Eliz sat far too far back for a lot of the match, too central. The Dane got herself all worked up when she lost the break, very emotional, telling her (French) coach she had no power and nothing left. I thought he was great at not indulging the behaviour while also not ignoring it, giving her a few simple commands to get her to re-focus. The Dane deserved it overall I thought but Eliz did was she does so well, kept it simple, played to get strengths, stayed calm and made herself hard to beat. She got some very good serves in towards the end too which helped, not necessarily all that powerful but well placed and not the easiest to read.

I think the Dane has good potential if she can control and channel her emotions better. The other Dane on court Helmi is shrieking horrendously too (against Sato who has a fun almost traditional old -school Japanese game: short, two handed both sides and flat, but with a wicked chop angle slice).

Oh, and Bayerlova is absolutely atrocious.

Both Bates' watching Talia closely, slightly nervous that means Jeremy is working with her... Maia just that bit more experienced and tighter (in a good way) in the close moments. Talia has the better highs but the lower and more frequent lows.

Spireman wrote:

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I generally don't like wildcards in tennis. However, md wc against a qualifier doesn't help surely, with the qualifier warmed up and confident from two wins on the same courts and the wc by definition, playing in a tournament above their current ranking (notwithstanding their potential). Surely better to go in through qualifying based on ranking, or qwc if needed?

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 Ella has not been playing well in recent matches in the Juniors. It was Ranah who impressed at the Australian Open