Q2: SILVA, Eden (GBR) 4 429 def HOSTE FERRER, Claudia (ESP) 16 654 6-3 2-6 [14-12]
Q2: WEBLEY-SMITH, Emily (GBR) 10 519 lost to BANDECCHI, Susan (SUI) 7 465 1-6 3-6

R1: DUNNE, Katy (GBR) 299 v SILVA, Eden (GBR) Q 426
R1: BURRAGE, Jodie Anna (GBR) 297 v PONCHET, Jessika (FRA) 2 200 CH=190 4/3/19

Jodie on at 9am and it is being streamed. Bookies have it close, 8/11 Ponchet, Jodie evens.

Really good set from Jodie, 6-1. So that's 2 sets in little over 40 mins. Ponchet serving first in the decider 0-0*

Jodie gets the first break! *4-3. Come on Jodie.

First sign of trouble this set on serve, but held from 0-30. Ponchet frustrated. 5-3*.

-- Edited by Ace Ventura on Tuesday 30th of April 2019 09:27:29 AM

Ponchet saves a match point with an ace, so Jodie to serve for the match at *5-4

Coup Droit wrote:

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Ace Ventura wrote:

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Ponchet misses as easy smash, but saves MP with an ace, and now has game point.

 

*5-4. Come on Jodie, one hold.

-- Edited by Ace Ventura on Tuesday 30th of April 2019 09:31:19 AM

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 Yes, that smash was a sitter - dreadful miss.

Not that that cost her the match as she won that game.

But Jodie won anyway - really good 

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It was, but honestly, Jodie missed a far worse one in the second set, Jodie's wasn't a volley and it bounced and sat up nicely for an easy put away with Ponchet nowhere to be seen, but she hit it with far too much power and it went right in the middle of the tram lines, not even close, but it was at 0-0 and she then won the next 4 points to comfortably hold .

Ponchet is currently ranked 200, so not sure if that technically counts as another 'top 200' win, but either way, it's another very good one to add to the collection this year. Mind, she's playing top 200 at the moment, so shouldn't be too much of a surprise. That's a nice 8 points for her and a winnable 2nd round match against someone guaranteed to be lower ranked than her.

She's really staking a claim for a Wimbledon WC. Up to around 190 in the race (having played less events than many around her), a number of top 200 wins, still a teenager. She just needs to get 40 odd more points between now and late June (to close in on the Q cut off) and hopefully have a couple of good wins / performances in the early grass events and it'll be hard to look past her. She still has a few 1 point counters to replace and nothing to defend until Birmingham - Fed Cup aside, she's been the individual highlight of the year by a mile for me.

-- Edited by Ace Ventura on Tuesday 30th of April 2019 10:00:18 AM

L16:- Mariam BOLKVADZE /Emily WEBLEY-SMITH 467 (187+280) def Fiona ARRESE MATA (SPA) / Gemma LAIRON NAVARRO (SPA) {WC} UNR (UNR+UNR) 6-1 6-3

Next up is another WC pairing, who have put out the top seeds in a MTB