Last year was a very tough year for Heather and she went from being top fifty to being top one hundred and fifty. This was primarily due to the bout of glandular fever she suffered early 2013.
This affected her confidence and she kept getting knocked out in the first round of tournaments. This carried on for most of 2013.
However in the Australian Open Heather got knocked out in the first round but only after winning three tough qualifying matches.
Heather did well in her Fed Cup matches and won all her singles matches. So her confidence was slowly coming back.
Once Heather entered this ITF Midland tournament although I was rooting for her. I was waiting for her to at least reach the semi finals before I blogged.
But fortunately Heather did even better than I expected she reached the final and beat Ksenia Pervak in straight sets.
Then about an hour later she played doubles with Anna Tatishvili and managed to win in three sets beating Maria Sanchez, Sharon Fichman.
Both wins have improved Heather's singles and doubles ranking and the confidence and her fitness levels have returned which is great for Heather and for UK tennis.
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