Some lovely results there. Well done!

Main draw out and its a mixed bag. Mimi and Sonay get qualifiers. Hannah gets 3rd seed, Marni gets 2nd seed and Lily gets Ruse

Fingers crossed now. Naiktha is serving for the match at 6-5 in the second set.

Well done - superb drive volley on match point

And there's one of my 'pure grass courters' just enjoying making me look a fool

Which is A1 fine !

(Even Isa, who was another one and lost, did far better than I'd expected)

Roundup of today's results

QR1: (qWC) Lauryn John-Baptiste WR 1165 def (q9) Mananchaya Sawangkaew (THA) WR 206 6-3 7-5

QR1: (q2) Talia Gibson (AUS) WR 179 def (qWC) Hephzibah Oluwadare UNR 6-0 6-1

QR1: Ranah Akua Stoiber WR 684 def (q14) Maddison Inglis (AUS) WR 242 6-1 6-0

QR1: (qWC) Sally Pethybridge UNR LOST TO (q10) Gabriela Knutson (CZE) WR 212 2-6 6-4

QR1: (q4) Ipek Oz (TUR) WR 192 def (qWC) Allegra Korpanec Davies UNR 6-4 6-2

QR1: (qWC) Ella McDonald WR 807 def (q6) Sijia Wei (CHN) WR 196 6-2 6-3

QR1: Isabelle Lacy WR 954 LOST TO (q14) Nigina Abduraimova (UZB) WR 298 (7)6-7 2-6

QR1: Naiktha Bains WR 535 def (q8) YeXin Ma (CHN) WR 204 7-6(5) 7-5

Coup Droit wrote:

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JonH comes home wrote:

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It is a shame for sure. The grass is in super nick but from memory they only cover centre court, or so I understand. The indoor courts are quick at Ilkley though so if any of our girls have a big serve and decent flat ground shots, they may stand a chance of an upset?

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I was thinking mainly of players like Allegra and Sally, who are there on the back on good form on grass and aren't our 'normal' players

And Hep who has quite a sneaky game on grass

And Naiktha

And Isa Lacy too, who's shown very good grass pedigree

I'm not sure a quick indoor court is the same for them

 

However, we've got other players who have obviously been playing on hard courts recently, but - presumably - so have their opponents

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 So, it all came to pass.....

Our grass court players indeed all lost (bar Naiktha - go, girl !)

Although, tbh, my hopes might have been rather optmistic but at least they were hopes

BUT the others did indeed come through - in spades !!!!

And more than made up for it

Excellent day overall in Ilkley 

the addict wrote:

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Roundup of today's results

QR1: (qWC) Lauryn John-Baptiste WR 1165 def (q9) Mananchaya Sawangkaew (THA) WR 206 6-3 7-5

QR1: (q2) Talia Gibson (AUS) WR 179 def (qWC) Hephzibah Oluwadare UNR 6-0 6-1

QR1: Ranah Akua Stoiber WR 684 def (q14) Maddison Inglis (AUS) WR 242 6-1 6-0

QR1: (qWC) Sally Pethybridge UNR LOST TO (q10) Gabriela Knutson (CZE) WR 212 2-6 6-4

QR1: (q4) Ipek Oz (TUR) WR 192 def (qWC) Allegra Korpanec Davies UNR 6-4 6-2

QR1: (qWC) Ella McDonald WR 807 def (q6) Sijia Wei (CHN) WR 196 6-2 6-3

QR1: Isabelle Lacy WR 954 LOST TO (q14) Nigina Abduraimova (UZB) WR 298 (7)6-7 2-6

QR1: Naiktha Bains WR 535 def (q8) YeXin Ma (CHN) WR 204 7-6(5) 7-5

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 That Stoiber Inglis result is insane.