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Whew that was hard work....

FQR: BARNETT, Alicia (GBR) 7 536 beat PRIBYLOVA, Anna (RUS) 14 627 CH=626 30/7/18 7-6(11) 6-4

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smilesmile

That was a tough one !



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Reasonable draws for both players, but still have to beat higher ranked opposition.

R32: Alicia BARNETT (GBR) [Q] 533 vs Lisa SABINO (SUI) 361 (CH:315 Dec 08)
R32: Sarah Beth GREY (GBR) 446 vs Natalija KOSTIC (SRB) 383 (CH:377 Sept 18)

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Pretty inevitable really, unless they draw qualifiers. wink  Beth is right on the cusp of DA anyway, and Lissey isn't far behind.



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Just got home in time to see match point on live scores

R16: Sarah Beth GREY (GBR) [1] Valeria SAVINYKH (RUS) [1] 327 (203+124) def Lucia QUITERIO (POR) Ekaterina SHALIMOVA (RUS) 1920 (914+1006) 6-4 6-3

Just over the hour, which will please Valeria, who lost her singles today in a match lasting almost three hours

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Michael D wrote:

Reasonable draws for both players, but still have to beat higher ranked opposition.

R32: Alicia BARNETT (GBR) [Q] 533 vs Lisa SABINO (SUI) 361 (CH:315 Dec 08)
R32: Sarah Beth GREY (GBR) 446 vs Natalija KOSTIC (SRB) 383 (CH:377 Sept 18)

 Cross fingers ..... Beth had just won the first set 6-2.

Interestingly, Kostic is another of those who was a top junior (had a CH of  JWR 5) but is now 24 and still hasn't broken the top 350.

Allez, Beth !



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Three consecutive breaks in the second set, then Beth just about hangs on to hold. 4-1*

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Beth got it to 6-2 *5-3 and had two MPs, but has now lost 7 pts straight for the score to go back to *5-5 in the second set.

Now Beth has just won her first service game in the last three to take the score to 6-5*



-- Edited by Michael D on Wednesday 3rd of October 2018 11:24:05 AM

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On the third match point Beth finally gets there.

R32: Sarah Beth GREY (GBR) 446 beat Natalija KOSTIC (SRB) 383 (CH:377 Sept 18) 6-2 7-5

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Phew. Seven breaks of serve in that set, but Beth gets past the first round for the first time since July (also in Portugal, but on clay that time) 6-2 7-5

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Shinikova has just been taken to 3 sets by the WR 846, so Beth has a chance against her.

R16: Sarah Beth GREY (GBR) 446 vs Isabella SHINIKOVA (BUL) [3] 270 (CH:133 Feb 17)

In terms of her points, to note that Beth is +4 after this first round win... and that takes her to 82 points, just 1 pt behind Laura in the GB #10 position. So one more win and Beth will take over from Laura the week after next. Fran and Tara also still have opportunities this week of getting there too.

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Potentially a new CH as well, depending on how a few players just ahead of Beth perform this week. Could be 435, or just below.

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Excellent win for Beth

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YAY; well done Beth :D


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A lot of very tight games, but Lissey nicks the first set 6-4.... Struggling to save her serve at the start of the second set now.

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