I'm still waiting to see the singles MD here, but in the doubles Emily App is playing with Carolina Meligeni Rodrigues ALVES (BRA). Emily has had Brazilian partners before but cannot remember if Carolina is someone she has played with before. They play the Morderger sisters first up.
As far as I can see, Emily has never played with or against Carolina.
Fran played her in singles last year, and one or two others in doubles a while ago. Looks quite a good doubles partner -made a W60 final and a W25 final recently
Well somehow the 2nd seeds contrived to lose in a MTB where they were 7-1, 9-7 and 10-9 up, but eventually lost it 12-10 to the Czech pair who will play Emily and Carolina instead.
QF: Emily APPLETON/ Carolina Meligeni Rodrigues ALVES (GBR/BRA) 690 (305+385) vs Petra KREJSOVA/ Jesika MALECKOVA (CZE/CZE) 883 (515/368)
@Teamappples 11 hours ago Thanks @eurowings - all luggage lost en route from London to Leipzig. 1st match today. No kit, no racquets, nothing - any suggestions - apart from "renting" as u advised on the phone! Pls find our bags today - @ejappleton14 needs her stuff urgently
2 hours ago Still no sign of any luggage - really poor @eurowings . @ejappleton14 having to play pro matches in borrowed shoes and using borrowed racquets @eurowings please find our bags or at least tell us which country they are in
Just now @ejappleton14 Not usually a complainer but @eurowings are actually useless! Both bags have been lost which had all my rackets,shoes,clothes and many other needed items. The fact that @eurowings can't even locate the bags is so poor. Not good preparation for a professional tennis tournament!
Wow, that is extremely useless and pathetic for a Lufthansa associated airlines. Every traveller's fear - losing luggage, and considering that tennis equipment is not exactly unnoticeable luggage, and it was tagged properly, you'd think even a budget airline would have some method for tracking items. Imagine they will owe compensation, but that is indeed useless for coping with an immediate tournament. Not an airline to be recommended then.
-- Edited by Michael D on Tuesday 13th of August 2019 08:38:32 PM
Well another week another first round win for Emily, her second MD W25 win now in successive weeks! She saw out a tight final set, coming from 0-40 down in the 9th game to break and have a chance to serve out for the match. Faced with her first MP she double faulted, her first DF of the set, and then saved 2 BPs, before gaining a second MP which she won. So she's managing to keep things tight at the pressure points of a match, which is a positive sign. Also, this win over a player of similar ranking to herself, has tended to be the type of match that Emily has NOT won before, so all in all this represents an encouraging success
8th seed next and a free hit. Play without pressure.