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9vicman · Satellite level

Week 21 - Grand Slam - Roland Garros, France - Clay

9vicman · Satellite level

Back to the tennis, and with Heather Watson not playing doubles for once, that must be her earliest finish in Paris for a while. Am not going to jump on the band wagon of discussing how long she's going to play for, but it's clear that she does not want to become a doubles specialist, and has sacrificed a relatively high doubles ranking to extend her singles career. A ranking of 160 is still decent, but her results are patchy.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

9vicman wrote:
It feels like there is a lot of therapising of Harriet Dart going on, and I am not comfortable with some of the personal comments, and in the knowledge that players, coaches and parents visit these boards. These are not the kind of comments I have been used to reading over the years, and I think we need to be careful.

Yes, but that's good

It's not bad that players realise what people think - and this is not based on gossip - or rumour - or whatever.

It's comments about a publicly recorded incident, and comment without bad language or connotations of violence, heaven forbid, or anything that is most obviously wrong

However, I did bring it back to the tennis with the little story about Daria

And am now watching Fran - and Ksenia - and a couple of others - multi-tasking is very tricky

emmsie69 · Top national player

Coup Droit wrote:
9vicman wrote:
It feels like there is a lot of therapising of Harriet Dart going on, and I am not comfortable with some of the personal comments, and in the knowledge that players, coaches and parents visit these boards. These are not the kind of comments I have been used to reading over the years, and I think we need to be careful.
Yes, but that's good
It's not bad that players realise what people think - and this is not based on gossip - or rumour - or whatever.
It's comments about a publicly recorded incident, and comment without bad language or connotations of violence, heaven forbid, or anything that is most obviously wrong
However, I did bring it back to the tennis with the little story about Daria
And am now watching Fran - and Ksenia - and a couple of others - multi-tasking is very tricky

She's apologised, which is a lot more than others do when they are caught out.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Fran was the overwhelming favourite with the bookies and although it was quite tight at the start, she's now imposing herself

4-1

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

emmsie69 wrote:
Coup Droit wrote:
9vicman wrote:
It feels like there is a lot of therapising of Harriet Dart going on, and I am not comfortable with some of the personal comments, and in the knowledge that players, coaches and parents visit these boards. These are not the kind of comments I have been used to reading over the years, and I think we need to be careful.
Yes, but that's good
It's not bad that players realise what people think - and this is not based on gossip - or rumour - or whatever.
It's comments about a publicly recorded incident, and comment without bad language or connotations of violence, heaven forbid, or anything that is most obviously wrong
However, I did bring it back to the tennis with the little story about Daria
And am now watching Fran - and Ksenia - and a couple of others - multi-tasking is very tricky

She's apologised, which is a lot more than others do when they are caught out.

Mine are absolute comments, not relative ones

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Fran coming to the net and volleying !

And winning the point

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

the big news, obviously, for the French is that young Daphnée Mpetshi-Perricard - Giovanni's little sister - won this morning

She's only 16 and ranked about 1000 or some such

Certainly got the crowd going

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

6-2 Fran :)

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Hopefully Fran can see it through - we are down to Fran and one of Billy/Dan now as it is!

PaulM · Tennis legend

Shame for Hev but she needed the first set.

I agree it feels odd she's largely discarded doubles. If she's well outside the top 100 in both it sort of does feel we are in the sunset era.

Anyway, let's hopefully see plenty of that lovely post victory smile on the grass.

the addict · Tennis legend

QR1:- Francesca Jones (GBR) WR126 [Q22] def Lea Boscovic (CRO) WR201 6-2 6-3

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Phew, one over the line - with Dan or Billy, we will at least have one woman and one man in the second round of qualies

KK · Club Coach

emmsie69 wrote:
Coup Droit wrote:
9vicman wrote:
It feels like there is a lot of therapising of Harriet Dart going on, and I am not comfortable with some of the personal comments, and in the knowledge that players, coaches and parents visit these boards. These are not the kind of comments I have been used to reading over the years, and I think we need to be careful.
Yes, but that's good
It's not bad that players realise what people think - and this is not based on gossip - or rumour - or whatever.
It's comments about a publicly recorded incident, and comment without bad language or connotations of violence, heaven forbid, or anything that is most obviously wrong
However, I did bring it back to the tennis with the little story about Daria
And am now watching Fran - and Ksenia - and a couple of others - multi-tasking is very tricky

She's apologised, which is a lot more than others do when they are caught out.

Eventually - as someone on here commented, probably only after being told to do so by her management agent.

Her family wouldn't need to come on this forum to see uncomplimentary comments. The Times, the Telegraph and the Mailonline were all heaving with them at the time!

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

The extremely hyped young 'starlet', Ksenia Efremova (age 16), who is often bracketed with Hannah (maybe both of them over-hyped???) lost today 1-6 5-7

Decent effort but obviously Daphnée Mpetshi-Perricard has bragging rights

Two more to go - one age 16, one age 15