I've been reading through this thread before looking at live scores (thanks for all the updates!) and got to the end just as the match finished, it seems.

And wow, what a result. When I said in the preview "I reckon Kostanic is there for the taking, top seed or not!" I didn't expect Elena to thrash her 3 & 1. She must be in the form of her life.

Three GB women in a main draw without WCs ... I'll check when that last happened and get back to you! (it certainly happened in the 80s, but we might be talking 20 years+)

I think she was defendin 30 points form las year.. so with this years 60 for qualifying thts a net gain of 30.. which would only move her to about 130 with 506 points.

I think lol

-- Edited by dougie at 04:38, 2009-01-17

Still, is a massive boost for confidence and with a kind draw in combination with this sort of form is it unreasonable to expect she may win one or perhaps two more matches here....big IF and BUTs!!

Wow! What a result. Apart from a slip when serving for the match she seemed in total control. Both players got 55% of 1st serves in but Elena won 73% to Tosic's 61%. On 2nd serves Elena won 57% to Tosic's 17%.

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Cracking result, looked a little tense (from the livescore!!) in terms of winning that all important mp! Wonder how close she will be to the top 100 with that result?

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She'd need to win two main draw matches (i.e. match her best ever performance here) to get close to Mel, which still wouldn't get her into the top 100, so she's still a fair way off. She's certainly got a chance of setting herself up for a run at the top 100 over the next few months though if she can win another match or two. (I'm making that sound a lot easier than it is LOL)

-- Edited by steven at 04:55, 2009-01-17

Katie off to a good start - wins 1st game