Ugh yes, that's not a great result but their conquerors, the top seeds are ranked well above even the 2nd seeds in the draw (combined rank 460), who Lissey and Eden beat earlier. So Lissey and Eden's turn to take on the top two.
F: Alicia Barnett/ Eden Silva (GBR/GBR) 1097 (524+573) vs Katarzyna Piter/ Barbora Stefkova (POL/CZE) [1] 357 (239+118)
Brilliant performance from Maia, by far her best result for a long time - well since Feb at least!
Her net 8 points from so far this week will also lift her back past Fran into the GB #9 position again in 10 days time. More important though they will also lift her to the cusp of the top 400, which will be the next target for this middle cohort, who will get their first? She may already make it, but one more win would guarantee she will for sure.
Brilliant performance from Maia, by far her best result for a long time - well since Feb at least! Her net 8 points from so far this week will also lift her back past Fran into the GB #9 position again in 10 days time. More important though they will also lift her to the cusp of the top 400, which will be the next target for this middle cohort, who will get their first? She may already make it, but one more win would guarantee she will for sure.
And, being a 25k, these will all be WTA points for next year, not just ITF points.
Brilliant performance from Maia, by far her best result for a long time - well since Feb at least! Her net 8 points from so far this week will also lift her back past Fran into the GB #9 position again in 10 days time. More important though they will also lift her to the cusp of the top 400, which will be the next target for this middle cohort, who will get their first? She may already make it, but one more win would guarantee she will for sure.
And, being a 25k, these will all be WTA points for next year, not just ITF points.
Yes this group - Maia, Fran, Jodie, Beth, Eden, Sam, Freya, Lissey, Emily A - are all playing 25ks now for this reason, with Fran and Emily having to make the largest conversion of points, as has been discussed elsewhere. Maia currently has just 16 pts from 15k events - a 12 and a 4 pointer, and both will fall off during November, so by the end of the year all her counters will be at 25k level and above.