Em had a sniff of taking the second set at 15-30, but Chang won the next three points, then broke open a tight tiebreak which was even the whole way to win 6-1 7-6(5)



Real shame for Em, a great fight in the second (she actually won one more point) and she did have her chances. Hopefully she feels it's been a good positive week, even if the points haul feels a little stingy. Definitely a big step up in form, hopefully it can continue although it looks like she might have an enforced week off as she's still a long way from making the cut in Tokyo qualies.

Doubles tomorrow.

Pity, but yes very encouraging few days. Glad we ( Paul ) noticed

Beating two top 250 ranked players pretty handily and being so close in the second set to the WR 151 is by a distance the best looking results and form seen from Emily in a good while.

Yes, relatively stingy 6 qualifying points here ( the further 15 points for a R1 win would have been great ), but that added to her Winnipeg 9 points takes her to 108 points, probably into the top 350 and to GB number 6.

Now bottle that form for a little while, Emily.

Em and Nao drop the first set 6-3, which is a bit of a surprise against a scratch pair (albeit Bojana is obviously a very good singles player). Missed a break point in their opponents final two service games.