Brémond got divorced in Nov 2008, so that may have something to do with why she's been having a tough couple of years. The high spot of 2008 for her was reaching R4 of the USO (where she lost to Serena), as a result of which she finished last year in the top 100, but she dropped a lot when those points fell off last month.

Since last year's USO, her record in WTA main draws is 3-10,but she's had a couple of good ITF tournaments - she reached the Final in Saint-Raphael last year, beating Katie 4 & 2 on the way (so she'll drop even further tomorrow because she only reached R2 this year), and reached the Saguenay 50K Final last month. Her only other match against a Brit in the last two years was when Anne beat her 8-6 in a 3rd set t/b in Indian Wells qualifying last year.

Katie is first on tomorrow (9.30 am) with occasional updates provided here:

http://itfpoitiers.over-blog.org/ and also on TennisForum.com

Arantxa Rus awaits in round 2, as the third seed was forced to retire

1-6 2-3

KOB loses 1-6 3-6

Oh dear.