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DavidC


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There are three British players in the main draw starting Sunday, following the late withdrawal of Hannah James.

Heather Watson will be seeded but has had no competitive match since July. She had to pull out of her one warm-up event (25K Belgium qualifying) because of delays to her passport/visa renewal.

Laura Robson should be buoyed by her fine run in the women's qualifying, but will probably be unseeded, so could face a tough opener.

Steph Cornish will be looking to end her junior career with a first win at Grand Slam level outside of the UK 

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Laura has a great draw considering she is not seeded.
Heather has a nightmare draw considering she is seeded.
Steph has a difficult draw.

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These are the 3 sections:

(10)Richel Hogenkamp (NED) v Paula Ormaechea (ARG)
(Q)Ting-Fei Juan (TPE) v (wc)Grace Min (USA)
Yana Buchina (RUS) v Stephanie Cornish (GBR)
(5)Ajla Tomljanovic (CRO) v (wc)Alexandra Cercone (USA)

Buchina is a difficult draw for Steph. She is ranked 27 and lost narrowly to Laura in Italy

(12)Tamaryn Hendler (BEL) v (wc)Jacqueline Cako (USA)
Yulia Putintseva (RUS) v Anna-Lena Friedsam (GER)
Laura Robson (GBR) v Ons Jabeur (TUN)
(7)Lauren Embree (USA) v (Q)Paula Kania (POL)

Jabeur is ranked 71 having won a lot of matches in clay-court events, but is a grand slam novice, so is an ideal opponent for Laura. However Laura's potential second-round opponent (Embree) is very strong, having dished out bakery products to Heather in the Eddie Herr final last year, and lost very narrowly to Shenay Perry in qualifying for the US Open main draw.

(8)Christina McHale (USA) v Fatma Al Nabhani (OMA)
Mai Grage (DEN) v (Q)Risa Ozaki (JPN)
Cristina Dinu (ROU) v (Q)Courtney B.Dolehide (USA)
(11)Heather Watson (GBR) v Ksenia Kirillova (RUS)

One of the worst draws Heather could have faced. Kirillova is ranked 22, having won one of the strong Grade 1 tournaments in the build-up to the Australian Open


Laura is second on court 14 today, whilst Heather is second on court 16
Steph plays on Monday.

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I would note that Embree has never played well at Junior grand slam level and is a match Laura should win if playing close to her potential.

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The match before Heather's has finished, and the match before Laura's will probably finish in the next few minutes (Collarini leads by a set and 5-3), so both should be up shortly

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Laura 6-0 2-0*
Heather 6*-2

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Kirillova had no breakpoints in set 1, but immediately breaks in set 2

Laura 6-0 3*-0
Heather 6-2 0-1*

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Heather breaks back at the first attempt

Laura 6-0 5*-0
Heather 6-2 1*-1

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Laura demolishing her opponent!

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The Tunisian girl avoids the double bagel

Laura 6-0 5-1*
Heather 6-2 2-1*


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Laura wins 6-0 6-1 - may have preferred a tougher work-out

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Well done Laura, come on Heather, finish her off!

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After a long multi deuce game Heather breaks again

Heather 6-2 3*-1

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Heather saves 3 breakpoints but not a fourth - seems like a titanic struggle is developing

Heather 6-2 3-2*

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Turned into a bit of a dogfight this one.

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