The girls stay in Thailand to conclude their Asian tour with a low grade event. Elisha, Daneika and Lucy would all need to reach the final for the singles event to count amongst their top 6.
R1 (L32)
(1) Elisha Gabb (GBR) v (q) Areeporn Wanichayaranich (THA) (WC) Chanikarn Silakul (THA) v Amy Askew (GBR) (LL) Benvadee Wangtrakulde (THA) v (8) Francesca Stephenson (GBR) (WC) Siraprapai Thumrongluck (THA) v (4) Daneika Borthwick (GBR) (5) Lucy Brown (GBR) v (Q) Varunya Wongteanchai (THA)
Well done of reaching the QFs to those three - especially young Amy A. Bit of a hiccup for Elisha Gabb, though - she's on good form and I had expected her to win here.
The girl Elisha lost to is a 14 year old who has reached the final of her last 3 tournaments, so her loss is not too surprising. Amy's scoreline is impressive considering her opponent took out the number 3 seed. She played Fran 3 times during the summer on clay, with Fran winning 2, but Amy may have the edge on hard courts.
I would be happy if either Amy or Daneika make it through to the final. Gavrilovska is a rapidly rising 1995 girl who reached the final of a Grade 2 recently whilst Thongsing has swatted her three opponents aside.
An expected final result, but the tournament has been a success for Amy, who is making up for lost time, having effectively been out for 8 months from last October. Most of our girls playing in Thailand (except Amy) are down next for the big North American tournaments in November/December
Lucy's conqueror last week Haochen Tang finally lost her year-long unbeaten record today (in the Grade 1 Asian Closed) but Jason Kubler extended his run to 30 matches.
