sam still find feet and rhithm after injures - served for set at *5-4 and was broken but broke again and just squeaked home to take first set 7-5

eleanor impressive again 4-1*

first set eleanor in style!!! 6-2

sam 7-5 *2-3

sam wins 7-5 6-4
a little shaky but needs matches aned a bit of confidence i spose

eleanor 6-2 *2-2

She's had at least 2 MPS. but didn't get the job done. Now serving for it.

And does it !!!!!!!!

Well done Deano, what she has done since coming back from long term injury, is simply stunning.

Just as an aside, when Eleanor won the tournament in France at the end of January, (winning 6-1 6-1 against Sandra Andriamarosoa, WR 1254), the press report read:

"Puissante sur ses appuis et dans ses frappes, la Britannique, âgée de 18 ans et membre du Team Kim Clijsters, simposa presque trop tranquillement."

which basically says: "With power in her legs and her shots, the British 18 year-old from the Clijsters academy, won almost too easily"

i.e. she walked it, and blew the other girl off the court.