Shame - Sofia had points to go up *6-5 in the second, with the Canadian second seed looking really a bit rattled
But she ended up losing the set easily 5-7
You're right about the serve CD, it's really let her down and put way too much pressure on her. Mboko ran away with the final set but I cant help but feel that Sofia would have won in two sets if her serve had been more robust, as she always looked like she could win points once she got into a rally.
In round 2 four play seeds and the fifth (Jasmine) takes on the Nottingham finalist. The girls second round is tomorrow and the boys on Tuesday. Usually the number of streamed courts is reduced from Monday, but our girls have all been scheduled on courts with main events on them, so I guess they will all be available
R1 (L64)
(Q) Yu-Yun Li (TPE) d. (WC) Hannah Klugman 6-3 6-1 (WC) Mingge Xu d. Carolina Kuhl (GER) 7-6(5) 6-3 (WC) Ella McDonald d. Julie Struplova (CZE) 7-5 6-1 (5) Victoria Mboko (CAN) d. (Q) Sofia Johnson 3-6 7-5 6-1 (7) Luca Udvardy (HUN) d. (Q) Daniela Piani 6-2 2-6 6-2 Talia Neilson Gatenby d. Nina Vargova (SVK) 6-4 6-4 (Q) Weronika Ewald (POL) d. (WC) Hephzibah Oluwadare 6-4 2-6 6-2 (WC) Jasmine Conway d. Renata Jamrichova (SVK) 6-4 7-5 (WC) Isabelle Lacy d. Joelle Lilly Sophie Steur (GER) 6-4 4-6 6-4 (2) Celine Naef (SUI) d. Sarah Tatu 6-1 6-3
R2
(WC) Mingge Xu v (15) Lucia Peyre (ARG) Ct 12 match 3 (WC) Ella McDonald v (5) Victoria Mboko (CAN) Ct 18 match 1 Talia Neilson Gatenby v (10) Annabelle Xu (CAN) Ct 18 match 3 (WC) Jasmine Conway v (Q) Ela Nala Milic (SLO) Ct 14 match 2 (16) Linda Klimovicova (CZE) v (WC) Isabelle Lacy Ct 15 match 1
So, David's right and the courts today with the Brits are certainly livestreamed at the moment
Isabelle is playing Linda Klimovicova, age 18, and WTA 881
Linda lost to Ranah at Roehampton in two sets, so that's encouraging
She lost to Alicia Dudeney in last year's Junior Wimbly too
Ella is currently up against Mboko who has the makings of a very interesting player but is still quite young (only 15) so has quite a lot of flaws in her game still
She's ranked WTA 768 which is excellent, given her age.
But, again, Ranah beat her at Roehampton and Victoria beat Sofia Johnson yesterday but that could very easily have gone the other way.
She showed some decent tennis but the Czech girl was completely in control, dictating play
She lost 0 & 2
Ella's match has been more interesting.
Victoria (Vicky/i?) has been playing far better than yesterday, far fewer daft errors
And won the first set, just, but deservedly so overall, as being the player just slightly more on the forward foot
The second set was equally close until near the end, when Mboko had a little wobble and Ella stayed strong
And now it's into a third....