Decent Q1 draw...3rd qseed ranked 254 potential Q2 opponent though; GL Mandy; good to see her giving a bigger one a go

-- Edited by vohor on Sunday 9th of August 2015 09:38:20 AM

Q1: CARRERAS, Amanda (GBR) 326 def MALECKOVA, Jesika (CZE) 332 6-1 6-1

Good win

Nice win for Amanda - next game will be tougher - but standing her ground

Mandy has started brightly, holding serve, breaking and then holding again against the Russian (Crimean so was Ukrainian and still is on livescore, but the ITF now lists her as Russian).

Mandy 3-0*

Mandy was broken at the start of the second set, but has broken back

Mandy 6-2 *1-1

PockyTastic wrote:

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Mandy has started brightly, holding serve, breaking and then holding again against the Russian (Crimean so was Ukrainian and still is on livescore, but the ITF now lists her as Russian).

Mandy 3-0*

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Checking Wikipedia, it is apparently her choice to be now declared Russian as from last year. I am sure Russia didn't have a problem with that !

I'd say it would have been rather controversial for the ITF ( and WTA ) to have unilaterally declared her Russian.

-- Edited by indiana on Monday 10th of August 2015 12:07:54 PM