this competition leads nicely into bournemouth 10k next week comp has started but draw not up entry list
Bournemouth Tropicana British Tour Main Draw Entries 1 Julia Bone 6592 Lucy Warburton 8003 Deborah Armstrong 9834 Naomi Broady 11105 Anna Hawkins 10536 Jessica Jackson 13977 Holly Richards 13978 Patricia Sanduska (POL) 1.29 Lisa Sutton 2.110 Rosanna Hatch 2.211 Olivia Smith 2.212 Aimee Jarratt 2.213 Jennifer Rabot 3.114 Laura Fisher 3.115 Charlotte Martin 3.116 Lereesa Easterbrook 3.217 Emma Smith 3.218 Kate Smith 3.219 Leah Roberts 3.220 Laura White 3.221 Grace Hutson 3.2
Julia Bone should be massive favourite for this especially on clay....Broady won't be such a threat here as the clay will neutralise her serve and she has a lot of work to do on her movement
I reckon Jess Jackson and Lereesa Easterbrook could cause a few upsets here
I think Bone v Jackson in the quarters, Armstrong v Sanduska, Broady v Berry and Warburton v Richards.
Warburton-Easterbrook is the most interesting rd2 match, I think that Lucy will progress as although Lereesa is an excellent counter-puncher and will make less errors, Lucy has more power and a better serve atm.
I was very surprised Berry won as from what I've seen of her, she seems to rely a lot on her serve and finishing points off at the net, has quite a good forehand but not particularly many weapons from the baseline. she can also be quite erratic off her backhand.
I did think she'd beat Broady who's very reliant on her serve and doesn't move well enough at the moment to get results on clay.
I thought Bone or Armstrong would have taken it...hope Bone is ok after having to retire in the semis...maybe just fatigued after that marathon against Jess Jackson
for me another surprising result was Holly Richards beating Warburton 3 and 3...from what I saw at Sutton, Richards doesn't move particularly well which must be a hindrance on clay...however, Lucy can self-destruct from the baseline so maybe that happened.
