BY COLIN HUGGINS
THE UNITED STATES tennis open starts tomorrow and young Miss Heather Watson, Papua New Guinea’s sweetheart and presently ranked 104 in the world, has got a direct entry into the main draw.
Unfortunately the “tennis gods” were not favourable to Heather in the draw.
Her first opponent is none other than a previous title holder (2006) and a former world number one, Miss Maria Sharapova of Russia, who is seeded 3.
Nevertheless, Heather can gain more experience from this draw and she can be assured of playing on centre court at Flushing Meadows, New York.
If this is a night match, then the crowds will be there. Yes, a big learning experience.
Miss Watson came up against 'that bridge too far', in the form of a rampant Miss Agnieszka Radwanska (4) of Poland in Round 3. Nice $'s in the bank account - all well earnt though practice, attaining perfection etc.
As her mother is here, it will be interesting to see if she decides to visit PNG, before she flies off to Thailand for the next tournament?
Miss Watson's rankings will go up, well done Heather.
Posted by: Colin Huggins | 18 January 2013 at 02:49 PM
Miss Heather Watson, with a PNG mother, who now resides on the Isle of Guernsey which has produced, beside dairy cows, a good tennis player.
In the current Australian Open Miss Watson (present WTA ranking, 50) has advanced to Round 3 and plays #4 seed, Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland. A hard task indeed, but tennis is a funny game.
If you read Miss Watson's CV, you will note that her PNG heritage is there for all to see. Maybe the newspapers of PNG in their sports sections might like to report.
Posted by: Colin Huggins | 17 January 2013 at 12:28 PM
Tennis update: Well it really is up to Hurricane Irene and what that does!
Miss Heather Watson, against the very glamorous, Miss Maria Sharapova,is due to play on (USA time) Monday 29th on centre court at Arthur Ashe Stadium.
As expected, the third match of the day. TV coverage is only
on Fox 3!
All being well with "Irene" the match should be shown live at about 4 am Tuesday PNG/Australian EST time.
You can watch the scores on the your computer by linking up with US Open - not very exciting, I can assure you.
Posted by: Colin Huggins | 28 August 2011 at 01:37 PM