British Tennis Forum - Celebrating 20 Years!

emmsie69 · Masters Series Champion

Week 23 - WTA500 - HSBC Championships, Queens, London

paulisi · Tennis legend

Good win for Harriet

wimdledont · Challenger level

Great win for Harriet b WR35 Samsonova

emmsie69 · Masters Series Champion

seagull wrote:
Great win and brilliant use of a wildcard

Snap biggrin

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Well done Harriet. Hope nobody tells her she was ignored by beeb commentators . She'd be livid !

-- Edited by Julia Carrot on Monday 8th of June 2026 07:52:30 PM

ricardo89 · Junior player

Puts all those comments about tatiana Maria should got the wildcard over Harriet to bed, lets go Harriet fantastic match

JonH · Tennis legend

Well done to Harriet!

seagull · Tennis legend

Exactly. Supposed to be the British tennis forum. Bet all those people who were cheering at 8:30 at night on outside court would not have been there for Maria v Samsonova.

emmsie69 · Masters Series Champion

seagull wrote:
Exactly. Supposed to be the British tennis forum. Bet all those people who were cheering at 8:30 at night on outside court would not have been there for Maria v Samsonova.

Exactly. I know I wouldn't have but I'm a Harriet fan anyway.

I don't begrudge Harriet any of her Wc's she always steps up for the team GB tournaments.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

ricardo89 wrote:
Puts all those comments about tatiana Maria should got the wildcard over Harriet to bed, lets go Harriet fantastic match

Still not with you on this one smile

(and it didn't have to be Harriet's wildcard)

But very pleased for Harriet, and for the supporters - I watched and enjoyed biggrin

Obviously, though, the people who like the fact the supporters were there in number for Harriet will be equally glad if the supporters are there in number for Venus or Serena at the expense of a Brit

Tennisfandan · Improver

emmsie69 wrote:
seagull wrote:
Exactly. Supposed to be the British tennis forum. Bet all those people who were cheering at 8:30 at night on outside court would not have been there for Maria v Samsonova.
Exactly. I know I wouldn't have but I'm a Harriet fan anyway.
I don't begrudge Harriet any of her Wc's she always steps up for the team GB tournaments.

Ive been waiting for someone to say this! After her shift at the BJK Cup she can have all the wild cards she wants this year!

PaulM · Tennis legend

Excellent win!!

Tennpar · Club Coach

Congrats to Harriet - I wasn't expecting that smile

seagull · Tennis legend

Coup Droit wrote:
ricardo89 wrote:
Puts all those comments about tatiana Maria should got the wildcard over Harriet to bed, lets go Harriet fantastic match
Still not with you on this one
(and it didn't have to be Harriet's wildcard)
But very pleased for Harriet, and for the supporters - I watched and enjoyed
Obviously, though, the people who like the fact the supporters were there in number for Harriet will be equally glad if the supporters are there in number for Venus or Serena at the expense of a Brit

CD you are probably my favourite poster on here but going to disagree with you again here. I will be very annoyed if Venus and Serena get a wildcard at Wimbledon just to raise their profile yet again. Im sure crowds would flock to see them but you can hardly compare them to Maria?

ricardo89 · Junior player

People need to remember this is a British tennis tournament, fans want to see brits play and hopefully win, Im glad the lta are finally seeing sense and prioritising the wildcards to British players. Also Im sorry I will say it again tatiana played so well last year I will give her that but she has been absolutely poor all season hardly winning matches and on the slide in rankings, so I agree that the wildcard went to brits and not Tatiana, sorry my opinion.