IT PROMISES to be a cracker of a match as Heather Watson and Tara Moore take on Katarzyna Piter and Romana Tabakova in the second round of the girls’ doubles at Wimbledon today.
Piter and Tabakova were very impressive as they beat the tournament’s number seven seeds Cindy Chala of France and Thailand’s Noppawan Lertcheewakarn 7-5, 6-1 on court four last night.
Piter, 17, is from Poland and has a world ranking of 20, while Tabakova has a world ranking of 79. The 17-year-old Slovakian is a supermodel in her spare time.
Sarnian Watson and her partner Tara Moore were also in inspired form on Monday in their first round victory over Bistra Otashliyska and Alyona Sotnikova, who are both ranked in the top 100 in the world.
The young British pair won 6-3, 6-3. Straight after the match Watson was bullish about her and her partner Tara Moore’s chances, saying that they could go all the way.
She was still feeling confident 24 hours later.
‘You’ve always got to feel confident, otherwise there’s no point going out there,’ she said.
The Lawn Tennis Association’s head of women’s tennis, Carl Maes, watched Watson and Moore against Otashliyska and Sotnikova and afterwards gave his critical appraisal of their showing.
‘That was a good performance,’ said the Belgian who used to coach former Wimbledon and French and US Open champion, Kim Clijsters.
‘I think Tara is the more natural doubles player, but they complement each other pretty well.’
Article posted on 2nd July, 2008 - 2.29pm
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