Q1: KONTA, Johanna (GBR) 144 beat JAKSIC, Jovana (SRB) 241 6-0 6-3
Q1: BROADY, Naomi (GBR) 236 beat BUYUKAKCAY, Cagla (TUR) 140 6-1 7-6(4) 

 

Q2: KONTA, Johanna (GBR) 144 v KULICHKOVA, Elizaveta 110 =CH

Q2: BROADY, Naomi (GBR) 236 v RODIONOVA, Anastasia (AUS) 166 CH=62 2010

H2H 1-0 Barnstaple 2011 6-7(6) 6-4 7-6(5)

-- Edited by Peter too on Wednesday 20th of May 2015 04:50:19 PM

Great pair of results - especially Naomi who surprised everyone (me included) with her performance it seems!

On to round 2 tomorrow.

Courtside thoughts on todays matches

Thought Jo seemed to be playing quite well but it was one of those matches where it never looked in doubt who would win right from the off so its hard to judge how well she was playing.

The most interesting thing about the match was that on the very first point Jaksic hit a winner that was called out, umpire came down decided it was in and they should replay the point, Jaksic said but it was a winner, then the umpire asked Jo whether she would have got it and all three of them had a conference at the net about it. They replayed it in the end.

Also the first set lasted 28 minutes after which Jaksic had a 7 minute toilet break. Ridiculous.

Thought Naomi was superb, a shame they don't have proper stats on the website to see how many winners she hit, it must have been 30 odd at least, forehands , backhands, dropshots, volleys she was just hitting winners from everywhere. I agree with what was said above the 3-1 game where she saved 4 break points was huge and really kept the momentum with her early on.

When Naomi got broken back in the 2nd and then CB did a big serve to save break point before the rain delay I thought it was slipping away from Naomi and expected her to get broken at the restart but she held on from 15-30, then had 3 breakpoints all saved by excellent play by CB in the next game.

When she did break and served for the match she actually served very well getting 2 aces and forcing a couple of short returns but missed two forehands into the net off them to put herself in trouble. She double faulted on the second break point after being put off her ball toss by some kids making a lot of noise in the back of the stand on the court next door. She seemed to let this get to her and I thought this would hurt her her in the tiebreak, instead she won a very long rally on the first point and then served back to back aces to get a three nil lead. She closed it out with another winner, considering the, I think only other time she played here she won 1 game it was a pretty good improvement and a thoroughly deserved win.

Hope so after these two excellent reports ( men & women ).

Hope so for LTR's enjoyment too

Thanks for the various reports - much appreciated!

Jo's match has started.