First set Jodie played well on serve but offered little on return apart from three forehand return winners off 1st serves in Sara's 2nd service game until 5-5 when Jodie broke thanks to a df, having won the opening two points of the game through good play. Two good shots and 4 horrible errors saw her broken immediately. Into the tiebreak, Jodie making more errors than winners, down 2-4, then recovered to 5-5, had set points at 6-5, 7-6 and eventually punished a 2nd serve for the set.

Errani decided the sensible approach was to target everything at the Burrage backhand. Whether it was routine returns or having to hit three backhands in a row, Jodie simply couldn't cope. Broken at the start of the 2nd, Jodie played a superb return game to break back for 3-3, only for her backhand to fail her again, soon it was 3-5 set point yet she managed an aggressive backhand to survive, held then broke for 5-5. Broken to love for 5-6* then had bp as Errani served for the set but went for an aggressive forehand return off a 1st and missed long. She had control the following point yet hit the ball back to Sara rather than into the space. Errani took the set 5-7.

Jodie crumbled in the 3rd set. Far more errors, several truly dreadful drive volleys and volleys, drop shots that were an invitation for Errani to hit a winner, routine backhands that failed to land in the court, wild forehand errors, far fewer winners or big 1st serves. Down 0-40 at 0-4 she managed to hold then despite wasting two bps, a df helped her to a break for *2-4. Another abysmal service game saw her broken again. I missed most of the final game, just saw the last couple of points 2-6.

However hopeful that clay wont be a surface that Jodie will need to avoid in the future. I read a stat somewhere that she has played just a handful of clay court matches in her entire career, and these results prove she is capable of winning on the surface

Emma not in the best of moods from the looks of things

www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/tennis/article-12012151/Emma-Raducanu-STONEWALLS-reporters-uttering-just-58-words-response-16-questions.html

Jodie beat a top 200 Spanish clay court specialist in straight sets and lost in 3 to Errani. Would easily have taken that for her 48 hours ago.

Tomova lost final set 6-0 today!

Q2: BURRAGE, Jodie (GBR) (17) 108 lost to ERRANI, Sara (ITA) (5) 85 7-6(7) 5-7 2-6

R1: RADUCANU, Emma (GBR) 85 (CH=10 2022) v TOMOVA, Viktoriya (BUL) 73 =CH
They met in Sunderland in 2020 with Victoria winning in three.