Week 44 - WTA 250 - Hong Kong, China (outdoor hard)

9vicman · Satellite level

Week 44 - WTA 250 - Hong Kong, China (outdoor hard)

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

9vicman wrote:
No, don't like that either. Have a sensible calendar with a week between the final week of the tour season and the Finals. Easily achieved if you don't extend all the Masters events to 10 days plus.

Agreed.

Neil Gee · Club Coach

Oh dear. Katie's getting absolutely slaughtered. Still only the one game to her credit. 1-6, 0-4.

Neil Gee · Club Coach

No idea why my post is appearing half way up the page.

-- Edited by Neil Gee on Sunday 3rd of November 2024 08:07:51 AM

DF · Tennis legend

Katie lost 1-6 2-6

DF · Tennis legend

Katie lost 1-6 2-6

PaulM · Tennis legend

Huge gulf in level, but a great week even so.

Loses 6-1 6-2

DF · Tennis legend

the addict wrote:
Shnaider wins 4 & 2.

F:- Katie Boulter WR29 [2] v Diana Shnaider (***) WR14 [1]

The final has started. Katie is being blown off court. 0-4

SuperT · Futures level

It wasnt great from Katie today, but shes had an excellent year, has achieved her objective with a new career high, and after a long time away in Asia I get the feeling she just wants to go home! Hope she has a good rest and comes back fighting in Australia

SuperT · Futures level

Interesting I just this minute posted a comment and it shows as being an hour ago! ???

I think I must be in the wrong time zone!!!

-- Edited by SuperT on Sunday 3rd of November 2024 08:49:47 AM

PaulM · Tennis legend

Broken from *40-15 at the start of the second

1-6 0-1*

Miles off the pace so far.

DF · Tennis legend

She has lost the first set 1-6.

If only she could rely on her serve.

9vicman · Satellite level

I haven't been able to watch this week's matches, but curious as to how Katie has been playing compared with say her win in San Diego. Since then she's struggled against Top 50 players away from grass. It's been an amazing 18 months for her, with three WTA titles and a Top 25 ranking, but for me her movement is still an issue at the highest levels of the game. And I don't think she has the confidence she had on court earlier in the year.

Am very aware I am being critical of someone who has had quite an extraordinary rise and a credit to British tennis.

indiana · Tennis legend

9vicman wrote:
I haven't been able to watch this week's matches, but curious as to how Katie has been playing compared with say her win in San Diego. Since then she's struggled against Top 50 players away from grass. It's been an amazing 18 months for her, with three WTA titles and a Top 25 ranking, but for me her movement is still an issue at the highest levels of the game. And I don't think she has the confidence she had on court earlier in the year.

Am very aware I am being critical of someone who has had quite an extraordinary rise and a credit to British tennis.

Yes, she has risen to ranking heights I never thought she would, especially midst her illness and injury problems.

Yet, yet, I feel there are issues like movement and consistency, and whisper it, she might be rather overranked.

On balance, of course there remains so much that is positive

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

I dont follow Katie particularly or womens tennis much (in terms of watching) so this is very much a second hand view. Its always struck me that Katies game is suited to a faster court where she can zip winners and not get involved in long rallies, where movement is perhaps hidden behind being able to dominate on serve and get the opponent out of position quickly.

I think we all see and know a fast court bias and her results in places like Nottingham or San Diego back that up. Maybe her ranking isnt false so much as shored up by doing well on her favoured courts and the trick going towards is to really plunder the fast courts events- of course, the WTA stop top 30 players being too choosy and so that becomes hard for her to achieve, I guess.