In doubles, Tanysha, playing as a WC with a Russian girl who is barely 14 years old, lost to the Romanian top seeds.
Crystal has a vowelless partner, and Mandy - once again with Alice - is second seed.
R1: (WC) Dissanayake/Medvedeva (GBR/RUS) lost to Bara/Hristea (ROU/ROU) [1] 1-6 2-6
R1: (WC) Sutar/Myssyr (GBR/KAZ) vs. Lizarazo/Tona (COL/ITA)
R1: Carreras/Savoretti (GBR/ITA) [2] vs. Remy/Temin (FRA/FRA)
Jo Boulem (Gabi's opponent) is a real 10k player - age 22, played pretty much 10ks solid last year, getting to the quarters/semis, approx., on average.
She had a good week last week, made the final, although that included a w/o. Only made the quarters the week before though.
And in the last 12 months has a pretty poor record against Brits - lost to Mandy, Laura D, Izzy Wallace (in GB mode),...