Week 6 - WTA 250 - Cluj-Napoca, Romania (indoor hard)

seagull · Hall of fame

Week 6 - WTA 250 - Cluj-Napoca, Romania (indoor hard)

paulisi · Tennis legend

Straight forward for Harriet. The Spanish girl was way off the pace and struggled when she had to come up towards the net.

SuperT · Futures level

Coup Droit wrote:
I don't agree.

I do think Harriet is more ultra dedicated than the others

I don't think this makes her more deserving though

From what I read and am told, Harriet goes to bed at 9 pm every night. She doesnt touch alcohol (except a sip.of fizz at xmas). She is 100% ultra committed. I don't think the other girls follow such a strict regime

But, again, this is simply a fact, it doesn't make her any more deserving, in my eyes

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Friday 9th of February 2024 08:59:15 AM

Thanks for all the interesting comments here. In my original post I hadn't intended to criticise other players or to suggest they worked less hard, I was just trying to say that Harriet is a great example of what can be achieved if you you are committed to playing regularly throughout the season. Emily A is another who has a full schedule and she too is rising up the rankings. When Sonay first appeared on the scene I thought she was brilliant and was looking forward to seeing her charge up the rankings, but I feel her progress has stalled because her schedule is so thin. This isn't intended as a criticism as I have no idea what the reasons are and they may be well justified, but I just feel if she could play more she'd be higher ranked. No offence is intended here as I still support all our ladies.

I was also a bit disappointed with the suggestion that Harriet is "fortunate" with her fitness. Whilst I know that some injuries are unlucky, there's also a lot you can do off court to minimise injury problems and maybe she has the right regime and lifestyle to minimise some of the problems which others suffer. Anyway, I hope we can all agree that Harriet has had a brilliant week here and we hope she can build on that as the season progresses.

Mervatron2 · Challenger qualifying

Great news to hear Harriet has made the semis.

Nix · Futures level

Well done Harriet. Good to see her doing so well.

GAMEOVER · Satellite level

Guaranteed Romanian finalist in the top half of the draw with Bogdan v. Cristian. Harriet to play either Errani or Ka. Pliskova in the other semi final. Semi final features 4 unseeded players. Such is the fall in Pliskova's ranking that was not seeded here. I remember when this tournament was held in October 2024 that HarryGem wrote that the opportunity was there for Jodie Burrage to win her first WTA singles title here. In the event she came to grief against Korpatsch in the 2nd round. However in reaching the semi final this is Harriet's best ever WTA singles tournament. It will be Harriet v. Pliskova who beat Errani easily.

-- Edited by GAMEOVER on Friday 9th of February 2024 08:30:02 PM

-- Edited by GAMEOVER on Friday 9th of February 2024 08:59:18 PM

the addict · Tennis legend

Well let's hope Pliskova's serve is off tomorrow. She was only serving at 50% today, but won 20/22 when it went in. I saw Katie beat her at Wimbledon and that was one of those days when the percentage was low. I must admit though I'm surprised that Errani actually made it this far in the tournament so the score of 2 & 0 isn't really a shock.

(PS - a bit of clairvoyance there about the October 2024 tournament)

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Harriet and Liv playing each other in the doubles semis on Saturday

paulisi · Tennis legend

Scheduling is odd.
Harriet is second on and then straight on for doubles after a rest

Blue_Belle · Club Coach

paulisi wrote:
Scheduling is odd.
Harriet is second on and then straight on for doubles after a rest

It's a Romanian tournament with Romanians playing. Maybe that's why?

Lambda · Challenger level

Scheduling is all a consequence of choosing to play Cristian's doubles SF yesterday instead of Harriet's. That meant Cristian had to play her singles QF in the day session, pushing Harriet's SF opponent to the evening session. As they wanted Bogdan to be the lead match in the evening session, that pushed Pliskova to be the last match which means she couldn't be scheduled first today.

Canda · Junior player

Pliskova appears to be scheduled to play in Doha tomorrow v Kalinskaya. So she is either going to be desperate to wrap the match up quickly today but might make a lot of errors. Or maybe she is resigned to not making it to Doha and will be super-focussed on winning today. Which one, I wonder??

Grachka · County player

Pliskova eating up Harriet's second serves (and her first serve % is not great) and takes the first set 6-3.

Var · Pro player

Grachka wrote:
Pliskova eating up Harriet's second serves (and her first serve % is not great) and takes the first set 6-3.

Just looks a step too far for Harriet, but good to get experience again for her at the level she is capable of. An excellent weeks work and still the doubles to come.

the addict · Tennis legend

SF:- Karolina Pliskova (CZE) WR78 (CH=1 in July 2017) def Harriet Dart (GBR) WR103 6-3 6-3