Great tournament for Heather so far who has made the most of a very soft succession of opponents.

Good win for Emma too. Her forehand still doesn't look right to me. I'm not expert enough to remark on her grip and whether her injuries have affected this shot but she doesn't seem to hit through it all the time often meaning there are quite a few half court balls for her opponent to attack.
She also looked drained by the end. Conditions are really tough though and I believe play was delayed by an hour at the start of the day because of this. Clearly Emma isn't as match fit as she really needs to be, but, when you play so little match play tennis it is hardly surprising. Let's hope she has some energy left for the next round.

I think Kostyuk has the kind of game where she really thrives off having a ball to hit - which Heather gives her in abundance sadly. Good points haul, and an expected loss.

Raducanu playing some really decent stuff, but it's so clear she needs to get more match play.

Never seen Yuan play before, she has a huge forehand and hits big on the backhand too. Difficult to win the point if she gets on the front foot.

Peter too wrote:

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Has anyone got a live stream link, the one I usually use is down.

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 Is that the en14sportplus one? I tried that too.

Emma takes the first set 6-4

They announced the score as 6-4 6-2 to Emma. Then it went back to 5-2 deuce. After a long delay the match continued through several deuces before the score moved on to 5-3.

-- Edited by Peter too on Thursday 19th of September 2024 11:09:49 AM

Excellent! Well done Emma!