Argh. Broken to 15

4-6 0-0*

Naiktha dragging this out to the hour mark would be a win

ETA and nope although in fairness to her 25% of the remaining draw would probably have been in that ballpark against Pironkova

-- Edited by emmsie69 on Thursday 24th of June 2021 11:00:21 AM

Coup Droit wrote:

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Naiktha dragging this out to the hour mark would be a win

ETA and nope although in fairness to her 25% of the remaining draw would probably have been in that ballpark against Pironkova

-- Edited by emmsie69 on Thursday 24th of June 2021 11:00:21 AM

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 Didn't make it - 52 mins

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 She wasn't the first finisher though

Andy Parker wrote:

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I was thinking maybe they are selling rights to overseas broadcasters and so want some diversity, but it's always such a mismatch of nationalities it's hard to work out a strategy.

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 I reckon that is probably the reason why the Brits aren't on Court 11 - the beeb must be trying to sell the qualifiers to overseas broadcasters, otherwise we would have a constant list of Brits on Court 11. Everyone is right, that since the BBC started covering the qualifiers live on one court a few years ago (4 or 5 I think), there has been almost no attempt to get the best matches onto the court that they are covering.

-- Edited by Andy Parker on Thursday 24th of June 2021 09:31:08 AM

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 Surely if the BBC was serious about selling rights to overseas broadcasters they would take the trouble to stream a few more courts? I tend to think Emmsie's got it right and they've got a moron in charge of the scheduling.

I need this set wrapped up, why do these players not understand I have to leave the house at 12.50, my timekeeping is shot to utter ****e this week

Four great points from Katie to take the tiebreak and level the match

Re the streaming - if the betting sites have streams for every court then there's no reason why the LTA couldn't market it better and the BBC show more - but I suppose the BBC aren't interested in showing qualifying when the few Brits present are scatteredaround the courts.