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PaulM · Tennis legend

Week 22- WTA 125 - Birmingham UK - Grass

Blue_Belle · Pro player

PaulM wrote:
Play cancelled for the day. They'll be lucky to get much done tomorrow, maybe an hour or so in the morning...

-- Edited by PaulM on Monday 1st of June 2026 03:51:01 PM

Definitely British summer!

indiana · Tennis legend

Blue_Belle wrote:
PaulM wrote:
Play cancelled for the day. They'll be lucky to get much done tomorrow, maybe an hour or so in the morning...

-- Edited by PaulM on Monday 1st of June 2026 03:51:01 PM
Definitely British summer!

Was going very well until the tennis arrived

the addict · Tennis legend

Harriet underway on Court 2 - not streamed by the WTA but available elsewhere

seagull · Tennis legend

First set Harriet 6-3

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Nice first set from Harriet

Barantova, aged 20, is quirky, good hand skills, but makes errors

She also missed a lot of tennis during the drugs investigation (I felt a bit sorry for her, tbh, she was only 17 at the time, almost certainly a parental/team thing, if it did happen)

GAMEOVER · Futures qualifying

Bartunkova was runner up at junior Wimbledon singles 2023.

sammmm · Improver

Mika off to a very strong start today, first serve is landing well, a beautiful off forehand winner just now to go 4-1 up and fewer errors than yesterday

PaulM · Tennis legend

Harriet misses *8* game points and hands the Czech a 3-5* lead with a double fault. The sort of game that totally changes a match that one, 9 deuces.

And in the time it took me to type that out the set it over. Sigh.

6-4 3-6 *0-0

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Yes, she had that but just let it slip :(

She's gritty, she won't give up, but it really takes away the easy option and makes it hard on herself

PaulM · Tennis legend

Mika has a break point at the start of the third but Jones hits a nice winner after a very long rally.

*0-1

PaulM · Tennis legend

3 break points missed by Harriet, all snuffed out with good first serves.

*2-2

Mika gets the break in the third at the fourth try. Fun match.

*3-2

PaulM · Tennis legend

Couple more errors there though. Slightly handed the momentum to the Aussie now.

*3-4

Harriet clinging on to her lead at 3-2*

PaulM · Tennis legend

Mika carves out a break point at 4-4* but it's well saved. Saves a game point then Jones double faults on deluce to give Mika a second try. Hard and deep down the middle again forces Jones long.

*5-4

foobarbaz · Club Coach

Emerson Jones not looking confident on the grass, timing all awry and struggling when pushed out wide.