Week 24 - WTA250 - Nottingham, Great Britain Grass

seagull · Hall of fame

Week 24 - WTA250 - Nottingham, Great Britain Grass

PaulM · Tennis legend

Got to say, that smile of Heathers never fails to make me grin. Lovely girl and so pleased for her given what was at stake today.

seagull · Hall of fame

Was very windy out there. Boulter normally struggles in the wind.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

I went out at about 2-2 in the third, in Hev's match - and though, gosh, this is going to be close - I'm not going to look till I get home ....

AND..... yeh, way to go, Heather !

seagull · Hall of fame

As I thought Katie struggling with the conditions

Crispy · Strong Club Player

Amazingly, if KB loses, she will only drop down to about 40 in the world, which is a testament to how good her year has been...

seagull · Hall of fame

But ruins her chances of being seeded for Wimbledon

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

seagull wrote:
As I thought Katie struggling with the conditions

Or just struggling ?

Very good chance this will go to three, though, I'd have thought....

paulisi · Tennis legend

Harriet is the more consistent player at the moment. Deserves the lead

Var · Pro player

paulisi wrote:
Harriet is the more consistent player at the moment. Deserves the lead

You know, I feel for Harriet, she has had a rough time and if it means she starts to turn it around against Katie, so be it. Let the best player win!

jb288 · Satellite level

Harriet is playing really well, but my gosh her demeanour on court is unpleasant. The way she talks to umpires and treats ball boys is just not nice. (I think the umpire just made a bad call against her, but it's not just that).

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

jb288 wrote:
Harriet is playing really well, but my gosh her demeanour on court is unpleasant. The way she talks to umpires and treats ball boys is just not nice. (I think the umpire just made a bad call against her, but it's not just that).

Yes, it's not great

But the umpire was miles wrong, in my opnion, there - and had no job overruling something that far away - anyone would have been infuriated

jb288 · Satellite level

Coup Droit wrote:
jb288 wrote:
Harriet is playing really well, but my gosh her demeanour on court is unpleasant. The way she talks to umpires and treats ball boys is just not nice. (I think the umpire just made a bad call against her, but it's not just that).
Yes, it's not great
But the umpire was miles wrong, in my opnion, there - and had no job overruling something that far away - anyone would have been infuriated

Yeh I agree, looked miles out to me. But that's no excuse for how she's been acting before. Flicking balls back at ball boys cos you're grumpy is just entitled, juvenile nonsense. I'm glad the umpire is sticking up for herself.

PaulM · Tennis legend

Yeah the umpire has been pretty poor throughout this and Harriet probably, with some justification, feels she's had the rougher end of several bad decisions.

jb288 · Satellite level

PaulM wrote:
Yeah the umpire has been pretty poor throughout this and Harriet probably, with some justification, feels she's had the rougher end of several bad decisions.

You don't get to talk to people like they're subhuman when you disagree with them. None of the rest of us do in our jobs. I'm afraid it's upper-middle-class entitlement writ large.