis.

9vicman · Satellite level

9vicman wrote:
A crazy match. Hep won 9 out of 10 games from a set and 4-1 down to lead 4-1 in the third but was pulled back to 4-4. She reminds me a bit of Julie Pullin - not huge power on the groundstrokes but uses her lefthanded forehand effectively with some excellent placement. Some smart tennis.

An even tougher potential second round match against Nikola Bartunkova, who plays solely in senior events and has held at Top 300 WTA ranking.

Grachka · County player

It was a really fun match to watch - Hep was the braver and sometimes wilder player, but thoroughly earned her win.

Ella has started against her Spanish fellow lefty, and it's on serve currently. Not the cleanest hitting I've ever seen so far...