Great to see Katie have a full year injury free after such a prolonged period out of the game. She is now getting an opportunity to develop the talent she showed by becoming a top 10 junior.

I really feel for Freya who has been treading water a bit since returning from playing in SE Asia for Wimbledon Qualifying. While there I was standing next to another player who was of the opinion that Freya had been playing at a level better than that generally seen in qualifying and was confident she would win through.

I don't think her subsequent performance was particularly relevant to anything later, she was just ill playing through a bad cold and got injured. Subsequently it has been up and down but on occasions she has done well for the sample winning in Lubbock. She has natural talent, the weight of her shot is so much heavier than most women and a bit like Naomi it needs harnessing, I feel with some tweaking of her game and the support of a sports psychologist she has the potential to reach the same level.

My impression is she moved to playing senior tennis earlier than most of the girls and didn't really pursue a junior rank in the way most do. I feel there is a psychological advantage in having a period where you really dominate a cohort of players or are right at the top of a cohort. I say this in generality but by breaking into the top 10 or there abouts as a junior it instills a sense of belief and self confidence. Naomi's comments about her expectations as a child I thought were amusing and charmingly understated but from another perspective really interesting, she seemed surprised to be doing so well however it is obvious that she had talents/weapons that other players did not and well done to Fitzy for identifying and harnessing them.