R1 in full

Jennifer Tuchband (USA) bt Elena Kulikova (Rus) 6-4 3-6 7-5

Olivia Scarfi (Gbr) bt Amanda Elliott (Gbr) 6-4 2-6 6-3

Vanessa Wellauer (Swi) bt Stephanie Cornish (Gbr) 6-0 6-7 (2-7) 6-2

Susana Lingman (USA) bt Rebecca Fong (Gbr) 6-3 6-3

Jane O'Donoghue (Gbr) bt Eva Kadlecova (Cze) 6-2 7-5

Julia Bone (Gbr) bt Katie Ruckert (USA) 6-3 6-1

Pauline Wong (Ned) bt Goele Lemmens (Bel) 6-4 6-4

Yera Campos-Molina (Spa) bt Anna Hawkins (Gbr) 6-3 6-3

Constance Sibille (Fra) bt Karolina Nowak (Ger) 6-1 6-3

Noemie Scharle (Fra) bt Natasha Hillyer (Gbr) 7-6 (7-4) 7-6 (7-5)

Annabel Bann (Gbr) bt Naomi Broady (Gbr) 3-6 6-3 6-4

Laura Haberkorn (Ger) bt Phillipa Reakes (Gbr) 6-2 6-0

Martina Babakova (Svk) bt Kirsty Woolley (Gbr) 7-6 (9-7) 2-6 6-3,

Louise Doutrelant (Fra) bt Emily Webley-Smith (Gbr) 7-6 (7-3) 3-2 ret

Jade Curtis (Gbr) bt Cynthia Prieto-Molina (Spa) 6-4 7-6 (13-11)

Lynn Philippe (Lux) bt Katerina Vankova (Cze) 6-7 (4-7) 6-2 6-3,

Hope Emily WS is OK. Really important victory for Jade there-another ranking point heading her back up in the right direction. Annabel B impressive again in use of the WC.

Nigel Sears on today's matches....

Webley-Smith 6-7, 2-3 Doutrelant: "Just a minor niggle for Emily. I think the scoreline reflects the match it was quite close but Emily didn't play well enough to really trouble the French girl. Doutrelant is a very big hitter and on fast indoor courts she's tough to play."

A Bann 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 N Broady: "It was a tight match and the main reason for this was Naomi's serve, she served extremely well and that would have won her a lot of matches at this level. Annabel Bann played a very astute match, moving Naomi around a lot and being very accurate with her shots. The accuracy of Annabel's hitting was what won her the match. Annabel is a tough match-up for Naomi because she moves her around so much and that's Naomi's weakness. Naomi needs to work on her movement and the way she sets herself up for the ball."

Looking ahead to Bann-O'Donoghue in rd2: "Jane's been playing very well recently having won a title and reached a semi at this level. I'd say she's the favourite for this match as she's more aggressive than Annabel and moves better."

More to follow later

Quite excited about Bann!

Yeah Bone!

Julia and Jane :)

SHame for Annabel, she'll race up the rankings this year, should be in the 600's at least by the end of the year.

Jade:(, must have played a shocker, shes so much better than this result.

Congrats to Annabel for gaining her first world ranking Lots of the LTA coaches talk about Annabel being very experienced but she's only 17, very good prospect. I agree with Mervatron she should shoot up the rankings, maybe even top 600 if she has a few more good runs like in Jersey. Her biggest weapon is her backhand and she's also excellent tactically, causes opponents a lot of problems with her court-craft. She needs to work on her movement (that's the main weakness) and being a bit more aggressive.

Jane will beat her at the moment because shes goes for her shots more and has the power to outhit Annabel and get her on the move.

Fantastic win for Julia Bone, good to see her building on that excellent rd1 result. Haberkorn beat her 7-6, 4-6, 6-1 a few weeks ago in Jersey so it's good to see Julia getting revenge in such emphatic style. Haberkorn goes for her shots a lot more but does make a good deal of errors, I guess Julia outdid her for consistency today. Julia also needs to work on her movement and being more aggressive, she has a good forehand but needs to back herself more on that shot and go for it...tends to play a bit too passively at times, just exchanging heavy topspins from the back.

To be fair to Jade, Wong's in excellent form atm, she qualified and reached the quarters of a 25K in Feb and made the semis of a 10K a couple of weeks ago. However, it shouldn't have been 1 and 0 given the way Jade played yesterday. Maybe Jade played the rankings a bit in this match ?