You travel half way around the world, wind up in qualies in a $15K, and your FQR is against a former WR20! Less than ideal.
Alisa Kleybanova, in as a WC, is the ringer Suzy has the misfortune to encounter.
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Data I post, opinions I offer, 'facts' I assert, are almost certainly all stupidly wrong.
Apart from one very brief match, Alisa has been out from early December 2015 until two weeks ago when she reached the final of a $25K losing in three sets to a player ranked 215 CH=85.
