Think this is a very good argument for Eden focusing on 25ks. This level is usually too high for her; a few good 25k runs has been all she's needed since the summer to break into the top 250 but she just hasn't done it.
R1: BROGAN, Anna (GBR) Q 354 lost to BRONZETTI, Lucia (ITA) (1) 73 2-6 3-6
R1: BOULTER, Katie (GBR) (8) 157 def APPLETON, Emily (GBR) Q 465 5-7 6-4 6-4
R1: BURRAGE, Jodie Anna (GBR) (4) 132 def HATOUKA, Yaliya ( ) 283 7-5 6-1
R1: SILVA, Eden (GBR) 299 lost to WICKMAYER, Yanina (BEL) 212 1-6 3-6
R2: BOULTER, Katie (GBR) (8) 157 (CH=82 2019) v ROUVROY, Margaux (FRA) Q 366 =CH
R2: BURRAGE, Jodie Anna (GBR) (4) 132 (CH=126 2022) v DIATCHENKO, Vitalia ( ) 248 (CH=71 2014)
They met in 2018 and 2019 with Vitalia winning on both occasions.
Predictably tight match, and I thought it might well have gone to a MTB. But Freya and Ali got the decisive break in the last game on a deciding point.
Good stuff. Jodie will already probably be heading for a new CH on Monday, currently live 123.
She has relatively few points to defend before the grass season, and then a lot. Hopefully she can push thst ranking up further and then have another productive grass season.
Katie B saved a set point at 4-5* then broke helped by a couple of dfs from her opponent but lost the tiebreak. I think Katie had 2 dfs in the tiebreak, 7 in the opening set. 43% first serve percentage.
2nd set was very one-sided. Katie saved three break points in the one game she won. Finished with 49% first serve percentage 1 ace 9 dfs.
6(5)-7 1-6
-- Edited by kundalini on Wednesday 29th of March 2023 03:07:28 PM