I'm pleased to see Naomi playing much more regularly and giving it a real go to try and improve her ranking, but that said, her results this season really aren't great, and it really is beginning to look as if she is terminal decline and that her singles days are now over.

If this continues, she may well look to either give up or possibly just continue in doubles. Her doubles results are giving her some encouragement I think, and although she is quite old to making the transition to a specialist doubles player, there are lots of players continuing into their mid 30's or even longer, playing just doubles. She and Eden seem to be a good doubles pair - maybe they can rise up the rankings together in doubles - as someone who has followed Naomi's career for a long time, that is her last hope now as a player I think.