Out of sync but here is the Lexington website review of Georgie's win against Lepchenko - revealing amongst other things that she realised that Oudin would be a tougher opponent than Lepchenko, despite the misleading ranking.


LEXINGTON, Ky. Unseeded Georgie Stoop has never won at the Challenger level, but Thursday she stopped the Fifth Third Bank Tennis Championships No. 2 seed in three sets.

Im a lot better than my ranking, said the Brit, ranked 363 largely the result of a foot with three stress fractures that sidelined her for most of last year. She proved it to Varvara Lepchenko of Uzbekistan, constantly putting her on the defensive for the 7-5, 1-6, 6-3 second round upset. The victim is ranked 152, but has been as high as 84 and played all four Grand Slam events consecutively starting with the 06 U.S. Open.

Stoop has never played a Slam, but she is on a roll. The week before in Stanford, CA, she had three-set wins over Olga Puchkova (119, but No. 32 in 07) and Olga Savchuk (123, with previous high of 79). To pass these women, crack the Top 100 and stay there, she said, I just have to play these sort of ranked players every week.

At 11 a.m. Friday, Stoop has a huge test. Her quarterfinal opponent is eighth-seeded Melanie Oudin, whose 270 adult ranking is deceiving. The 16-year-old from Georgia is transitioning from the juniors where she is No. 3 in the world. Thursday, Oudin cruised by Kimberly Couts 6-1, 6-1. Stoop said, I know Ill have to play a lot better against her.

sounds like they might have had a few chances in that secon set breaker.

Georgie is steadily climing. Aus open qualifying should defo be a target for Georgie and Amanda.