Lily won and plays the 3rd seed next. Rodionova is a bit unusual in being 34 years of age and having reached her career high this year.
People might also remember all the hoo-hah there was with Rodinova at the start of the year as she was the highest ranked Aussie player (if I remember rightly), really close to making the MD as of right, but wasn't given a wildcard
She was very vocal that it was because her face didn't fit, too old, she was being discriminated against for having trodden on a few toes etc
And then she lost in R1 of qualis - which some said vindicated the Aussie federation and others said was because she didn't feel she had any support at her home GS