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Peter too · Tennis legend

Week 34 - US Open, New York, USA - Hard - Qualifying

the addict · Tennis legend

Drama started as Harriet breaks back for 4-4. Heather's second serve down to between 63 and 67 mph in that game.

markymc1983 · Club Coach

I cant believe Sky Sports arent showing this? Where is everybody watching this?

the addict · Tennis legend

Streamed on Sky Sports

markymc1983 · Club Coach

Oh I cant see it on Sky Sports Tennis?

HarryGem · County player

markymc1983 wrote:
Oh I cant see it on Sky Sports Tennis?

I use NOWtv which uses Sky. You need to go to the tennis bit and then find the US open qualifying or the WTA section at least on Now.

it is just there.

No idea how this will end.

PaulM · Tennis legend

For a set and half Harriet was as bad as I've ever seen her. Im not sure Heather (who also isn't playing well) got all that much worse although she did get very passive, Harriet just got slightly better.

I wanted Hev to win but don't see it now.

indiana · Tennis legend

Heather 6-2 4-6 Harriet

3rd set - for every one of the 12 British QR2 and FQR matches so far, with Fran to come.

So far from these the set 1 winner has ultimately won just 3 times, the set 2 winner 8 times. Momentum? ( though not much momrntum for set 1 winners into set 2, given clearly all the set 1 winners have lost set 2! )

-- Edited by indiana on Friday 28th of August 2026 05:25:44 PM

HarryGem · County player

PaulM wrote:
For a set and half Harriet was as bad as I've ever seen her. Im not sure Heather (who also isn't playing well) got all that much worse although she did get very passive, Harriet just got slightly better.

I wanted Hev to win but don't see it now.

Heather looks to be running out of steam a bit. One serve, into the net was 57mph, though she did go on to hold serve. Harriet could beat herself yet of course. She was terrible for a set and a half. She was basically getting stressed about things like the air con machine not working. Looks the more likely winner now but still capable of self destructing.

indiana · Tennis legend

C'mon, Hev !!

HarryGem · County player

Early signs look good for Fran. Already a break up.

PaulM · Tennis legend

Hev has 40-0* to break back in the third and does a poor job of it.

Harriet 4-1* and looking pretty comfortable.

HarryGem · County player

Heather faded badly in the third set. Looked as if she just didn't have the energy and match fitness to keep competing. Decent win for Harriett who has come through a pretty easy qualifying group of players but not convincingly.

Shame for Heather but I do feel her singles career is probably coming towards its conclusion.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

HarryGem wrote:
Heather faded badly in the third set. Looked as if she just didn't have the energy and match fitness to keep competing. Decent win for Harriett who has come through a pretty easy qualifying group of players but not convincingly.

Shame for Heather but I do feel her singles career is probably coming towards its conclusion.

And yet, from this event, Heather is still in the top 5 in Britain

Glad for Harriet, though, she really had to struggle, wirh herself more than anything

Brendan F · Strong Club Player

First set to Fran 6-4