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philwrig


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Well I was right about it being a long match, and thankfully the right result.
I think its the third set scoreline which impresses me most, having dropped the first set you would expect a fightback in the second, but to sustain into the final set is proof to me that after a sluggish start she dominated the match in the last two sets and arguably was more impressive than last week. If Maza was here to comment he might even describe it as a smashing ;)
Quarter final match will be much tougher than it looks on paper, as her opponent though ranked outside the top 300 hasn't dropped a set so far this week and his beaten 2 very good yardsticks in getting this far. Also Laura will be expected to win a position she doesn't generally relish.
If she plays at her best/ near her best she wins anything else probably will result in defeat.

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LordBrownof wrote:

I'm confused, wasn't Julia reporting the QF? She won 7-5 in the second set?

That was the doubles (which was on the main court and therefore livescored) I think.

Btw Lisa Whybourn beat Mijacika in straight sets in Linz qualifying last October, but I agree with Phil that she has been playing well this week.

 



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LordBrownof wrote:

I'm confused, wasn't Julia reporting the QF? She won 7-5 in the second set?

 

 Sorry sorry, I was reporting on her doubles match biggrin  (I know we don't usually do much detail on doubles, but I couldn't resist)



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It all becomes clear. thanks!

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Julia Carrot wrote:

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*6-5 Try again (wonder who's serving?)

Served it out to love biggrin

and into the semis smilesmile (or was that the semis hmm)

Full result was a win by 3 & 5. biggrin  And no, JC, it was only a QF, not a SF! wink  They will take on the Chinese WC pair, Chen Liang & Ran Tian (there must be a joke in those names somewhere...!), in the SF. pray.gif

*  A belated well done to Laura for her valiant efforts today!

 



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A semi against Diyas would be interesting if they both make it.

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Let's hope they don't get the ran around.

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3am Bet 365 odds 2/5 Robbo 7/4 Mijacika

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Good to read all that on the wins of the Robbo  smile

Good chance to advance further too.  I had a look at Lertcheewakarn's activity this year which was rather impressive so Mijacika beating her looks pretty good, though I did notice that Letcheewakarn did have a pretty bad looking defeat just last week.

The most important thing, as so often particularly in the occasional randomish world of women's tennis is look after your own side and play near your best, and things coming along pretty well it seems for Laura just now.



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3 am   omg.gif



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Julia Carrot wrote:

3 am   omg.gif

 

 be gratefull there is a live score available! wink



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Laura lost the first 2 games but held to trail *2-1 however the score hasn't updated for quite a while and all the live betting has been postponed...



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Laura must have a problem, long break at 1-2*, and is struggling to win any points full stop.

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If its a reoccurence of her hip/thigh injury she would be best to retire before doing further damage.

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And thats that Laura lost 1-4 retired. What a shame, I wonder whether playing the two matches yesterday,put extra strain on the leg. This is of course a complete guess and it could be an unrelated matter.

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