Was looking highly dodgy but Sonay won 3 games on the trot to win the first set 6-4

Lissey and Liv are playing here, and along with two other late entries made up of top 100 players, push Emily and Veronica out of the seeds.

The British interest pairs could meet in the quarters.

R1: KARTAL, Sonay (GBR) 262 def KROCKOVA, NATALIA (SVK) WC UNR 6-4 6-3

R2: KARTAL, Sonay (GBR) 262 (CH=195 2023) v EALA, Alexandra (PHI) WC 220 (CH=214 2022) {17yo JCH=2}
Alexandra just beat the 6th seed 1 & 0

-- Edited by Peter too on Wednesday 8th of March 2023 09:05:38 AM

Peter, Eala's nationality is Philippines

First set to Lissey and Liv 6-4 - despite looking distinctly rusty.

the addict wrote:

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Confirmation of the draw

L16:- Alicia Barnett (GBR) / Olivia Nicholls (GBR) CR149 (71+78) [1] v Elena Malygina (EST) / Anita Wagner (BIH) CR558 (265+293)
L16:- Veronika Erjavec (SLO) / Emily Webley-Smith (GBR) CR362 (187+175) v Amelie Smejkalova (CZE) / Adriana Tkachenko (UKR) UNR (UNR/18yo/JR30+UNR/15yo/JR488)

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 They won 6-4 6-2

L16:- Alicia Barnett (GBR) / Olivia Nicholls (GBR) CR149 (71+78) [1] def Elena Malygina (EST) / Anita Wagner (BIH) CR558 (265+293) 6-4 6-0
L16:- Veronika Erjavec (SLO) / Emily Webley-Smith (GBR) CR362 (187+175) def Amelie Smejkalova (CZE) / Adriana Tkachenko (UKR) UNR (UNR/18yo/JR30+UNR/15yo/JR488) 6-4 6-2

QF:- Alicia Barnett (GBR) / Olivia Nicholls (GBR) CR149 (71+78) [1] v Veronika Erjavec (SLO) / Emily Webley-Smith (GBR) CR362 (187+175)

By my calculations Liv and EM both need to win to improve their rankings (SF=29 points), but Lissey needs to make the final (F=80 points)