QR1: Samantha Murray WR 190 beat Arina Rodionova (AUS) WR 220 (CH 157 in 2010) by 4 & 1
QR2: Samantha Murray WR 190 v (wc) Taylor Townsend (USA) WR 334
Former junior no. 1 (& still only 17) Townsend thrashed 11th Q seed Birnerová 1 & 2, so will be much tougher than her WTA ranking suggests. Still, Sam has got her 40 points now (that must have been her main aim, surely) so hopefully won't feel too much pressure and can just go for it!
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So Tara manages to lose a set 6-4 winning more points than her opponent, how frustrating !
I suspect the experience of Castano gradually worked out how to break down Tara's game, forcing her to play one more shot especially on the big points.
The winner of Tara's match plays Yung-Jan Chan (TPE) (current WR 252 but with a career high of 50 but who's only played a couple of matches this year) who's beaten the number 9 seed, Zanevska.
Fascinating match this , Tara looks clearly the better player based on points won, but and its a big but, you can just see Castano edging the final set, as she did the first, fingers crossed that won't be the case.