Week 24 - WTA250 - Nottingham, Great Britain Grass

Jan · Hall of fame

Week 24 - WTA250 - Nottingham, Great Britain Grass

PaulM · Tennis legend

Hev actually doing an ok job, but Pliskova is able to serve her way out of trouble. Every break point she got the Czech just served a bomb.

4-6 1-2*

PaulM · Tennis legend

Heather wins four games in a row to go up *4-2, but Pliskova wakes up and runs off a series of points with big hitting to level, and then break again.

Heather really unlucky, at *30-15 Pliskova got a very fortuitous net cord.

4-5*

PaulM · Tennis legend

Heather gets two break points. First saved with an ace. Forehand long on the second. Gets a third. Bullet first serve saves it. Ace brings up match point. Ace #13 to win it.

Heather loses 6-4 6-4. Good effort but that serve snuffed out most of her chances.

the addict · Tennis legend

Today's Doubles Results

L16:- Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN) / Erin Routliffe (NZL) CR8 (5+3) [1] def Alicia Barnett (GBR) / Freya Christie (GBR) CR261 (122+139)

L16:- Naiktha Bains (GBR) / Maia Lumsden (GBR) CR169 (102+67) def Nao Hibino (JPN) / Samantha Murray Sharan (GBR) CR293 (145+148) 7-5 6-3

*****

QF:- Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN) / Erin Routliffe (NZL) CR8 (5+3) [1] v Naiktha Bains (GBR) / Maia Lumsden (GBR) CR169 (102+67)

QF:- Ashlyn Krueger (USA) / Shuai Zhang (CHN) CR137 (81+56) v Magdalena Frech )POL) / Katarzyna Kawa (POL) CR625 (541+84)

QF:- Ena Shibahara (JPN) / Heather Watson (GBR) CR71 (24+47) [4] v Clara Burel (FRA) / C. Osorio (COL) CR1412 (420+992)

QF:- Harriet Dart (GBR) / Diane Parry (FRA) CR233 (116+117) v Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA) / Ellen Perez (AUS) CR14 (7+7) [2]

-- Edited by the addict on Wednesday 12th of June 2024 06:38:10 PM

Barefoot · Lower Club Player

Well done Katie. I looked at the seeds in her section and thought it seemed reasonable but Ive missed Marla hanging around there!

9vicman · Satellite level

Quite sobering that GB has only one woman in the Top 100 on the live rankings despite another week of fine performances in Nottingham. Harriet just outside Top 100, Heather just inside Top 200, and Jodie so unlucky with her injuries. Hoping that Raducanu can continue her climb, and Fran have a decent run of fitness.

PaulM · Tennis legend

It reinforces just how good a grass court season most of the girls had last year too. Nottingham they all picked up a shed load of points.

9vicman · Satellite level

PaulM wrote:
It reinforces just how good a grass court season most of the girls had last year too. Nottingham they all picked up a shed load of points.

Indeed. Jodie's going to have to start again, while Harriet has a lot of points to defend over the coming weeks. Katie does too of course, but from a place of playing consistently well.

the addict · Tennis legend

Wednesday's results, for the record

L16:- Heather Watson (GBR) WR158 [WC] LOST TO Karolina Pliscova (CZE) WR50 (CH=1 in 2017) [8] 4-6 4-6

L16:- Katie Boulter (GBR) WR30 [3] def Rebecca Marino (CAN) WR161 [Q] 6-4 6-3

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

A couple of slightly lazy forehands and Emma gets broken

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

And then unbalanced forehands from Snigur and it's back on serve

Jan · Hall of fame

6 games on the bounce and Emma takes the first set smile

Peter too · Tennis legend

Emma's serve was on fire today, 11 aces plus numerous other unreturned serves. 6-2 6-2.

Jeff Stelling · Club Coach

A real coup for the tournament organisers having the two ugliest strokes in world tennis on the bill - the Snigur forehand and the Norrie backhand.