Heather saved 2 BP's - one with amazing running defence, time and again - to consolidate.
1-6 3-1*

I think the thing that disturbed me most about Laura's display today was that she bottled it big time both sets at 4-4. DFs an UEs galore in both games to give Caro the W.

I always felt it was Laura's to win or lose as you pretty much know she has the game to beat Caro. Sadly she lost it.

It was interesting to hear Miles. I felt like she was showing her age, just needing that reassurance. Trouble is she's a professional and playing top players. Caro was No1 at her age!

Has Hev done something to piss the Beeb/LTA off, it's like she's not mentioned and only two of our girls made the second round. I can't believe they've gone off air without showing her or Kyle. She's 4-3 up in the second set now against Vesnina.

My friend is a producer at the BBC and suggests, albeit without specialist knowledge in the area of sports package rights, that they probably only had a contract for two matches.
As opposed to the general contract for all coverage at Wimbledon.
It is the sort of thing that saw them in the past cover US Open matches on a one off basis if a GB player went deep.
They allocated the RB time in the case of the matches both taking 2 hours plus, but can not use it to show other coverage.

Anyway, much more importantly...
Heather, Lazarus like, takes the second set playing some lovely stuff. How she did that I have no idea, she was categorically outclassed in the first set.
Hev's matches are invariably enjoyable even in agonising defeats. Laura's always seem fraught and hard to watch, post US Open, especially so, even good wins.
1-6 6-3

Helen40 wrote:

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My friend is a producer at the BBC and suggests, albeit without specialist knowledge in the area of sports package rights, that they probably only had a contract for two matches.
As opposed to the general contract for all coverage at Wimbledon.
It is the sort of thing that saw them in the past cover US Open matches on a one off basis if a GB player went deep.
They allocated the RB time in the case of the matches both taking 2 hours plus, but can not use it to show other coverage.

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 If that's the case then why have they schedules six hours of coverage a day?? Besides they showed the two matches before.

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They showed Kvitova/Wickmayer & Robson/Wozniacki.

The first match was 2½ hours, if both matches are that long, you'd need 5 hours, but also the time for a lead in introduction and the change between the matches so, more than 5 hours - which is why the coverage would be provisionally scheduled to red button, in the case of over running, and to avoid howls of protest of they cut away completely whilst a potentially exciting match was in progress.

 

Hev's energy has deserted her, and it's back to the first set order, as Vesnina races through the decider.

1-6 6-3 0-5*

Remember, Hev was 5-0 down to Cirstea once and came back to win so I have faith in her she can do it again!!