Nah see I think MLDB although not a ball basher is a hugely streaky player who can be brilliant or abysmal at complete random, plus an emotional train wreck, so you just have no idea what's coming. She can have phases where she can't hit the ball in court, then throws up endless moon balls, then hits screamers.

The huge flurry of doubles at the end o the second set suggest Bally got a bit tight, but she was under pressure on serve throughout. Shame she just couldn't hold her off for one more game.

Steve Tignor's description of the end of the second set of Bally's match (from Tennis.com and thanks to the Spectator)

"But just when Larcher de Brito appears ready to snap, the seemingly calm Baltacha beats her to it. At 15-30, she watches as a shot that she thinks is going to land long instead clips the baseline beneath hershe lets it go and loses the point. After that, she can barely put a ball in the court. And when she does, she tries panicky drop shots that Larcher de Brito easily runs down. In minutes, Baltacha is down set point. Still panicked, she tries another drop shot, and Larcher de Brito hits another winner for the set."

such a shame . ..