This seems like a very good win for Jo, who I had as second favourite based on what I saw of their R2 matches. Alison has an excellent record on grass for someone yet to break into the top 100, including quarters and semis at Birmingham. Against Tamira Paszek she showed a lot of resilience when the Austrian threatened to overrun her early on with the weight and precision of her ground shots, but she worked very hard to neutralise her weapons, and exploit the fact that she was more comfortable than Paszek in the forecourt. Although the match ended unfortunately on a retirement Tamira's hamstring strain didn't affect her noticeably during the points (she told me afterwards that it was precautionary with Wimbledon in view) and the overall quality on display appeared higher that what I saw of Jo's match with Doi (the first set only) .