Doubles draw out first, and at least this week the Pitak sisters will only potentially have to play the top seeds in the Qf not the first round (having played the 2nd seeds first up last time).
Emilie is playing with Laetitia PULCHARTOVA (CZE) again and they also have an unseeded pair first round.
Tiffany William is also here this week and in the doubles too with Shanshan GUO (CHN). They get the 4th seeds, a Swiss pair in the first round.
Edit: There was a technical problem there when I was trying to post, someone will need to delete one post.
-- Edited by Michael D on Monday 28th of January 2019 05:17:00 PM
Singles MD finally. Better draws than last week for the Brits.
R32: Emilie LINDH (GBR) UNR/313 vs Anna MAKHORKINA (RUS) [LL] UNR/561 (CH:858 Aug 16)
R32: Katarzyna PITAK (GBR) [WC] UNR/471 vs Naima KARAMOKO (SUI) UNR/1152 (CH:838 Feb 17)
R32: Aleksandra PITAK (GBR) [WC] UNR/417 vs Ivana SEBESTOVA (CZE} [Q] UNR/797 17yrs (JCH:466 Feb 18)
R32: Tiffany WILLIAM (GBR) UNR/197 vs Katarina KUZMOVA (SVK) [Q] UNR/571 17yrs (JCH:196 Dec 18)
Singles MD finally. Better draws than last week for the Brits.
R32: Emilie LINDH (GBR) UNR/313 vs Anna MAKHORKINA (RUS) [LL] UNR/561 (CH:858 Aug 16) R32: Katarzyna PITAK (GBR) [WC] UNR/471 vs Naima KARAMOKO (SUI) UNR/1152 (CH:838 Feb 17) R32: Aleksandra PITAK (GBR) [WC] UNR/417 vs Ivana SEBESTOVA (CZE} [Q] UNR/797 17yrs (JCH:466 Feb 18) R32: Tiffany WILLIAM (GBR) UNR/197 vs Katarina KUZMOVA (SVK) [Q] UNR/571 17yrs (JCH:196 Dec 18)
Tiffany + have lost their doubles however to the Swiss 4th seeds 0-6 4-6.
The Pitaks have also started their doubles after the earlier scare with Kasia in her singles match. It's not clear how fit she is though as they've gone down 0-3 at the start of their doubles and 3-12 on points. Hope they pick up.
Congrats to Tiff Wiliam for digging out a win against a youngster with clearly a good serve, and who won the first set easily. However Tiff came back to win 0-6 6-3 7-5 securing the only break of serve in the final set. Kucera won the ace count 10-2 and the points count 79-70, but lost the match...
3 of 4 wins a good start, with Ola, perhaps surprisingly the sole (and an easy) loser. Much harder match ups to come. Emilie to take on again the same top seed as last week - this time in the second round not first at least - and Kasia will play last week's 2nd seed who beat sister Ola quite easily also in last week's second round. Tiff potentially had the 2nd seed, but faces instead the WC local player, Mayar Sherif, who knocked the 2nd seed out. Sherif reached the QF last week, and so will have an ITF ranking in a week's time.
R32: Emilie LINDH (GBR) UNR/313 beat Anna MAKHORKINA (RUS) [LL] UNR/561 (CH:858 Aug 16)
R32: Katarzyna PITAK (GBR) [WC] UNR/471 beat Naima KARAMOKO (SUI) UNR/1152 (CH:838 Feb 17)
R32: Aleksandra PITAK (GBR) [WC] UNR/417 lost to Ivana SEBESTOVA (CZE} [Q] UNR/797 17yrs (JCH:466 Feb 18)
R32: Tiffany WILLIAM (GBR) UNR/197 beat Katarina KUZMOVA (SVK) [Q] UNR/571 17yrs (JCH:196 Dec 18)
R16: Emilie LINDH (GBR) UNR/313 vs Anastasia DETIUC (CZE) [1] 489/62 (CH:414 July 18)
H2H: 0-1 - 2019 W15 Sharm El Sheikh EGY Hard 32 DETIUC 6-2 6-3
R16: Katarzyna PITAK (GBR) [WC] UNR/471 vs Simona WALTERT (SUI) [3] 582/68 (CH:438 May 18) 18yrs (JCH:9 Jan 18)
R16: Tiffany WILLIAM (GBR) UNR/197 vs Mayar SHERIF (EGY) [WC] UNR/UNR (CH:575 Dec 13)
sherif were a decent junior ranked top 50 and then went college and had a very strong record on the pepperdine team
finished her degree and back to tennis tough draw for william after her good won today