A good day for Sam as she picks up her 2nd win in the day, this time with Elitsa Kostova (BUL) in the doubles. They win 6-7(5) 6-3 10-4
They now join EWS and Sofia who have a bye into the QF.

Doubles Roundup
L16:- Elitsa KOSTOVA (BUL) / Samantha MURRAY (GBR) 605 (273+332) def Charlotte ROEMER (ECU) / Noelia ZEBALLOS (BOL) UNR (UNR+828) 6-7(5) 6-3 10-4

L16:- Sofia SHAPATAVA (GEO) / Emily WEBLEY-SMITH (GBR) [2] 485 (197+288) v BYE

Quarterfinal

QF:- Elitsa KOSTOVA (BUL) / Samantha MURRAY (GBR) 605 (273+332) v Ulrikke EIKERI (NOR) / Ana Sofia SANCHEZ (MEX) [4] 546 (174+372)

QF:- Sofia SHAPATAVA (GEO) / Emily WEBLEY-SMITH (GBR) [2] 485 (197+288) v Irene BURILLO ESCORIHUELA (ESP) / Guiomar MARISTANY ZULETA DE REALES (ESP) 860 (467+393)

All doubles and singles on the order of play for Wednesday

Great result for Sam, much easier in the end than I expected 6-3 6-1

Emily should be on court relatively soon.

Yes, and I've just noticed too that Sam's points from last week and so far this week, will not only move her up about 79 places from WR 547 to LR 461, but it will also move her up 5 GB places from GB#20 to #15! And one more win would put her ahead of Lissey and level on points with Fran.

Coup Droit wrote:

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Great to see Sam hitting some good form, and hopefully injury free.

It would be lovely if she had another great grass run

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Yes, unfortunately all these points will go on too late for the grass season entries, but hope she does get some QWCs into the W100s. 

Em is on court now, unfortunately is broken immediately by the 4th seed

 

The only issue with the grass events is that the lists look much stronger this year. The Surbiton main draw cut off is currently 134 and although that will go down after automatic RG withdrawals, I can't see it being anything like as low as sub 200 like it was last year, and the Q fields have reduced from 32 to 24 with one less QWC this year, so less opportunities for Brits to play, certainly at Surbiton anyway.

Naomi will be quite fortunate to sneak into Surbiton quals the way it is going, and then who gets the 4 QWCs if it was Naomi downwards? I think there'll be some disappointed players come the weekend and we won't have anything like the 20 that were involved last year. There's no doubt EWS deserves a QWC over Freya on recent form, even if she is almost 15 years older.