World’s media laud Heather for pushing Sharapova so close
Wednesday 31st August 2011, 2:29PM BST.
Heather Watson’s gutsy display against third seed Maria Sharapova, left, in the US Open on Monday night featured heavily in the sports pages of yesterday’s national newspapers, including The Sun and The Independent. 1175111
TENNIS star Heather Watson has been applauded by the world’s media for her ‘gutsy’ performance in the US Open.
The 19-year-old Guernseywoman impressed millions of fans on Monday as she won the first set against world number four and three-time Grand Slam winner Maria Sharapova.
Although she lost the match 6-3, 5-7, 3-6 reports published around the globe – including India, Australia and America – described the 154-minute match as a near-upset of epic proportions.
BBC Sport said the British number three could be proud after the stern test she provided for third-seeded Sharapova.
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Briliant performance by Heather ! Absolutely Brilliant !
And I bet if they had banned this horrible, distracting habit of demonic, animal grunting by players such as Sharapova, Heather would have won in two sets !
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Alvin J Furrer
I find her energetic sounds to be very interesting. Makes one wonder how much effort she puts into other areas of her life.
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OK
I wouldnt want to be her midwife when she has children ;-)
Unlucky for Heather, she very nearly had her at 5 all in the second but Sharpovas experience and power won through in the end. Hopefully she’ll get another shot and as big a stage and get the win her efforts deserve.
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Dave Haslam
I’d be well happy to be the lucky one at conception though.
I’m sure HW will go onto very big things after such a close game. With her skill level, and at such a young age, it’s clear she has the ingredients to be huge in her chosen sport.
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Superb gutsy performance by Heather, with a bit more experience she would have won. Its time they banned the grunting as I believe Sharapova uses it to try and distract her opponents.
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Watson couldnt deliver the goods against a below par Sharapova,says it all really.
Not sure how anyone can come to the conclusion she was unlucky.
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pbfalla go back to sleep and keep you’re idiotic comments to yourself
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Pbfalla
I’m sure I am not the only person who is sick and tired of your endless trolling. Hopefully the forum moderator will now finally ban you.
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pbfalla
You really are quite a sad individual aren’t you!
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pb(peabrain)falla
I can’t quite work out if you are just a wind up merchant or if you are genuinely thick
To cover all eventualities I shall always refer to you as pb(peabrain)falla from now on
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PBFalla
Sharapova did not play well because a very competent Heather Watson stopped her playing well.
I’m sure if you saw the game you will l have realised just how well the Guernsey girl did against the number 3 seed.
A superb performance from Heather Watson deserves praise not your cheap insults.
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I watched the game and i also watched a in depth interview with Sharapova “she said” ” I was well below par and played some very poor tennis,but i came through”
Now maybe you all know better than Sharapova.
I think not.
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Ray (shadow)
6 months ago you said”I will never reply to a pbfalla comment again”
Seems you cant wait for your daily pbfalla fix.
Maybe i should refer to you as “shadow”
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pbfalla
You clearly haven’t got a clue. The world number 3 playing below par played a girl ranked 170th-ish who played above par. One outperformed and the other one underperformed, but Sharapova could only play as well as Heather allowed her to.
Please stop trolling. Everyone on here seems to be sick and tired of you.
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Sharapova also had this to say about our Heather:
“She did many things well. She’s a great mover on the court. She made me hit a lot of balls. She was really, really steady. She handled pace pretty well.”
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/14712703.stm
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PBFalla
Of course Sharapova would claim she played below par. She would hardly admit that she was outplayed for most of the first two sets by a teenager whose ranking was about 100 below hers.
The fact is that the good performance of Heather Watson prevented Sharapova from playing at her best.
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She has done well because of the American teaching she has been lucky enough to get.
Guernsey girl? Not for some time I think.
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pbfalla
Your last post merely confirms that you take great pleasure in “trolling”. You should be banned from further postings.
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pb(peabrain)falla
Shadow will do fine thank you
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Really steady translates to average,accept shes just a very ordinary player.
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GM
So a on form Watson failed to beat a off form Sharopova,exactly what i stated before,glad you agree with me.
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The simple facts are
1 She wasnt good enough
2 If she wasnt from guernsey u wudnt even mention her.
3 Accept the facts or continue in your own little world
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Stephen John
You really do talk nonsense,Sharapova always gives a honest and frank interview regarding her performances,to say she wouldnt as you have indicated is one of the most unfounded comments in this thread
Accept the facts
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Ray,
In your first posting on this subject you`ve left out a full stop after “genuinely thick” and also after “from now on”.
Not that I`m nit picking of course.
Pot and kettle come to mind.
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Sharapova Goes Out
That firmly proves my point about watson,a under par Sharapova is beaten after making 12 double faults and 60 unforced errors in an erratic performance.(Even people like Stephen John should realise the meaning of a UNFORCED error}
Shes clearly below her normal form as she was against watson,however on this occasion her opponenet was able to take advantage and WIN the game.
Pennetta, the 26th seed, came through 6-3 3-6 6-4 in a dramatic match on Arthur Ashe Stadium
Now lets see how many people admit THEY WERE WRONG AND I WAS RIGHT
Meanwhile
Romania’s Monica Niculescu thrashed Czech 27th seed Lucie Safarova 6-0 6-1 to set up a surprise last-16 match against Germany’s Angelique Kerber, who beat Alla Kudryavtseva 6-3 6-1.
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nocon
You’ll find all my posts are rather bereft of full stops
I decided twenty years ago that they’re a waste of ink and put the savings towards a new dictionary
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Ray
Thats a incorrect statement.
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@peabrain
Such a shame that HW was only ranked 170ish in the world (how much higher she is now after her last performance I don’t know). Still 170th in the world is quite an achievement. It’s pleasing to see a locally born youngster doing so well in such a competitive world sport.
If all you can do is seek out reasons to undermine her achievements so far I suggest you keep your sour and pathetic thoughts to yourself.
Sigh….. If only Heather was as good at tennis as you are at being a prat Sharapova on top form wouldn’t have even won a single point.
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pb(peabrain)falla
Do you mean ” That’s an incorrect statement”?
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Heather
If you’re reading this I’m sorry that it has degenerated into a slagging match about commas and fullstops which was started on another thread when nocon berated a poster for grammatical mistakes then made one himself
Back to the subject and your brilliant efforts against Sharapova.If you progress at the same rate as you have done in the last couple of years you could be Dame Heather before peabrain needs to start shaving
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Ray
On the other hand she could be selling burgers in downtown chicago for burger king.
Maybe she can do that job well.
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peabrain Falla
Please go forth and exodus – now.
Editor please stop this **** from posting on this blog. Its obvious that he is both an idiot and a troll.
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Spartacus
Have you not learned yet,censorship does not work,Tunisia,Egypt,Libya,Syria
Any of these places spring to mind.
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@pbfalla
pick one of your 4 countries mentioned and fly off there as soon as you like. I reckon that you might well be welcome there!
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pbfalla
Censorship of political or religious views is very different from censorship of trolling and utter drivel.
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Nimrod
Destination exodus has already been planned
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Spartacus
Then stop posting such content
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Pbfalla
It seems to have been planned for ages. For heaven’s sake get on with it.
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Are trolls nocturnal or do they not need sleep?
Judging from the 3.32am and 3.33am postings over the last couple of days I’d hazard a guess they’re one or the other.
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gm
Work in progress
martino
Lifes to short for sleeping
Back on topic
Will watson ever win a grand slam ?
I predict No
Any other thoughts
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pbfalla
Yes – plenty of thoughts but none of them printable.
99% of professional tennis players never win a Grand Slam. It doesn’t stop them being world-class tennis players.
Now go and get on with that promised exodus that you’ve been planning for ages. I think its all hot air though like all of your posts. You like winding everyone up but I’ll be far more wound up if you are still talking about an exodus rather than actually getting on with it.
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pbfalla
I would like to see how you would compare in a match against Sharapova. As you are so quick to criticize Heather on her excellent performance i can only assume you have some undiscovered talent for tennis.
I notice that one of your posts stated
“Now maybe you all know better than Sharapova” in relation to her comment about her performance. However as well as commenting on her own performance, and as Martino’s post states, Sharapova commented on how well Heather had played. So obviously you also “know better than Sharapova”.
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GM
watson isnt world class and never will be
dont forget the exodus also has www, so you will still be able to follow my posts
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jlp
I would probably beat her,hope that answers your query,just check out my skills at the ilie nastase school of tennis in bucuresti
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PB Falla. Like Matt Le Tissier before her, Heather is Guernsey born and bred. Both locals had to leave the Island at a young age to pursue their sporting dreams.
Matt never won a medal/championship and only played for England a handful of times. I am sure if Heather never wins a thing she, like Matt, will bring alot of joy to Islanders as we jump off our settees punching the air when she wins, or holding our heads in dismay when she loses.
Who knows what Heather will achieve in the next 10 years? What will PB Falla achieve in the next 10 years?
I know many Islanders will thoroughly enjoy watching ‘one of their own’ growing into an intelligent, talented young lady playing in tournaments in all four corners of the World.
I hope to see Heather for many more years to come, grinning in the papers and no doubt being photographed with a number of hunky eligible bachelors on her arm!! C’mon Heather, do it for Guernsey!
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Stop feeding the troll Guys.
He probably doesn`t mean anything of what he posts and is having a good laugh at winding you up.
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Town dweller
Your comments say it all
Shes not supported because of her skills purely becuase shes local,imo thats no excuse to “laud” a person.
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peabrain
Go back to the headline on this story ” World’s media laud Heather…”
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Ray (shadow)
That headline in itself is a joke
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