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feather_ghyllThe grass-court season has begun. Konta saved some ranking points in a run to the final at Nottingham, but her ranking is so low she faced Kvitova in the first round at Birmingham. Ouch.
Queen’s offers a tasty line-up of players ready to try their grass game out.
I followed the scores on Tuesday (Dimitrov pushed but through, Djokovic through, Murray – playing Kyrigos for his comeback – out in three) and came home to catch the end of Edmond’s first set against Harrison. It looked as if they’d just been winning on serve at 5-5, but I gather it was more complicated than that. However, Edmond played the better tie-break, breaking first, backing it up and winning on his first set point, which was on his serve.
The momentum switched then, with Edmond getting break points on Harrison’s serve while remaining untroubled on his. There were points he should have won, but Harrison got away. However, at 5-4 up – perhaps because he’d seen the scoreboard and decided ‘Right’ Edmond won early points in the game. There was one rally that was more interesting than in the entire match, and he found a way to win the match.
The commentators were talking the excellent forehand, how the backhand has got on and the second serve points won. But for me, it was the mental approach and composure. Edmond looked comfortable where he was. He’s young, but he’s on the up, and all his experiences this year have got him where he is. Never mind that he’s British no. 1 as they kept mentioning, because the Murray situation is what it is, he’s the no. 7 seed, in the top 20. From what I saw, he was the seed playing an unseeded player in that match.
On Wednesday, I didn’t mean to watch the doubles, but I came home to the ‘champions tiebreak’, where the experienced French pair folded. I would imagine that playing doubles with the forever committed Hewitt is good for Kyrigos.
Tonight, I saw Djokovic, who mainly had to stay firm against Dimitrov, and sometimes lost the battle to stay upright against the surface.
I can’t pretend that I’m interested in who wins Mannarino vs Benneteau (I don’t think Inverdale is either) which is currently on. Nice to hear that Edmond beat Kyrigos in the doubles, avenging the loss in the singles.
Queen’s offers a tasty line-up of players ready to try their grass game out.
I followed the scores on Tuesday (Dimitrov pushed but through, Djokovic through, Murray – playing Kyrigos for his comeback – out in three) and came home to catch the end of Edmond’s first set against Harrison. It looked as if they’d just been winning on serve at 5-5, but I gather it was more complicated than that. However, Edmond played the better tie-break, breaking first, backing it up and winning on his first set point, which was on his serve.
The momentum switched then, with Edmond getting break points on Harrison’s serve while remaining untroubled on his. There were points he should have won, but Harrison got away. However, at 5-4 up – perhaps because he’d seen the scoreboard and decided ‘Right’ Edmond won early points in the game. There was one rally that was more interesting than in the entire match, and he found a way to win the match.
The commentators were talking the excellent forehand, how the backhand has got on and the second serve points won. But for me, it was the mental approach and composure. Edmond looked comfortable where he was. He’s young, but he’s on the up, and all his experiences this year have got him where he is. Never mind that he’s British no. 1 as they kept mentioning, because the Murray situation is what it is, he’s the no. 7 seed, in the top 20. From what I saw, he was the seed playing an unseeded player in that match.
On Wednesday, I didn’t mean to watch the doubles, but I came home to the ‘champions tiebreak’, where the experienced French pair folded. I would imagine that playing doubles with the forever committed Hewitt is good for Kyrigos.
Tonight, I saw Djokovic, who mainly had to stay firm against Dimitrov, and sometimes lost the battle to stay upright against the surface.
I can’t pretend that I’m interested in who wins Mannarino vs Benneteau (I don’t think Inverdale is either) which is currently on. Nice to hear that Edmond beat Kyrigos in the doubles, avenging the loss in the singles.
