Injury to hip/adductor area.
Whether entirely due to that or not, Jo was unable to hit through the court and finish off points.
Zheng's defence at time's was remarkable and inspiring, and she thoroughly deserved the win.
Another really disappointing result an another lacklustre performance from a Brit, in a tournament to forget for the most part on the home front.

The honourable exception, Tara, plays last up. Who had Tara as last woman standing? Anyone?

Ugh; hope Jo can get fit in time for Wimby.

GL Tara :)

Just watched another player who's been away from singles for 18 months or so, slightly different circumstances of course, but here's Ashleigh Barty, now looking noticeably more muscular, playing an absolutely mesmerizing set of tennis 6-0 in 18 minutes for the loss of 7 points against a decent grass court exponent in Hlavackova. Played every shot in the book with aplomb, and clear precise point construction finished with winner after winner into the spaces that had been constructed and earned, not gambled on short angles or tight lines.
A remarkable comeback so far, last week and this. Really happy to see her so comfortable on court again.

I also read that in her period away from tennis, she had a none too shabby first class cricket batting average of 46.60! These over-achievers, huh?

2-6 not much to get excited about.

They seem to be having plenty of fun though.

-- Edited by AliBlahBlah on Thursday 9th of June 2016 03:27:48 PM

Jo's comments on the match and her injury:
"I picked up a little niggle during that match, but I felt it was something I could manage, that's why I thought I could finish, but I'll just be looking to take care of it and be ready for the next event. I wasn't distributing weight as well as I used to; if you know me well, I usually put more weight on my right side, and I wasn't able to do that today. Credit to her; she played a lot of balls and got a lot of balls back. I think there were a lot of high-quality points."

They've pulled it round and earn the MTB
Sevastova playing inspired stuff at times, and carrying the team a bit. But they are clearly getting on as a team, they've scarcely stopped giggling.
2-6 7-5

7-5 at second change