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There doesn'y yet seem to be a semis feed on the BBC website or on iPlayer, presumably they will have shortly? Sadly working so cant follow the video but will dip into the text commentary, assuming they have one.

Several places I have seen mentioned how we reached the semis in 2022...but surely that wasnt the same? We lost , if I recall, earlier in the competition and then put ourselves forward as finals hosts (Glasgow) and got it and a place given to us - and then we lost that match.

So - maybe I am wrong - 2022 didn't actually feel like any sort of achievement at all? Or am I being harsh and got it all wrong!?

Very harsh and in part wrong.

I'm not sure we lost before the finals. I think being selected as hosts saved us playing a play-off tie to reach the finals? Whatever, that was a break, yes.

In the finals ( 12 nations in 4 groups of 3 ) we won our group of 3. We lost to Kazakhstan ( Rybakina and Putintseva ) and beat Spain ( Badosa and Parrizas Diaz ), Spain beat Kazakhstan, and we won the group on tiebreaker rules.

In the SF we just lost to Australia ( Tomljanovic and Sanders ) in a deciding doubles deciding MTB.

Good wins by Dart and Watson vs Spain, Dart vs Tomljanovic in the SF and Barnett & Nicholls vitally in both group ties before their so tight loss.

I do think overall this is a more earned campaign, especially with that play-off round win on French clay. But there was certainly achievement in 2022 and seemed maybe on a roll then as well.



-- Edited by indiana on Tuesday 19th of November 2024 12:08:31 PM

 I probably was being harsh!! But I read it that we lost to Czech Rep in the qualifiers that year, then got the gig as host country and came back in - when we won 1 of our 3 matches in the finals - so it sort of felt like we made the semis, yeah, but we ended with a won 1, lost 3 record through the overall tournie!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Billie_Jean_King_Cup

I may have misunderstood the way Wiki is presenting it here, so if that is wrong, forgive me! 

More importantly, lets hope we make the final this year!!

 



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I now see that you are right, Jon, we did lose a qualifier to the Czech Republic in April 2022, so should have been out.

Still, harsh re the finals 



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indiana wrote:

I now see that you are right, Jon, we did lose a qualifier to the Czech Republic in April 2022, so should have been out.

Still, harsh re the finals 

Well, nothing like a bit of edginess to get folks engaged! Or so I tell my boss! 



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Emma Raducanu WR58 CH10 def Victoria Hruncakova (Kuzmova) WR238 CH43 6-4 6-4

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Never in doubt :)

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Yay  biggrin

Emma broken just 4 times in 3 matches, saving in total, I calculate, 19/23 BPs vs 15/27 for her opponents. Great play in big points after that time out



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indiana wrote:

Yay  biggrin

Emma broken just 4 times in 3 matches, saving in total, I calculate, 19/23 BPs vs 15/27 for her opponents. Great play in big points after that time out

 Didnt realise  Emma had lost to Victoria before. Mentioned it in her post match interview.



-- Edited by Var on Tuesday 19th of November 2024 01:06:13 PM

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Var wrote:
indiana wrote:

Yay  biggrin

Emma broken just 4 times in 3 matches, saving in total, I calculate, 19/23 BPs vs 15/27 for her opponents. Great play in big points after that time out

 Didnt realise  Emma had lost to Victoria before. Mentioned it in her post match interview.



-- Edited by Var on Tuesday 19th of November 2024 01:06:13 PM

 Emma did miss out that she bagelled her in set 1 and then had to retire after the 2nd.  She was beaten by 0-6 7-5 retired - Auckland 250 January 2023.



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indiana wrote:
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indiana wrote:

Yay  biggrin

Emma broken just 4 times in 3 matches, saving in total, I calculate, 19/23 BPs vs 15/27 for her opponents. Great play in big points after that time out

 Didnt realise  Emma had lost to Victoria before. Mentioned it in her post match interview.



-- Edited by Var on Tuesday 19th of November 2024 01:06:13 PM

 Emma did miss out that she bagelled her in set 1 and then had to retire after the 2nd.  She was beaten by 0-6 7-5 retired - Auckland 250 January 2023.

 Oh was that when they had to move the match indoors? Recall that now. 



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And katie doing the business now as well - so good to see the confidence the two singles players have this week, really impressive

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Hectic morning! Glad to see the progress so far!!

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Var wrote:
indiana wrote:
Var wrote:
indiana wrote:

Yay  biggrin

Emma broken just 4 times in 3 matches, saving in total, I calculate, 19/23 BPs vs 15/27 for her opponents. Great play in big points after that time out

 Didnt realise  Emma had lost to Victoria before. Mentioned it in her post match interview.



-- Edited by Var on Tuesday 19th of November 2024 01:06:13 PM

 Emma did miss out that she bagelled her in set 1 and then had to retire after the 2nd.  She was beaten by 0-6 7-5 retired - Auckland 250 January 2023.

 Oh was that when they had to move the match indoors? Recall that now. 

 Better recollection than me. But I read from the tournament thread that yes there were weather issues and it was postponed and then moved indoors.



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Katie started well but Sramkova has upped her level and Katie unable to respond.

6-2 *1-4

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Katie has fought her way back to 4-4*, now on serve.

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Sramkova settles with a love hold. Katie is very tense. Big moments here.

*4-5

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