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Var · Futures qualifying

RE: Weeks 27 & 28 - The Championships, Wimbledon (Womens') (grass) - main draw

Var · Futures qualifying

First match point to Emma and she takes it

-- Edited by Var on Wednesday 2nd of July 2025 06:49:09 PM

Danny1312 · Strong Club Player

That was a breath of fresh air! Cheered me up no end after Boulter :)

Jan · Hall of fame

That was so good!!

wimbledont · Intermediate Club Player

Sonay gets Diane Parry (Q) in the next round.

Emma not so much.

Peter too · Tennis legend

R2: Emma Raducanu (GBR) WR40 def Marketa Vondrousova (CZE) WR73 6-3 6-3
R2: Katie Boulter (GBR) WR43 lost to Solana Sierra (ARG) WR101 7-6(7) 2-6 1-6
R2: Sonay Kartal (GBR) WR51 def Viktoriya Tomova (BUL) WR111 6-2 6-2

R3: Emma Raducanu (GBR) WR40 v Aryna Sabalenka [1] WR1
R3: Sonay Kartal (GBR) WR51 v Dianne Parry (FRA) [Q] WR103

-- Edited by Peter too on Wednesday 2nd of July 2025 09:02:29 PM

PaulM · Tennis legend

That was great! And how lovely to see her so relaxed and happy again too.

Danny1312 · Strong Club Player

Really tough draw... Win it and it's wide open though :p

B00thy · Strong Club Player

Not sure the performance quite matched the superlatives (BBC saying 4 star maybe even 5 star) but certainly it was what was needed against where Vondrousova's level is right now. At her best she was great and once she knew she had it won, she turned it on. We can all see though that she bottles a few shots during rallies and hopefully with the right pep talk beforehand she can cut those out. To stay with Sabalenka she needs her A game most of the time, and needs to keep her bottle. Pretty unlikely to win a set but this a good level we're now seeing.

-- Edited by B00thy on Wednesday 2nd of July 2025 07:15:00 PM

-- Edited by B00thy on Wednesday 2nd of July 2025 07:15:37 PM

Var · Futures qualifying

B00thy wrote:
Not sure the performance quite matched the superlatives (BBC saying 4 star maybe even 5 star) but certainly it was what was needed against where Vondrousova's level is right now. At her best she was great and once she knew she had it won, she turned it on. We can all see though that she bottles a few shots during rallies and hopefully with the right pep talk beforehand she can cut those out. To stay with Sabalenka she needs her A game most of the time, and needs to keep her bottle. Pretty unlikely to win a set but this a good level we're now seeing.

-- Edited by B00thy on Wednesday 2nd of July 2025 07:15:00 PM

-- Edited by B00thy on Wednesday 2nd of July 2025 07:15:37 PM

Aryna hasnt looked comfortable on the grass though.

the addict · Tennis legend

Another chance for Sonay. Parry has just put out Shnaider, which is a massive win for her, so might be a better match.
Emma has to start well against Sabalenka and prey on her nerves.

paulisi · Tennis legend

How good was Emma.
And contrastingly:
How poor was Katie

Danny1312 · Strong Club Player

I thought Emma was great! Easy to say her opponent wasn't good and out of form but Emma pushed her back and she won Berlin last week! Obviously next round will be a huge outsider but today was very good. Obviously could do some things better but could do a lot of things worse too.

seagull · Hall of fame

Katies interview was worrying. Just said her opponent was too good. I mean you served about 15 double faults and could not get a ball in court for 2 sets.
Didnt matter what standard her opponent was at.

PaulM · Tennis legend

On the plus side, Katie has very little to defend until October. She seemed very down in her press conference, she knows it wasn't good enough today. Hopefully she can regroup over the summer and squeeze up into a seeded slot for the US Open.

Seagull I think she was being polite/respectful rather than honest biggrin

-- Edited by PaulM on Wednesday 2nd of July 2025 07:23:49 PM