By the way I haven't posted info I got on previous rd1 results....

Amanda Carreras got outhit by her Russian opponent but that girl is on fire atm...great results this year so it was a really, really tough draw.

Laura Slater lost 0 and 4 to an Austrian junior Klaffner who's ranked 700ish....Laura didn't play her best match, too many errors but did well to get into the match and turn things around after a v one-sided first set....shed led 3-2 in the 2nd and did have pts to go 4-2 up but missed them.

Becki Fong outdid Warburton for consistency, bit surprising it was that one-sided as both train at Sutton and know each other's games well

Elena Kulikova (Rus) bt Naomi Broady (Gbr) 7-6 (8-6) 7-5

QF

Amanda Elliot (as yet unranked) vs Nicole Riner (889) (Sui) She's only dropped 8 games in two matches

Amanda is doing so well this week! Will this give her her first ranking or does she still need more scoring tournaments?

This is Amanda's third ranking result in the last 12 months, so yes, this will give her her first ranking. She has a R1 and R2 10K win before this.

She'll have 5.5 points altogether with this one, 6.5 if she gets to the final, and 8.5 if she wins it overall.

These correspond to rankings of c. 1050, 960 and 870 respectively.

Amanda started very strongly, winning 5 out of the first 6 games to take a 5-1 lead. She looked to be in total control of the set but failed to serve it out at the first time of asking, letting Riner back in. The Swiss girl closed the gap to 5-4 but this time Amanda held her nerve and served it out.

The second set was very close with both players holding until Amanda made the crucial breakthrough at 3-3, breaking to give herself a 5-3 lead. She served for the match at 5-4 and had 2 match points at 40-15. Riner was still battling and saved both but Amanda held firm, set up a 3rd opportunity and cooly converted it to book her place in the last 4.

Amanda now faces Italy's Elena Pioppo (who also came through qualifying) for a place in the final. 27 year old Pioppo is ranked 949 but has never been higher than 856. She also made a 10K semi in Egypt earlier this year and has beaten 2 Brits already this week - Amy Sargeant and Jessica Jackson. However, Olivia Scarfi outplayed her 6-1, 6-2 in Belgium at the beginning of April.