It has changed now. It was a very long time out, but Emily has at least won her next service point and is now 5-3* up second set.

Busy day for Em. Semi-final at 2pm or shortly after if Sanchez and Radwanska go on for much longer, and it's looking like going to a deciding set, then rest before doubles.

Well, a few of our players have certainly benefited from retirements this week, with Emily the latest to do so.

QF: WEBLEY-SMITH, Emily (GBR) 524 beat Mariam BOLKVADZE (GEO) [2] 211=CH 3-6 5-3 retired.

The bonus 9 pts from this match, now mean that her 18 pts haul this week is equal to nearly half of her existing total points tally. Next week Emily will be WR 532 but these 18 points so far will lift her all the way back to about WR 473, 1pt behind Lissey, and ahead of Tara Moore (who drops 33 places next week).

-- Edited by Michael D on Saturday 11th of May 2019 11:26:37 AM

Real shame for Bolkvadze, because as Michael says, she's progressed really well since the back end of last year and is circa 120 in the Race. Hope it's not too bad with the grass season in mind as that's her favourite surface.

But, however it comes, that's good news for EWS. At her age, she's probably not going to be that high up in the WC pecking order over the summer, so with her boosting her ranking into the 400's (and maybe even more), then that's going to bode well for getting into the likes of Manchester and maybe Ilkley qualifiers. The points will come too soon for Surbiton though, so will be relying on a QWC there.

Urszula makes it through after a match lasting nearly three hours. So that is three of the top four seeds in the semis.

Yes, I hadn't checked to see what further points Emily was about to lose, as both PaulM and RS have pointed out... That CH of Radwanska is higher than I thought.

SF: WEBLEY-SMITH, Emily (GBR) 524 vs Urszula RADWANSKA (POL) [4] 301 (CH:29 Oct 12)

3-6 1-2*