Emily might not complain about the draw, but she cannot buy a win at this level.
Emily performed ok last week against Stojanovic WR 251. You're correct, she doesn't yet have a MD 25k win, but I will actually back her to break that duck Wed when she plays.
Speaking of Paige Hourigan, I see she lost comfortably as a seed to Ipek Soylu (2-6 1-6) through the night and that's who Emily will play if she comes through her R1 match. The Turk is a decent player struggling with injuries and is about 300-350 places below her career high a couple of years ago - I remember her beating Boulter in either US or Aussie Open qualifiers 15-18 months ago.
Ipek was the favourite in that match and I was hoping Paige would come through as Emily beat her the other week. This of course will all be academic if Emily loses her R1 match.
-- Edited by Ace Ventura on Tuesday 14th of May 2019 09:44:32 AM