Week 24 - WTA250 - Nottingham, Great Britain Grass

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

RE: Week 24 - WTA250 - Nottingham, Great Britain Grass

Crispy · Strong Club Player

To be fair I haven't seen too much from her before, but to me, her game looked perfect for grass - was hitting winners from every part of the court, and Kostyuk didn't do too much wrong other than have a poor serving day... am hoping it was an over-performance!

the addict · Tennis legend

Coup Droit wrote:
Crispy wrote:
If Emma makes it through to R2, Snigur looks in fantastic form. An excellent grass court player.
Seriously? Snigur get well outplayed by Mandlik last week at Surbiton - lost in two sets, I think

Actually it was two tie-break sets and there wasn't a lot between them. I watched a few games and couldn't predict the outcome. Perhaps you were thinking of the next round where Minnen beat Mandlik 2 & 2

-- Edited by the addict on Tuesday 11th of June 2024 01:21:48 PM

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Just again, Harriet may be a little testy and a bit cold but Kelly Rask had a nightmare of a match, truly embarrassing even
And what on earth was Jane Harvey doing, saying, OK Harriet I'll ask your coach shall I? (About Harriet s linecalls)
She might have been trying to be jokey but it so so wrong - and she's the one in charge
They should both take a big look in the mirror

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

the addict wrote:
Coup Droit wrote:
Crispy wrote:
If Emma makes it through to R2, Snigur looks in fantastic form. An excellent grass court player.
Seriously? Snigur get well outplayed by Mandlik last week at Surbiton - lost in two sets, I think
Actually it was two tie-break sets and there wasn't a lot between them. I watched a few games and couldn't predict the outcome. Perhaps you were thinking of the next round where Minnen beat Mandlik 2 & 2

-- Edited by the addict on Tuesday 11th of June 2024 01:21:48 PM

No, I thought the first set was pretty one-sided, despite the score

And the second could well have been Snigur s but she sort of collapsed - almost seed to be crying at one point

It wasn't great tennis, in my view

the addict · Tennis legend

I must have watched the best bits then !

Rich2310 · County player

Just happy to see Emma back on court playing and she has the first set wrapped up nicely 6-1

RainDelay · Pro player

Snigur has never really impressed me, seems average with a slappy forehand, which when goes in is great but most of the time doesn't go in.

paulisi · Tennis legend

RainDelay wrote:
Snigur has never really impressed me, seems average with a slappy forehand, which when goes in is great but most of the time doesn't go in.

From what I saw today, Snigur looked a player, but not sure if that is her normal level.

No reason why Emma cannot win this and the next round as well. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if Emma goes very deep this week.

Peter too · Tennis legend

Shibahara raised her game at 1-6 1-5 down and broke Emma twice before Emma wrapped it up 6-1 6-4. Shibahara switched to all out attack using her doubles skills at serve and volley and it had Emma worried for a while.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Well done, Emma, good to see her win today

KK · Club Coach

JonH comes home wrote:
to be fair a) the ball was miles out, it really was b) she was quite polite I thought!

I didnt see the rest of any tantrums etc but this one, I thought she was fine and it was a very poor overrule by the umpire!

I thought what she said to the umpire was fine, but if she was rude to the ball girls and ball boys that would be another matter entirely.

Var · Pro player

Peter too wrote:
Shibahara raised her game at 1-6 1-5 down and broke Emma twice before Emma wrapped it up 6-1 6-4. Shibahara switched to all out attack using her doubles skills at serve and volley and it had Emma worried for a while.

Personally, I think that bit extra competition in the second set will have done Emma a power of good.

Rich2310 · County player

Var wrote:
Peter too wrote:
Shibahara raised her game at 1-6 1-5 down and broke Emma twice before Emma wrapped it up 6-1 6-4. Shibahara switched to all out attack using her doubles skills at serve and volley and it had Emma worried for a while.
Personally, I think that bit extra competition in the second set will have done Emma a power of good.

I agree. Sometimes you can win too easily. It made Emma have to dig a little deeper. She got the win and looks fit and healthy. So already a positive week just seeing her back in action.

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Var wrote:
Peter too wrote:
Shibahara raised her game at 1-6 1-5 down and broke Emma twice before Emma wrapped it up 6-1 6-4. Shibahara switched to all out attack using her doubles skills at serve and volley and it had Emma worried for a while.
Personally, I think that bit extra competition in the second set will have done Emma a power of good.

Had me worried too. Just when we thought she was going to wrap it up in under an hour. It's great she won but I thought Emma wobbled as much as Shibahara raised her game.