Week 46 – W100 Takasaki, Japan - Hard

Peter too · Tennis legend

Week 46 – W100 Takasaki, Japan - Hard

Peter too · Tennis legend

SF: DART, Harriet (GBR) 140 def WEI, Sijia (CHN) Q 269 4-6 6-2 6-1

F: DART, Harriet (GBR) 140 (CH=84 2022) v YUAN, Yue (CHI) (5) 107 (CH=74 2022)

-- Edited by Peter too on Saturday 18th of November 2023 04:31:18 AM

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Well done Harriet, Yuan is her final opponent, as Peter noted, will be tough but why not?!

-- Edited by JonH comes home on Saturday 18th of November 2023 07:02:02 AM

Deucebag · Intermediate Club Player

What a good week for Harriet especially after not having any time to adjust to the time zone.

Lambda · Challenger level

Yuan has reached the final in her last 2 events after not doing much of note all year. She lost to Pegula in Seoul (WTA500) and to Bai in a China W100, albeit in the W100 getting from R16 to the final by playing only 2 games benefiting from a wo and a retirement. Hopefully, it's not 3rd time lucky.

Harriet is up to 120 in the live rankings. She's secured an AO qualifying seeding, may be borderline for a top 16 qualifying seeding (16th seed was ranked 120 this year). Should she win, fingers crossed, she would still need, I reckon, another 50 to 80 points for the AO main draw, depending on the number of players using SRs to enter, of which I'm expecting a lot.

-- Edited by Lambda on Saturday 18th of November 2023 07:37:05 AM

MrTSymonds · Junior player

Jodie will be in camp Harriet for the final as Yuan overtakes her if she wins. I think Jodie's inactivity recently is going to cost her as she is right on the cusp.

She's not playing next week whereas loads that could overtake her are. If results go against her she would be 97 on Mondays rankings and then it's squeaky bum time.

Andorra suddenly becomes massive for her, and a poor performance there could see her drop into the qualifying, potentially losing out on thousands and thousands of pounds. Unless she's injured, her management have a lot to answer for here if she doesn't make the Australian Open main draw.

I know Harriet has had a bit of luck this week with the draw, but I've said it repeatedly, rankings are relatively easy to climb if your pick tournaments sensibly. We saw it earlier in the year with Katie Boulter, and Ryan peniston to a degree recently.

I wonder if we can see something similar with Katie Swan next year (though hers is heavily injury related).

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Firstly, excellent run from Harriet - well done !

And, secondly, I compeltely agree, MrTS - smart scheduling is an essential part of a successful career and 'smart' covers quite a lot of different factors

NB James Ward was one of the finest in smart scheduling

And peaking at pinpointed moments is another essential - one top-150 player I knew would categorise each event with a 1, 2 or 3. Because it's simply not possible to treat every event as being the most important. Mentally it doesn't work.

And so when the event was a 1, they would really, really, really max out every single thing. Do or die event. A 2 was normal. And a 3 was an event where they could try out new plays, do more tourism, have dinner late with friends, whatever. Event-lite. Usually, they would designate the events beforehand (sometimes at the start of the year). But they also would upgrade some last minute - because of the luck of the draw, retirements, whatever.

As you say, it's not just about forehands and serves.

PaulM · Tennis legend

Great stuff Harriet. If she could get a high seeding for Melbourne that would be brilliant. Tough final but not unwinnable by any means.

emmsie69 · Top national player

I'm a big fan of Harriet's, primarily because she puts herself out there in the biggest events she can but if she makes top 100 again I would like her to dial it down and be a bit more cynical about what tournaments she plays so she ca have a longer stay in the top 100 once she is back there

Mervatron2 · Challenger qualifying

Great week for Harriet. Tough final but she can win it. Hoping for a repeat next week too.

9vicman · Satellite level

Lambda wrote:
Yuan has reached the final in her last 2 events after not doing much of note all year. She lost to Pegula in Seoul (WTA500) and to Bai in a China W100, albeit in the W100 getting from R16 to the final by playing only 2 games benefiting from a wo and a retirement. Hopefully, it's not 3rd time lucky.

Harriet is up to 120 in the live rankings. She's secured an AO qualifying seeding, may be borderline for a top 16 qualifying seeding (16th seed was ranked 120 this year). Should she win, fingers crossed, she would still need, I reckon, another 50 to 80 points for the AO main draw, depending on the number of players using SRs to enter, of which I'm expecting a lot.

-- Edited by Lambda on Saturday 18th of November 2023 07:37:05 AM

I think Yuan must have been injured this year as there are gaps in her schedule having been ranked as high as No. 72 in 2022. She has wins recently over Mertens and Bouzkova so obviously playing above her ranking.

indiana · Tennis legend

MrTSymonds wrote:
Jodie will be in camp Harriet for the final as Yuan overtakes her if she wins. I think Jodie's inactivity recently is going to cost her as she is right on the cusp.

She's not playing next week whereas loads that could overtake her are. If results go against her she would be 97 on Mondays rankings and then it's squeaky bum time.

Andorra suddenly becomes massive for her, and a poor performance there could see her drop into the qualifying, potentially losing out on thousands and thousands of pounds. Unless she's injured, her management have a lot to answer for here if she doesn't make the Australian Open main draw.

I know Harriet has had a bit of luck this week with the draw, but I've said it repeatedly, rankings are relatively easy to climb if your pick tournaments sensibly. We saw it earlier in the year with Katie Boulter, and Ryan peniston to a degree recently.

I wonder if we can see something similar with Katie Swan next year (though hers is heavily injury related).

Yes, quite a number close behind Jodie on points but currently WR 92 and with nothing to drop herself before the Aus Open entry date list, I think she will be absolutely fine for MD entry, in the end and probably in the initial list.

Given that and with the BJK Cup, I think it very understandable she's not got anything else on the agenda other than that Andorra 125. And inactivity, when fit, is certainly not a general charge that could be aimed at Jodie.

All will be well

markymc1983 · Club Coach

Does anybody know if the final is being streamed? Im on a night shift and fancy keeping an eye on it

PockyTastic · Futures level

markymc1983 wrote:
Does anybody know if the final is being streamed? Im on a night shift and fancy keeping an eye on it

The itf site has streamed other matches, i think, so assume you can watch it for free in the early hours.

the addict · Tennis legend

PockyTastic wrote:
markymc1983 wrote:
Does anybody know if the final is being streamed? Im on a night shift and fancy keeping an eye on it
The itf site has streamed other matches, i think, so assume you can watch it for free in the early hours.

11 am local time which I think is 2am in the UK