Encouragingly Naomi already looks to be in much better fettle than when I last saw her, in Shrewsbury. She seems a bit more like her former self. Hope she plays like it too.
Patchy display from Naomi. Last 3 service games her first serve percentage was about 30%. Seems to retreat behind the baseline. I think she's got the potential to be a decent player but someone needs to get her to play to her strengths, play aggressive, go for more on 2nd serve. Had LS been a little less careless that could have been a very tight match.
Well done Naomi. So much better than recently, and her attitude and demeanour were all positively transformed from just 5 weeks ago. Probably Bratchikova next for her, which will be very tough, but hoping for more signs of recovery.
Good win for Naomi - Stanciute isn't exactly an easy win for a player on an 8-match losing streak. It should stop her dropping out of the top 300 on Monday too.
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