You say that, but when I saw her at Shrews she managed to net the ball every single time she came forward - she couldn't buy a volley. But I daresay it was a blip, she's obv pretty good at dubs. But if Heather wins, Mel's going to have a very hard time being top 150 by the year end...

Why would you want Cavaday to beat Robson? Surely it is better a potential superstar beat a journey woman?

damn, seems anna only likes to beat other brits with mroe potential than her. come on cav and heather.

Cav a journey woman? Hardly. Cav is a top 50 player if she can get herself together.

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Both British qualifiers have drawn toughies in the main draw but that just sums this draw up as evil.

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Given that the top two seeds didn't draw qualifiers, it could be any worse than no. 3 seed Parmentier (for Helen Parish) and no. 4 seed Arvidsson (for Anna Smith)  - good job they get more points for qualifying than the men do in similar events!

 

Nice win by Anna.  And also a big win for Lisa in the first round:

Lisa Whybourn (Gbr) bt Katarzyna Piter (Pol) 3-6 6-1 6-2

The Knight wrote:

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Mervatron wrote:

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Cav a journey woman? Hardly. Cav is a top 50 player if she can get herself together.

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Even so, why do people want the potential top 50 player to beat the potential top 5 player?

 

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Let's hang easy a bit here with this and even more with thegingerlightbulb's "potential superstar".

Laura seems to be a really great prospect with a chance of really going somewhere in the game.

But let's give her space and see how she develops over the next 2 or 3 years without pinning so much on her.

Many really top young juniors do not really make it to the top, although I sincerely hope she does.

Re the match, I could take it either way. But I certainly do agree with mervatron that Cav has the potential and underlying ability to go much higher, I'd certainly myself say top 100 and I'd be quite happy to see her win this.  It's rather unfortunate that thegingerlightbulb was so dismissive.