Jaggy1876 wrote:

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Only saw a wee bit of Jodies match and she looked to playing well, Emina another player like Beth who seems to be putting in hard work and quite rightly prioritising singles.

2/5 through so far is disappointing, will be tough for Fran as well but hopefully she can make it 50%.

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 Yes, those QR1 draws were beautiful - obviously no one's complete chopped liver but honestly, you couldn't ask for much better.

And to make things worse, Fran is 1-4 down and has the trainer on......taken her arm sleeve off - pointing to her fore-arm/wrist......

Poor Fran in tears.

I wrote in the predictions thread ten days ago:

"I just can't help thinking that anyone who has had THAT many wrist operations in her youth has a very high chance of future wrist problems. And having seen her hands close up, I honestly can't help thinking it's also very likely - she herself says she has to grip the racket SO tightly because her palm is so much narrower - the mechanical stresses that must cause do my head in...."

I don't believe in jinxes but it definitely seemed to be her right arm/wrist.

It doesn't look great.....

Poor Fran.

PaulM wrote:

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Really disappointing from Katie B, especially given her section.

Jodie and third sets

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 I'm used to Jodie underperforming but expected better from Katie who really needs to make a change.

A great shame about Fran, it's a credit to her that she's got as far as she has done in tennis but injuries are always a risk. Her condition also unfortunately does place limitations on her game that her opponents will exploit.

Was thinking of subscribing to Discovery+ last night but looks like I made the right decision to hold off unfortunately.

-- Edited by dodrade on Tuesday 11th of January 2022 09:36:02 AM

Poor Fran. Fingers crossed its not too serious.

Disappointing from Katie B who is stagnating at the moment - she has always had the highest peak level of all the ladies in qualis but something has not been working since Wimbledon. Hope Katie S can carry on going au least.

Peter too wrote:

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Q1: MURRAY SHARAN, Samantha (GBR) 288 lost to BAPTISTE, Hailey (USA) 168 1-6 7-6(2) 6-7(8)
Q1: SWAN, Katie (GBR) 245 def MYERS, Abbie (AUS) WC 441 6-2 6-4
Q1: BOULTER, Katie (GBR) 148 lost to BEKTAS, Emina (USA) 214 3-6 4-6
Q1: DART, Harriet (GBR) (11) 124 def DI SARRA, Federica (ITA) 205 6-4 6-3
Q1: BURRAGE, Jodie (GBR) 219 lost to MENDEZ, Seone (AUS) 241 7-5 1-6 4-6
Q1: JONES, Francesca (GBR) (29) 151 lost to ARCONADA, Ursue Maitane (USA) 184 1-5 Ret.

Q2: SWAN, Katie (GBR) 246 (CH=163 2018) v TOMOVA, Viktoriya (BUL) (5) 119 (CH=104 2021)
They met in Suzhou in 2018 with Viktoriya winning in three.

Q2: DART, Harriet (GBR) (11) 125 (CH=120 2021) v LOEB, Jamie (USA) 179 (CH=132 2018)
They met at the US Open in 2019, Harriet won 2 & 6

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 I thought 2 or possibly 3 through was likely.

Very sad to hear about Fran. Jodie, well it's just Jodie isn't it. Sam at least put up a good fight.

I think Katie B's result is the most disappointing. Her career just seems to be stagnating when she has a lot of potential. Surely time to look at her coaching and training set up in a critically constructive way.

Katie S feels like she's making her way back up the rankings to me but Tomova will be tough but Katie has nothing to lose.

Harriet has to play Alycia Parks next round not Loeb doesn't she?  Could be an interesting match. Parks has potential but if you keep the ball in court long enough she usually blazes long or wide. I fancy Harriet to win.