Melanie South and Naomi Broady again make the cut for the second of this month's 25Ks down under. Elizabeth Thomas, Emily Webley-Smith, Jocelyn Rae and Sophie Proctor feature in qualifying. Unfortunately Liz and Jos are seeds in the same section.
Section 4:
Tyra Calderwood (AUS,4) Bye Julia Moriarty (AUS) v Sophie Proctor (GBR)
Section 7:
Elizabeth Thomas (GBR,7) Bye Rebecca Leahy (AUS) v Elodie Rogge-Dietrich (FRA) Alexandra Walters (AUS) v Brie Whitehead (USA) Jocelyn Rae (GBR, 10) Bye
Section 8:
Emily Webley-Smith (GBR, 8) Bye Bianca Tepper (AUS) v Alison Shemon (AUS) Oriana Nowicki (AUS) v Annaliese Tepper (AUS) Li Ting (CHN,14) Bye
Unlucky draws for Jos/Naomi, but sometimes you often have more chance of upsetting the seeds in round 1. Naomi plays tomorrow, as do all 3 doubles teams:
LEE (NZL) / THOMAS (GBR) Vs HISAMATSU (JPN) / WISHINK (AUS)
Great to see Mel having 'mastered' the 25K level now to some extent. One of the benefits of playing at higher level, you can do very well when you temporarily drop back down.
Naomi Broady beat Hwang in two sets last week and then lost to Mel in the next round so Mel shouldn't have many problems winning this one and then going one better than last week and winning the final.