Week 38 - WTA500 - Seoul, Korea Hard

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Week 38 - WTA500 - Seoul, Korea Hard

indiana · Tennis legend

Yes, gets over the line after a mixed bag second TB.

Important I feel to have got that match in, won it, and now have a chance to build.

Var · Pro player

indiana wrote:
Yes, gets over the line after a mixed bag second TB.

Important I feel to have got that match in, won it, and now have a chance to build.

Agree Indiana, she is lacking match practice, that should have helped to sharpen her up a bit.

Peter too · Tennis legend

2 hours 43 minute match, I am not sure either could have managed a third set, certainly Emma was feeling it towards the end, so well done to get over the line.

Var · Pro player

JonH comes home wrote:
Plaudits for fighting hard!

Yuan is one I dont know much about, despite her ranking. Tough one?

Doesnt seem to have much form in the singles recently.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

presumably it is quite humid and hot out in Korea (and generally for the swing coming up through Japan and China) so good to get used to it

PaulM · Tennis legend

Hev and Beth lost 6-0 4-6 10-4

Bleurgh.

Peter too · Tennis legend

The Met office says it is 29C in Seoul feels like 32C, humidity 77%.

-- Edited by Peter too on Tuesday 17th of September 2024 11:34:12 AM

9vicman · Satellite level

That's a good win for Emma. Peyton Stearns has had a great year and a tough opponent. Emma just needs matches under her belt.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Peter too wrote:
The Met office says it is 29C in Seoul feels like 32C, humidity 77%.

-- Edited by Peter too on Tuesday 17th of September 2024 11:34:12 AM

that feels pretty heavy going to me!!

dodrade · Futures qualifying

indiana wrote:
PaulM wrote:
Just hit the ball properly!!

5-6*
Was a pleasure to watch Sonay just consistently doing her thing. Emma, try it.

I was critical of Sonay still playing at W35 level but she got plenty of match practice as a result which paid off handsomely. Hopefully playing a full Asian swing will have a similar benefit for Emma.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

JonH comes home wrote:
Peter too wrote:
The Met office says it is 29C in Seoul feels like 32C, humidity 77%.

-- Edited by Peter too on Tuesday 17th of September 2024 11:34:12 AM
that feels pretty heavy going to me!!

wuss biggrin

Seriously, I didn't see any of the match and it certainly sounds as though it wasn't a very pretty match (as the French would say), which might have been due to conditions or whatever

But, bottom line, Emma won in two sets, over a pretty decent top-100 player

To be honest, I'll take that happily

Peter too · Tennis legend

I watched most of the match and it was quite tense because it kept swinging one way then the other. You couldn't predict the likely winner right up to the end. Nearly all the games in the first set went against service but most of the games in the 2nd set went with service. At one point Stearns was serving for the 2nd set. Emma picked her game up to go 40-0 up and went on to level the score and then took it to a tie break. I don't think Emma would have won a third set, she was looking just about all in at the end of the 2nd and did well to turn it round.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Thanks, Peter - that sounds more draining for the fans !

Winning in two sets is an important skill - and some players really need to focus on it (especially ones like Emma at the moment, or Fran) - either win in two or retire at the end of the second - that's what one coach used to instill in his players and he had a point

Peter too · Tennis legend

That win moves Emma up to 60 in the live rankings from 13 tournaments, including 3 when she collected only 10 points. As they rankings on a player's best 18 in a 12 month period there is plenty of chances to add points between now and Wimbledon.