Wow, that's a great looking draw for Sam there, especially for 13 pts!

And Sam has cruised through indeed, as she should but a great 13 pts for her.

QR1: Naiktha Bains WR 240 lost to Ulrikke Eikeri (NOR) WR 241 (CH 206 in April 2018) 3-6 3-6
QR1: Samantha Murray WR 304 def Darija Jurak (CRO) WR 1236 (CH 188 in April 2004), age 35 6-0 6-2

Things not going great for Naiktha, 5 defeats in a row, or 11 in her last 13, whichever sounds worse. I was going to say it might have been better if Sam and Naiktha had drawn each others respective opponent for a better chance of 2 wins, but when you consider Naiktha lost to Freya and Rush1ti recently, we'd likely have had just as much chance of 0 wins than 2, so possibly worked out best as it did.

-- Edited by Ace Ventura on Saturday 7th of September 2019 11:46:01 AM

Kostic did retire at 1-3 first set in her W60 quarter final match just yesterday, but as she won in straight sets today, you'd probably assume that was just tactical in order to be able to play this event, which is a bit of a farce (if true), but these things often happen in ITF events, or a tank if not a retirement.

She beat Maia 3 and 2 in that South Korea final just before the grass. Sam actually beat her in Manchester W100 quals - I believe that took place on the grass (not indoors), think I can now remember watching bits of that on a Facebook stream, and Beth took her to 3 at either Woking or Chiswick the other week.

Bookies have it pretty much 50/50 (with Sam a very slight fave), but definitely a decent chance of further points depsite being almost 100 places below her in the rankings.

the addict wrote:

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Yes, the noisy Serb. Saw her at Chiswick against Beth (and saw Sam play as well) - and I reckon Sam can beat her based on the performances that day. My 10p ........

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 Ah yes 

Sam won 6-3 6-3 

That's a very good win.

Is Sam finally fully back?

Hope the wins keep on coming.