From *0-40 Sarah Beth fought back to deuce, had two game points herself, but from a third deuce, the Belgian broke to put us back on serve in the second set.
6-4 4-4*
Not a surprising result for Aleksandra, but this week at least earned herself useful exposure to a higher level of play.
R1: (Q) Aleksandra PITAK (GBR) UNR lost to Alyona SOTNIKOVA (UKR) [3] 453 1-6 0-6
R1: Sarah Beth GREY (GBR) 989 defeated Klaartje LIEBENS (BEL) [8] 549 6-4 6-4