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BRITISH number one, a career first WTA title and the Olympic Games looming large on the horizon. Heather Watson's rich vein of form has continued amid genuine optimism she can enjoy another fine run at this week's Mercury Insurance Open.
BRITISH number one, a career first WTA title and the Olympic Games looming large on the horizon. Heather Watson's rich vein of form has continued amid genuine optimism she can enjoy another fine run at this week's Mercury Insurance Open.
She faces Eleni Daniilidou today in Carlsbad as the best women's singles player in Britain, leapfrogging Anne Keothavong to a new world ranking of 71, also a career high.
That comes on the back of a second-round run at the Bank of the West Classic in Stanford, where she went on to win the doubles title on Sunday night, getting her hands on WTA silverware for the first time.
Along with partner Marina Erakovic, the 20-year-old unseeded Guernsey girl defeated top seeds Jarmila Gajdosova and Vania King in the final, winning 7-5, 7-6 (7).
