WIMBLEDON 2021 - Women Singles and Doubles

[Hawkeye]

Johanna Konta out of Wimbledon after one of her team tests positive for COVID-19.

[themass15]

Such a shame, let's hope she is the only one

[banskogirl]

Johanna Konta out of Wimbledon after one of her team tests positive for COVID-19.

Aw that’s horrible for Jo.

[goldfish]

So disappointing after giving herself the best chance to compete and being in good form. Hope Andy is keeping clear.

[Jan]

That's such disappointing news.

[JAMES4578]

Yes that is frustrating for Johanna, no alternative but bad news.

[Hawkeye]

Katie Boulter comes from a set down to beat Danielle Lao of the USA. Her reward is a match against second seed Sabalenka in the second round, so hopefully Katie gets her turn on Centre.

[Hawkeye]

Heather's match has been moved to Court 1.

[JAMES4578]

Heather has taken first set over Kristie Ahn 6-2, the winner faces Sloane Stephens who put out Petra Kvitova fairly comprehensively in the end 6-3,6-4.

[Hawkeye]

Heather loses the second set on a tie break, and the roof is being closed.

[JAMES4578]

Unfortunately does not work out for Heather under the roof, loses tight final set 8-6. Thought she would come through that one.

[suttontennis]

Heather's last two matches have been defeats from winning positions. Swiatek at Eastbourne and now Ahn at Wimbledon. Disappointing, and disappointed for her.

[banskogirl]

Well done to Fran Jones, she lost but played well and seemed to start believing in herself just a little too late today. :clap:

[Hawkeye]

Serena retires hurt from her first round match.

[themass15]

Sad end for Serena. Will this be her last Wimbledon?

[RosieBear]

Serena and Mannarino both retired after slipping in the same place. Soooo relieved Andy stayed upright, he'd be so vulnerable if god forbid he went over. I know the grass courts can be greasy the first few days, especially with so much moisture in the air, but players shouldn't have to play on dangerous courts. Sort it out Wimbo!

[JAMES4578]

Sad moments and so tough or Serena, she slipped and received treatment for left ankle and whilst tried to continue it in the end was to no avail. Good effort from Fran but could not quite stay with Gauff. Felt so sorry for Mannarino too,whilst Federer was coming back he had put him under so much pressure. BBC Tennis (https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/57656647)

[RoastLamb]

Really enjoyed the Ash Barty - Carla S-N match today. Good to see Carla go out on Centre Court in front of a great crowd. It's the least she deserves. I lvoe both their games. So crafty. You can tell they both excel at doubles.

Keeping my fingers crossed for Bianca and Leylah tomorrow.

[JAMES4578]

Yes enjoyable match between Ash and Carla, good to see Suarez Navarro one last time at Wimbledon and given appropriate billing. Barty looked pretty good, though probably should have finished in two but good Carla got some reward for her creative play.

[Sallydaisy]

Alize Cornet has just beaten 5th seed Bianca Andreescu, 6'2, 6'1.
Fabulous lob to seal the win for the Frenchwoman.

[JAMES4578]

A bit of a rout for Cornet, Andreescu a former Us Open champion but not a great deal of experience on grass.

[Sallydaisy]

Katie Boulter has won the first set, 6'4, against Sabalenka!!!
:GBflag:

[Rosalind]

Let's go Katie :GBflag:

[JAMES4578]

Certainly great start for Katie, needs to keep pressure on though.

[Sallydaisy]

Katie is still fighting. Sabalenka broke to serve at 2-1 up but Boults broke back.
2-2 going with serve.

[JAMES4578]

Unfortunately from 40-15 Katie broken again to go 3-2 down,though has been impressive performance overall. Sabalenka not that comfortable at times.

[exislander]

Brilliant!

[Sallydaisy]

Well done Heather Watson & Harriet Dart.
They're through to R2 with a 2 sets defeat of Kanepi/Zhang (6'3, 6'2).

Unfortunately, Kuzmova/Rus beat Burrage/N.Broady by 6'2, 7'6

[Sallydaisy]

Zvonareva/Siegemund d Moore/Silva in R1 of the Ladies Doubles.

Murray/Bains still to play later this afternoon/evening v Gracheva/Kalashnikova

[RosieBear]

Brilliant by Ons, so pleased her serious skills won out against Mugu power. Means so much to her, haven't seen anyone hurl on court like that since Andy at the US :laugh: An Ons/Ash final would be amazing.

[JAMES4578]

Certainly good win for Ons Jabeur, turned it around in style. Muguruza could not really respond in the 3rd.

[RoastLamb]

Certainly good win for Ons Jabeur, turned it around in style. Muguruza could not really respond in the 3rd.

Amazing match! Would love to see Ons win the whole thing tbh.

[Sallydaisy]

LADIES SINGLES - Last 16, all to play for on Magic Monday!

[1] Barty vs. [14] Krejcikova
[WC] Raducanu vs. Tomljanovic

[30] Badosa vs. [18] Muchova
[20] Gauff vs. [25] Kerber

[8] Pliskova vs. [WC] Samsonova
[23] Keys vs. Golubic

[7] Swiatek vs. [21] Jabeur
[18] Rybakina vs. [2] Sabalenka

[exislander]

Dart/Watson had a doubles win tonight.

[RosieBear]

Yes!! Awesome Ons through 5-7 6-1 6-1. Would love her to go all the way :clap:

[Sallydaisy]

Fantastic win for Jabeur!!! She plays Sabalenka in the QF.

[Sallydaisy]

Chan/Chan[7] d Dart/Watson 4'6, 6'2, 6'2
:sad:

[Sallydaisy]

World No 1, and top seed, Ash Barty has just started her match against Roland Garros Champion Barbora Krejcikova. Being shown on BBC2.

[Sallydaisy]

Barty takes the first set 7'5.
Bit of a battle early on when she was 1-3 down but she's now up and running.
2nd set going with serve 1-1.

[RosieBear]

Ash safely through 7-5 6-3.

With Ons, Ash and Emma and no Serena or Osaka the women's side is way more interesting than the men's as we go into the 2nd week. Good to see.

[Sallydaisy]

Very good win for Angie Kerber over Coco Gauff - 6'4, 6'4.
Surprise winner of the day? Viktoria Golubic d Madison Keys 7'6, 6'3

[Sallydaisy]

Just one place left in the Quarter-Finals of the LADIES SINGLES ...
... and it'll be late this evening before we know who it is unless FAA v Sasha hurry up!

Here's the last 8/9:
[1] Barty vs. the winner of [WC] Raducanu vs. Tomljanovic
[18] Muchova v [25] Kerber

[8] Pliskova vs. Golubic
[21] Jabeur v [2] Sabalenka

[RosieBear]

I must add Carebear to the list of women I'm pleased are still in and making things interesting. Looking very sharp against Gauff :clap:

[Sallydaisy]

I must add Carebear to the list of women I'm pleased are still in and making things interesting. Looking very sharp against Gauff :clap:
Team her up with Meddybear for the Mixed in 2022?

[RosieBear]

Team her up with Meddybear for the Mixed in 2022?

:lightbulb: Good idea, a winning combination for sure :rolling:

[Sallydaisy]

OOP Tuesday 6th July, Ladies Quarter-Finals

CENTRE COURT - 13.30
To Finish: [2] Medvedev leads [14] Hurkacz 6-2, 6-7(2), 6-3, 3-4
N/B 14.30: [21] Jabeur v [2] Sabalenka
N/B 16.30:[1] Barty v Tomljanovic

COURT ONE - 13.00
[8] Pliskova v Golubic
[19] Muchova v [25] Kerber
[1] Mektic/Pavic v [8] Kubot/Melo

[RosieBear]

Sabalenka bulldozes her way to the first set 6-4. Ugh. C'mon Ons!

Ditto the 2nd. Sabalenka into the semi. Did the better player win...hardly. Grim.

Ash up next, hope she fares better.

[JAMES4578]

Was fairly tight in first set but Jabeur unable to counteract the power really, still good to see her making progress. Ash very much in control and seems all set for a semi against Angie Kerber (who has come back to form on the grass. The other semi between Sabalenka and Karolina Pliskova (who has won all her matches comfortably)

[RosieBear]

Ash through 6-1 6-3, never really troubled, to set up a semi final clash with Kerber, which should be a cracker (wish it was the final tbh) and hopefully provides the overall winner.

[RosieBear]

Ash beats Kerber 6-3 7-6 (3) and claims her place in the final :clap: Rooting for the Aussie to lift the :trophy: on Saturday :peace:

[Jan]

Yes, would love Ash to win! (Especially would like a non-shrieker to win!)

[JAMES4578]

Ash was pretty impresive, though Kerber had chance to take it to a 3rd and had poor start to Breaker. Wanted Barty to win though.

[Sallydaisy]

Sabalenka takes the first set 7'5. Can't watch it as too much screeching.

[JAMES4578]

Pliskova had moee chances (8 bps) but could not capitalise and became a bit frustrated at end of set, though has just broken Sabalenka for the 1st time to lead 3-2 in 2nd. Into a 3rd and Karolina with a break at 3-2.

[Jan]

Sabalenka takes the first set 7'5. Can't watch it as too much screeching.
I am half watching with the sound off.

[Sallydaisy]

Pliskova wins and will play Ash Barty in the Final.

[JAMES4578]

Good fightback from Pliskova,still pretty tight in very much a big hitting match.

[Jan]

I'm happy with that! They would have been my choices for today's winners :)

[jackie55]

Pleased that it is going to a screeching free, ladies final:thumbup:

[Sallydaisy]

The party isn't happening yet for Barty.
Took the first set 6-3, was down 1-3 in the 2nd but got to 6-5 and served for the match. Whereupon she played a loose service game and dropped serve.

Tue-break to decide the set or match.

[exislander]

One set each - this is the most tense final in a long time.

[Sallydaisy]

Barty now up 4-1 but mainly due to errors at critical points from Plisky.
KP holds for 2-4.
Barty is so nervous and her 1st serve has gone MIA so it could still go either way.

[Jan]

Fab!!!! So pleased for Ash :cheer::cheer:

[Sallydaisy]

:strawberry:

Well done Ashleigh Barty!!!
:yahoo::yahoo::yahoo::yahoo::yahoo:

Not a classic match, both so nervous, but great to see a match of 2 different styles and perhaps more to come from both.

[RosieBear]

Congratulations Ash Barty! Lovely person, lovely player, very happy for her. Pleased Karolina made it respectable if not a classic. I do hope she can overcome her nerves and get a slam one day. I don't love her game but, as an Andy fan, have so much sympathy for players lumbered with the best player not to have won a slam label. Andy rid himself of it and hope Karolina can too.

[JAMES4578]

It became a good contest if not a classic with some drama ,whilst Barty could have won in 2 glad it did go the distance in a way. Whilst both displayed nerves Pliskova was the more affected, however credit to Karolina for getting into it after such a poor start. Barty certainly has a more vared game which paid dividends for her and it does mean so much for her on the 50th anniversary of Evonne Goolagong's (as she then was) win. Think she is a credit to the game and engaging, well done! Pliskova has a powerful game and thought she would have had more success in slams but is not generally the most confident performer,perhaps she will find a way to deal with it better with perhaps more chances coming her way.

[patlowe]

Agreed, not a classic match, but...a match with no MTOs or lengthy toilet breaks. And...no loud screaming or grunting. All that was very refreshing. There were some poignant moments which made this match memorable in it's own way. Well done to both girls. And of course, for me, Ash's kit was destined to win.

[Sallydaisy]

The Ladies Doubles Final is a bit of a cracker!!!
Vesnina/Kudermetova were serving for the match in the 2nd set but were broken.
Taken into a 3rd set by Mertens/Hsieh who have upped their game considerably.

[Sallydaisy]

:trophy::trophy:
Mertens/Hsieh win!!! 3'6, 7'5, 9'7

What a match, so close right the way through and I thought it'd go on all night.
Shame for Vesnina, who has played her heart out, and Kudermetova in her first Slam Final. But the Belgian/Taipei pairing produced some outstanding tennis to seal the deal.
:flowers:

[JAMES4578]

Certainly became gripping contest, credit to Vesnina/ Kudermetova who were so close but Mertens/Hsieh just a bit stronger in the end. Well done to all though:cheer::cheer:

[RoastLamb]

That was a brilliant dubs final. Both teams deserved to win, sad that Team Russia lost but happy for the Belgian/Taipei duo. Great tennis! :trophy:

[RoastLamb]

Oh and super happy for Ash Barty. Was rooting for her from the very beginning. :trophy: