Week 2 - Australian Open Qualifying

goldfish · Futures qualifying

RE: Week 2 - Australian Open Qualifying

seagull · Hall of fame

First set to Bally 6-0!!

Mel lost first set but 3-2 up in second

seagull · Hall of fame

Mel now up 5-2 and Bally is through after her opponent retired!!

Come on Mel make it 4/4..

sd51rby · Lower Club Player

Mel breaks for 4-2 you could see that coming its been quite close and as the match has progressed Mel has started to get more of a rhythm on her serve and has started to make in roads in the return games

seagull · Hall of fame

Mel takes the set 6-3 - great effort against Tanasugarn

seagull · Hall of fame

Mel is 3-1 down in the final set

seagull · Hall of fame

Well Mel lost 6-2 but a great effort from the ladies.

Jamie on soon..

steven · Tennis legend

Mel never really got going in the 3rd set. Here's a round-up:

QR1: (q20) Anne Keothavong WR 132 beat Jorgelina Cravero (ARG) WR 141 by 4 & 4 smile

QR1: Melanie South WR 213 lost to (q6) Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA) WR 117 by 6-3 3-6 6-2 cry

QR1: Elena Baltacha WR 180 beat Virginie Pichet (FRA) WR 181 by 6-0 3-2 ret. smile

QR1: (q15) Katie O'Brien WR 127 beat Darya Kustova (BLR) WR 189 by 6-3 1-0 ret. smile

QR2: (q20) Anne Keothavong WR 132 v Monica Niculescu (ROM) WR 155 - the other seed in same section is (q1) Bychkova
QR2: Elena Baltacha WR 180 v (q16) Foretz or Zhang - the other seed in same section is (q6) Tanasugarn (but she plays Dokic next)
QR2: (q15) Katie O'Brien WR 127 v Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) WR 174 - the other seed in same section is (q11) Yuan

Count Zero · Tennis legend

even late the temp is around 40 deg :( maybe that helps people retire?

good peroframces over although i'd say. shame for mel, but it was always going to be tough

seagull · Hall of fame

Katie is second up on Court 10

Anne is 3rd on Court 11

Bally is 4th up (against Zheng) on Court 6

DUSTY DICK · Club Coach

Good start from the ladies and the next matches look winnable too.

wolf · Tennis legend

Well done girls. Two of the three wins came from retirements but oh well, you'll take it. Unlucky for Mel but it was always going to be a tough task for her.

johnnylad · Tennis legend

Retirements when they were lo-o-o-o-o-o-sing!

Well done girls!

Mervatron · Masters Series Champion

Well Done Girls. Mel seems to have steppe up a gear so far this year but still not quite there at that top level.

DavidC · Tennis legend

Excellent start - the first time since 2000 that 5 Brits have made the second round. On that occasion Julie Pullin qualified and won a round, with Arvind Parmar and Jamie Delgado (Lucky Loser) also reaching the main draw - so hopefully that is a good omen.

Two of tonight's opponents are in stunning form: Monica Niculescu has won 19 of her last 21 matches - all in straight sets - whilst Yanina Wickmayer has won 20 out of 22, only losing to a couple of players in the top 50.