So she did. It was 6-4 4-6 6-0. Beth also beat Freya that week in the final, so she was playing well. As CD said, you never know in a one-off match.

Just having a little look at the odds:

Lissy 1/12, Ali 6/1
Beth 2/7, Ella 5/2
Emma 4/9, opponent 13/8
Freya 9/4, opponent 1/3
Eden 2/7, opponent 5/2

Would be great to get 4 through, obviously 5 would be preferable, but you'd have settled for 4/7 before the draw was made yesterday. I can see why Emma is favourite (even if we shouldn't just expect it - it would be a fantastic win if she pulls it off) but can anyone shed any light as to why Eden is a reasonably big favourite against her seeded opponent? Freya you can understand being underdog as Buyukakcay was top 60 2 years ago.

Odds are of course just that and there's a job that needs doing, but good luck to all 7.

Emma underway and has just held to 15. 1-0*

Emma was 4-0 up and had 2 SPs at 5-2*, but it's back on serve now 5-4*.

Emma does have 30-0 so a possible opening.

Livescores is playing up. The first two matches on Court 4 have only suddenly just appeared and Lissey/ Ali and Freya should both now be on court too.

Slight understatement there !
Emma won 6-4 6-1

Emma's WC secures her WTA ranking for the start of next year, and means we'll have 24 women with a ranking at the start of the new era.

With only 3 non-15K points previously, these are 5 very useful points to add to her tally.