Difficult to know whether to be pleased that Jodie can play SO well (see first set and quite a bit of second)
Or SO irritated that, yet again, she lets a wonderful lead slip and can't close a match out
Maybe there were mitigating reasons but I think this is the main take away point from this match. She needs to learn how to see matches out like this if she is to make in-roads up the rankings. She's got a potentially good game but mentally sometimes seems to get a bit loose headed.
Really would like to know what she and her coach say in their debrief after this match. Some positives but....
Oh Jodie. Again goes walkabouts mentally when in control just because she misses a couple of balls. As soon as she missed the second break point in the second she went walkies. I thought she might be able to use the delay to regroup for the third but if anything was worse. There must be tools or techniques her team can equip her with to help, it's happening too often at all levels that at a set and a half she just lets it unravel.
She was absolutely bossing the match as well. Such an opportunity missed.