I watched all matches in their entirety except for Laura and Mel's match, which I actually sat on the court of in the second set but spent most of it watching the Llodra match to the side.

Not much to say about Bally's and Anne's match. They both should have won, and it's ridiculous they didn't. So poor and I'm so angry they didn't close it out whe it should have been no problem. The one thing I will say is Anne's serve is so slow it's a joke.

Katie's match was easily the best match I saw. From the moment she went match point down in the second set she played very, very well. Such quality from both players, so many winners and long rallies. When Katie broke for 4-4 in the decider the crowd went ballistic, and someone shouted "are you a genius?" I think at that point Katie suddenly realised where she was. If she had held serve I think she would have won the match.

Heather showed some encouraging signs and nice to see a Brit with a bit of variation, but it is a match which she should have won really.

I was with Steven at Mel, Laura and Katie's matches. Well we were half a stand away form each other at the start of Katies match but finished the third set together lol.

Mel's match was very uninspiring. I was watching Gabashvili/Delgado and the start of Schwank/Korolev out of the corner of my eye. Kulikova didn't have to do much - got on top early and found it easy. I think Mel needs to meet the author of The Defamation of Strickland Banks.

Laura was a little diappointing for me. Jankovic hates grass and had no warm up tournaments so Laura really needed to start well. By the time she was really playing in middle to back end of set 2 she looked like she belonged however. I do worry that she has been put on a show court at 15 and now 16 and if Wimbledon aren't careful they will have placed a large monkey on her back.

I was so very impressed with Katie. And might I say (permission granted from the wife) what a little ripper she is . I don't think there is much more she could have done - and well done to the crowd for their support. Personally I thought she got a terrible call towards the end on the baseline. Two America sounding peoples cheering for Bondy were doing my head in - there's playful banter and then there is being rude.

The thing I noticed about Katie which was so very odd is that she doesn't seem able to keep her head still (I think it was even more pronounced on b/hs (bit it may be f/hs)) when she plays a shot. Of course it could be a natural style worth keeping a la Jimmy Anderson's bowling action for England cricket which has been allowed to revert to its original state.I really am not a tennis coach but it did seem a little unusual and I can't help wondering if she could find the extra 5% consistency that players like Bondarenko have by keeping her head still.

Simians?

hahah,lol her movement isnt that bad, is it?