The girl Jodie beat got in as a lucky loser and is demolishing a young local wildcard. Which is rather annoying!

Sam lost 1-6 4-6

Jodie's match has started. She is already 0-3

Making a match of it this set. Leads 4-2.

Missed a break point, then went up *40-0 at *4-3. Siniakova played two good points, Jodie double faulted, had a strop, and it all got predictably messy.

Out 6-0 6-4. Crowd was really in to this one which made it quite fun.

Did well to qualify and her performance against Gasanova was superb. A very tough opponent, but frustrating again that when she was playing very well and fighting hard to take it into a third set she got into her own head. Fight on.

-- Edited by PaulM on Tuesday 13th of July 2021 02:21:34 PM

Jodie's first set 0-6

- awful first serve percentage

- missing easy shots

- dumping 2nd serve returns in the net

- twice df when bp down, then back to back dfs from 40-30

2nd set

- Jodie breaks to love thanks to a truly terrible game from Siniakova

- Immediately down 0-40 after 2 backhand ues, saves 2 bps with unreturned 2nd serves, only for KS to strike a f winner to break

- KS starts with 2 dfs, Jodie with an aggressive b to set up bp, then a super b dtl for the break *2-1

- looks like a routine hold at 40-15, makes poor errors, ends up saving bp thanks to a poor error from KS, holds 3-1*

- one ace and 3 unreturned serves for KS *3-2

- sensational dtl shots from Jodie for 30-0, a rare unreturned serve for 40-15, more errors, more game points, landing far more first serves now, holds 4-2*

- good play from Jodie, then a KS volley long for 0-30, back to 30-30, JB agg f cc for 30-40, poor return wide on a modest 2nd serve, KS holds *4-3

- Impressive play from Jodie for 40-0 then falls to pieces, misses 5 first serves in a row, KS contributes a super drop shot winner but two dfs and 2 JB ues are the key to this break 4-4

- KS df for 15-30 but next two points are unreturned serves (one 1st and one 2nd), hold to 30 *4-5

- Down 0-40, saves 2 mps then a poor f ue long 4-6

My takeaways for what they're worth -

1. Jodie needs a head coach. She needs the Joko school of "reset for every point"
2. She can't seem to adjust when she gets given a different look. From the baseline, it's good and she can move/defend but the moment she's pulled into the net or gets a short slice, she seems to have no idea how to handle it.

There's still a lot of potential there, she has all the basics to be a top 100 player if she can improve her match play and reign in the fatalistic attitude.