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scottie1


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PaulM wrote:

Tara is frustrated and seems to have stopped thinking. Opened up the court and played the most ridiculous soft volley straight back to Eleni who holds to love

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Broken from 30-0 to lose 75 46 63

Disappointing. A lot of that was on her, she just played a very strange match today. Really odd performance, she was so tenative in her service games but was breaking pretty much at will.

I still think Tara has bags of potential but I wouldn't be arguing a case for special dispensation if she is just outside the top 250 off the back of that one (and her general ranking slide in the past 12 months, particularly Lisa was going up the rankings when she was overlooked at only a few spots outside)



-- Edited by PaulM on Tuesday 3rd of June 2014 02:30:46 PM

Daniilidou is too clever a grass court player for most British players as was Tasmine Tanusgarn.    Tara I think should still get a WC not a good year so far for her but remember last year

she was excellent unlucky to lose first round at Wimbledon 



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Jo up 4-2

Hlavackova just saved a break point with a second serve ace.

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Jo takes her second set point in a very long game with a fabulous drive volley

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A beyond stunning performance from Jo to win 63 62

She served brilliantly and took Hlavackova apart. Really amazing.

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Nik and EWS won their doubles.

Joss and Anna on court as is Naomi, playing with Eleni

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Good win for Joss and Anna

Naomi lost the first set tie breaker and then the scoreboard got stuck.

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R1:  Jos Rae & Anna Smith CR 312 (161+151)  defeated (3) Anastasia Rodionova & Arina Rodionova (AUS/AUS) CR 148 (20+128) by 4 & 3 biggrin
R1:  (WC) Nicola Slater & Emily Webley-Smith CR 422 (231+191) defeated Stéphanie Foretz-Gacon & Eva Hrdinova (FRA/CZE) CR 192 (120+72) by 6-4 1-6 [10-8] biggrin

Play in Naomi's doubles match appears to have been suspended for the day at 6-7(4). cry

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QF:  (WC) Nicola Slater & Emily Webley-Smith CR 422 (231+191) vs (2) Gabriela Dabrowski & Alicja Rosolska (CAN/POL) CR 132 (81+51)



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PaulM wrote:
Coup Droit wrote:

PaulM, Who has Tara got watching her? I mean, as a coach? or team? (tell me it's not Jeremy Bates . . .)

 No idea, can't tell from the stream

 Iain Bates, Jane O'D, Claire C and Jill M were court side cheering her on. Jane's her main coach.



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Some good doubles wins there.

I would really like to see Joss and Anna reach the final here and break the 50 point ceiling they have had on any of their points scores ( the max from a 25K ) to help them push up their rankings.

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As everyone seems to have got a good view from the streaming just thought I'd add a few court side observations.

Katy D: 1st time I'd seen her live and was very impressed. Very compact ground stokes, particularly like her double handed backhand. They don't look as if they are going to breakdown. They for me have top 100 potential. Serve is the weakness, which I'm sure she can improve a lot. Very good upbeat attitude on court.

Naomi: Started slowly but found her groove, moving well, groundies solid and serve spectacular.

JoKo: Back to her best, in a good spot now, very very pleased to see that.

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Interesting to see Nik and Emily teaming up. A potential long term pairing ?

Nik seems in need of a regular partner and maybe Emily's future does lie more in doubles.

This has crossed my mind before without even seeing them playing together.

Certainly, successful today !

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Very important win for Nik given she won this last year. Great win

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SINGLES ROUND-UP

Last 2 days

L32: (WC) Katy Dunne WR 483 beat (7) Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (CRO) WR 100 (CH 32 in 1998) by 6-4 0-6 6-1
L32: (WC) Emily Webley-Smith WR 405 lost to Vesna Dolonc (SRB) WR 121 (CH 84 last Jul) by 2 & 2
L32: (8) Johanna Konta WR 102 beat Andrea Hlavackova (CZE) WR 119 (CH 58 in 2012) by 3 & 2
L32: (WC) Naomi Broady WR 163 beat Tamira Paszek (AUT) WR 155 (CH 26 in 2013) by 7-6(4) ret.
L32: (WC) Tara Moore WR 255 lost to (Q) Eleni Daniilidou (GRE) WR 292 (CH 14 in 2003) by 7-5 4-6 6-3

Both JoKo and Daniilidou overturned 0-1 H2Hs

Wednesday

L16: (WC) Katy Dunne WR 483 v Kristyna Pliskova CZE WR 118 (CH 86 in 2013)
L16: (8) Johanna Konta WR 102 v (Q) Marta Sirotkina (RUS) WR 164 (CH 115 in 2013)
L16: (WC) Naomi Broady WR 163 v (5) Zarina Dyas (KAZ) WR 86 (CH 85 in Apr)

H2Hs

JoKo v Sirotkina H2H: 1-1 - Sirotkina won in a 3rd set tiebreak in Barnstaple last year, JoKo won 6-0 in the 3rd in Saint-Gaudens recently
Naomi v Dyas H2H: 1-0 - Naomi won in 3 sets at Wimbledon juniors back in 2008



-- Edited by steven on Thursday 5th of June 2014 05:52:58 PM

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They are playing doubles indoors now and no singles today.

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R1:  Naomi Broady & Eleni Daniilidou (GRE) CR 213 (130+83) defeated Vesna Dolonc & Varvara Lepchenko (SRB/USA) CR 268 (194+74) by 6-7(4) 6-3 [11-9] smile

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QF:  Naomi Broady & Eleni Daniilidou (GRE) CR 213 (130+83) vs Jos Rae & Anna Smith CR 312 (161+151)



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