Coup Droit wrote:

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No shame in losing against the top seeds. Well done both:

Semifinal

Vlada EKSHIBAROVA (ISR) / Ekaterina YASHINA (RUS) [1] def. Lauryn JOHN-BAPTISTE (GBR) / Eva SISKA (USA) 6-3 6-4

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Wrong thread?

Those who have progressed tend to have 2-3 month pockets of time where they play the same opponents who are following a similar schedule generally working them out and beating them which would be Suzy's next step.

I can see nothing wrong with getting to a level where one can avoid dashing from tournament to tournament playing qualifiers when you can set yourself up at low cost in the dead of winter, establish a play/prac regieme, perhaps work on some areas of technique and strategy before pushing off around Europe in Feb or perhaps just hitting the clay in Spain when Europe warms up a bit!

But.....

QF: LARKIN, Suzy (GBR) (5) 734 lost to MIROSHNICHENKO, Veronica (RUS) (Q) 923 CH=798 3/10/16 2-6 6-3 6-1