915 Romana TABAKOVA (SVK) (1) Vs Mhairi BROWN (GBR) 929 Samantha VICKERS (GBR) (2) Vs Jazzamay DREW (GBR) Eleanor DEAN (GBR) Vs Elisha GABB (GBR) 1025 Jessica REN (GBR) (5) Vs Georgina BASTICK (GBR) 1060 Jana JANDOVA (CZE) (6) Vs Natasha STARLING (GBR) Manisha FOSTER (GBR) Vs Sherazad BENAMAR (FRA) Sian BAYLISS (GBR) Vs Elisha HANDE (GBR)
Guaranteed 4 British qualifiers, which makes 16 brits in the main draw (I think!)
Great win for Eleanor. Younger than Laura was when she made her debut at senior level. Although still to test the water at u18 itf junior level. Be interesting to see how she gets on against Gabb who has a top 200 junior ranking I think.
Eleanor had to really dig deep today - her reward is a first round clash with Nottingham junior runner-up Ruth Seaborne. There's a big first round clash between Joss Rae and Tara Moore, with the winner playing Eleanor or Ruth
I was just looking at the main draw, and noticed in the corner "Player Representatives: Ruth Seaborne & Jennifer Ren". Given Jennifer seems to have withdrawn, I hope Ruth doesn't have too many disputes between players and tournament organisers to contend with!
Good to see another win here for Eleanor. Will now be interesting to see how her performance against Ruth Seaborne seems to compare with Katy Dunne's Nottingham Junior final victories.
Was hoping for a better draw for Mandy...though Dietrich has played very little this year so may be vulnerable (lost to Naomi B here last year 1 and 6 having beaten Martin Merchant). Jade beat her opponent at Mytillini last year.
Whybourn won 6-3 6-3 Hande lost 6-0 6-3 Stephenson beat Vickers Borthwick lost 6-3 6-1 Thomas lost *Think* Elliot won George set down Dean won first set 7-6 against Seaborne Brown set up