All being equal, you'd expect those, as it stands, to be who would contest the individual playoffs with Jodie playing Nadia tomorrow, and Emma playing Beth, but fixture order may play a part.

I'm pleased Emma and Jodie went to a MTB earlier, because it does at least, on paper, keep the top 2 positions somewhat live, and Emma playing Beth first helps, so it's not as if Jodie could officially seal top spot first and then Emma had absolutely nothing to play for later in the day, and could do an Eden, turn up, retire after a few games, and hand someone, in this case Beth, 3 valuable points in the race to 3rd or 4th, but at the same time, she'll know that Jodie will be a monumental favourite against Nadia anyway, so it'll probably be all academic anyway. This is all from a wanting Eliz to finish 3rd / 4th POV, so these smaller details seem a lot bigger. 

Quite a tense finish in the Eliz-Beth match, with Beth coming through 6-2 2-6 11-9 to keep her 3rd / 4th hopes alive, but she'll need at least a set off Emma, maybe even a win.

 

Cheers TA. A reminder, not that it makes too much difference as the coverage will be pretty much the same as YouTube, unless it is HD, but tomorrow is on the channel Free Sports, so you can record, change channels easily etc. and just generally a bit easier to function.

Into an MTB, early days, and Naomi not happy. Very long delay and the supervisor out.

It would be set up absolutely perfectly for tomorrow if Naomi could take this 1 extra point.

Thursday Results

Sonay Kartal UNF/ITF1006 def Emily Arbuthnott WR954 5-7 6-3 10-3
Emily Appleton WR675 def Nadia Rawson UNR 6-1 6-3
Harriet Dart WR146 def Eden Silva WR486 6-3 2-6 10-7
Jodie Burrage WR289 def Emma Raducanu WR338 6-3 2-6 10-6
Sarah Beth Grey WR607 def Eliz Maloney WR1109 6-2 2-6 11-9
Naomi Broady WR499 def Freya Christie WR643 7-6(3) 4-6 10-8

A shame for Freya as she did so well to bring it back from 8-3 to 8-8, and it will be pretty tough for her to qualify now, still just about doable, but tough, but from a neutral perspective, that was the best outcome.

Freya plays Sonay before Eden-Naomi, and if she had taken the MTB, a straigth sets win (over Sonay) would have seen her through to the SF, and would have rendered the Eden-Naomi match pretty meaningless, but now, it's far more poised, and even Sonay has more to play for, because if she can beat Freya in straight sets, she will finish 4th and relegate Freya to 5th and the lowest playoff bracket.

Freya needs to win in straight sets, and then hope Eden beats Naomi 2-1, and then Freya will be second, but any Naomi win would see her through, likewise a straight sets Eden win would see her through (and any win if Freya didn't win in straights earlier) - so that match is obviously really big now, whereas it could have just had 3rd or 4th (and same playoff bracket) riding on it, had Freya won that MTB (and then beat Sonay in straigths).

Harriet and Emily has nothing riding on it, Harriet definitely top, Emily definitely 6th.

-- Edited by Ace Ventura on Thursday 13th of August 2020 09:05:57 PM

Harriet-Eden yesterday looks like a good match - the point at 5-2 in the MTB is well worth a watch!

I couldn't work out what upset Naomi so much in her MTB - I though the players were doing their own calls, but it seems like it was a call on serve that caused the problem.