First set of matches almost completed - suprised they have umpires and live scores for qualifiers though.

Beth won 7-6 7-6
Mariam won 6-2 6-4
Farah won 6-1 7-6

Molly lost 6-2 6-4

The matches featuring Francesca vs. Alannah and Freya vs. Katarzyna have just started

Mollie has just saved at least 5 match points in the 2nd set tiebreak (i.e. it was 6-1 when I first noticed the score, now 6-6!)

Fran makes solid first steps in her comeback, against Alannah; winning 6-3 6-4
No doubt, it's a relief to be playing at all, and nice to get a 'W' right away.

Freya merciless, beat Katarzyna: 6-1 6-0

Harriet almost matched her, in beating Kyria: 6-0 6-2

Rona going quite well against the ranked & seeded German, just broke Niedmers as she served for the set: *5-5

-- Edited by AliBlahBlah on Monday 7th of April 2014 01:17:33 PM

PockyTastic wrote:

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Coup Droit wrote:

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I don't know Olivia but I've seen Beth Askew play a couple of times - she's an athletic, correct player but there's not much more than that, imho.

I quite like Mollie Crouch too - I don't mean that she's going anywhere major with her tennis, and Laruen should win, but it's a different style and quite fun to watch.

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 Different style how? I've never seen Mollie play so I'm just curious 

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Just my impression so take with a pinch of salt but . . .:

Mollie is technically all a bit dodgy (grip, takeback, construction of shot) but that makes it a bit unpredictable which is curious in itself. And she has a way of often launching her whole bodyweight into the ball, literally throwing herself at the ball, which is fun and quite infectious when you watch. And she's a tall, powerful girl so it makes an impact. And it reflects the thing I noticed, which was that she seems to really enjoy her tennis, which also makes it nice to watch. There's a bit of the EWS going on, an enthusiasm that is enjoyable, if not a technically clean game.

Also, the last time I saw her she had a great 'look' - a bit 'street', rather in the Bethanie Mattek-Sands vein. Which also makes a quite a refreshing change. I wish her well.

Edit: What Steven said.

-- Edited by AliBlahBlah on Monday 7th of April 2014 02:10:14 PM

Nothing seems to happen for a while then Niedmers gets a break point, which Rona saves, but now the German has another bp ... also saved

Ad Rona, match point no. 2 ...

... and there are 7 Brits through to the main draw

FQR: (q1) Freya Christie WR 1018 beat Katarzyna Pitak UNR by 1 & 0
FQR: (q2) Harriet Dart WR 1028 beat Kyria Dunford UNR by 0 & 2
FQR: (q3) Francesca Stephenson WR 1080 beat Alannah Griffin UNR by 3 & 4
FQR: Rona Berisha beat (q4) Nora Niedmers (GER) WR 1122 by 7-6(5) 6-4
FQR: Molly Reed lost to (q5) Mariam Bolkvadze (GEO) WR 1194 by 2 & 4
FQR: (q6) Beth Askew WR 1214 beat Olivia Horn UNR by 7-6(3) 7-6(2)
FQR: (q7) Lauren McMinn WR 1214 beat Mollie Crouch UNR by 7-6(5) 7-6(6)
FQR: Farah Abdelaziz UNR beat Louise Ronaldson UNR by 6-1 7-6(4)