Heather Watson says she has raised the bar for next year – Tennis News
Great Britain’s rising tennis star, Heather Watson, has vowed that she would not rest on her this year’s achievements and utilise her new confidence for more success in the next season.
The 20-year-old became the first player from her country to win a WTA event in the last 24 years by capturing the HP Open in Osaka, Japan. She entered the list of top 50 players in the world after that performance and became Great Britain’s highest ranked
female tennis player.
Watson shared, “I am so glad I have got this title under my belt because I knew I could do it. This has really pushed me on in training and given me more confidence. There is so much I can improve on my game. I need to hit bigger shots and work on coming
to the net and volleying more, which I love to do.”
The Brit gave breakthrough performance at Wimbledon, where she reached the third round. She went to capture doubles title at the Bank of the West Classic in Stanford in the following week.
However, Watson got disappointed when Great Britain’s best male player in the last seven decades, Andy Murray, chose Laura Robson as his mixed doubles partner at the London Olympics. Murray and Robson went on to grab silver medal at the biggest sports event
of the world.
That is considered to be one of the reasons of Watson’s spirited performance later on in the season. Watson wants to prove that her this year’s achievements were not a fluke by performing even better in the next season.
The Brit added, “I will sit down and discuss how the past year has gone and set new objectives. It is something we do every year. We go through every tournament and examine what I have done and what I need to improve on.”
Watson went on to say that she does not believe her last year’s achievements were anywhere near here potential and she can do a lot more. The British player is also looking forward to the first Grand Slam of next season, the Australian Open. Robson also
reminded that she participated in Melbourne with an ankle injury in 2012.
Currently ranked 48th in the world, Watson partnered former British number one, Tim Henman, in a mixed doubles match against Anne Keothavong and Mark Philippoussis at the Statoil Masters in The Royal Albert Hall on Thursday.
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