The doubles is starting a day earlier than usual, with Lissey and Liv scheduled for 6th match on court one. Live stream available on both courts today.
Alicia Barnett (GBR) / Olivia Nicholls (GBR) CR362 (174+188) [1] v Tina Cvetkovic (SLO) / Veronika Erjavec (SLO) CR1183 (602+581)
I like Alicia but she's never going to be a top 250 singles player. She could, with a bit of a fairwind and the odd slice of luck, be a top 100 doubles player. At this stage of her career it would make sense, if she wants to keep playing for another 3-4 years (or possibly more) to focus on doubles. So if her singles showings take a hit while she is picking up 25k titles and hopefully moving up to bigger challengers as she nudges the ranking along, is that really a bad thing?