Week 41 - WTA International ($250K) - Linz, Austria - Hard

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

RE: Week 41 - WTA International ($250K) - Linz, Austria - Hard

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

First set goes to the top seeds. Joss having uncharacteristic problems on serve, 3-6

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

It's a shame that this was their first match of the week.
It was closer than the scoreline makes it seem.
Joss & Anna were very rusty though.
Given an easier start, they might have got better as the week went on, but this high hurdle proved too much to clear, starting from cold.

R1: Jocelyn RAE/Anna SMITH (GBR/GBR) 204 lost to Lucie HRADECKA/Barbora ZAHLAVOVA STRYCOVA (CZE/CZE) [1] 56 3-6 2-6

philwrig · Hall of fame

Given that it was Joss's only second tournament in 10 weeks, and double's players are used to playing every week, rust was always going to be a big issue, and I agree the big points were lost and it could have been closer, hopefully a kinder draw for I'm assuming Luxembourg next week.