Yes, good looking draws for Naomi and Lisa. And while the ranking of Sam's opponent would have seemed much less daunting during her very good run last year, on current form probably much more of an issue.
There's a high quality stream of Court 2 (which is clearly the main court because both 2010/2012 winner & local heroine Anett Kontaveit and the top seed are playing on it today) at http://www.delfi.ee/ and Naomi is due to play there next match after the one that's on at the moment.
-- Edited by steven on Tuesday 26th of March 2013 10:52:43 AM
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Can't help noticing that this tournament has already produced more than 4x as many WTA singles points for Brits (9 for Naomi, 8 for Lisa & 1 for Samantha) as the Bath and Sunderland 15Ks put together!
A combination of total prize money not being that good a measure of tournament strength, especially when the distribution of 25/50Ks through the year is so random, and luck of the draw.
-- Edited by steven on Wednesday 27th of March 2013 03:12:52 PM
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L32: BROADY, Naomi (GBR) Q 355 beat VASYLYEVA, Anastasiya (UKR) Q 309 (CH 260 in 2009) by 3 & 3 L32: MURRAY, Samantha (GBR) 262 lost to KICHENOK, Nadiya (UKR) 4 202 (= CH) by 1 & 5 L32: WHYBOURN, Lisa (GBR) 279 beat BOEYKENS, Elyne (BEL) Q 533 (CH 519 last Nov) by 6-0 7-6(2)
L16: BROADY, Naomi (GBR) Q 355 v ABDURAIMOVA, Nigina (UZB) LL 300 (CH 293 in Jan) - H2H 0-2, 3 sets in 2010, 2 in 2011 L16: WHYBOURN, Lisa (GBR) 279 v WACANNO, Eva (NED) Q 1039 (CH 542 last Jun, out of action Aug-Jan, beat 5th seed today)
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GB on a shirt, Davis Cup still gleaming, 79 years of hurt, never stopped us dreaming ... 29/11/2015 that dream came true!