Mixed day then...

U18 R128

Heather Watson d. Aminat Kushkhova 7-5;6-4

R64:

Nadezda (Q) Guskova vs Heather Watson

Yes the under 18s are at the last 32 stage.....and they are our only singles survivors:

U12 QF

Ksenia Laskutova RUS d Eden Silva GBR 1-6 6-0 6-3

U14 R64

Ines Fontanarosa FRA d. (Q) Charlotte Pearce GBR 6-2 6-2

Nice win for Heather over Guskova, who pushed Anastasia Rodionova at a 75K in Moscow a few months back.

Heather continues to fly the flag again, with another fine win over a top junior:

U18 R16:

Iveta Dapkute LTU d. Stephanie Cornish GBR 6-4 1-6 6-3
Heather Watson GBR d (2) Kristina Mladenovic FRA 6-7(5) 6-3 6-2

U18 QF:

Yana Buchina (6) RUS v Heather Watson GBR

Laura Robson is through to the doubles QF with Anna Orlik


Here is a snippet from a newspaper report on Steph's fine win in the last round:

Cornish had to work hard to hold off Burdette. Burdette trailed 3-0 in the second set, but battled back to make it just a 5-4 deficit. After splitting the next two games, the No. 7 seed forced a tiebreaker and scored the first five points of the breaker on her way to forcing the deciding set.

"I was angry I lost that set," Cornish said. "I had a lot of chances up 6-5 but could not finish."

Cornish opened up a 4-1 lead in the final set, but again had to find a way to hold off Burdette. The American closed the set to 5-4 and held a game-point to extend the match. Burdette's shot on the next rally went wide and Cornish won the next two points to advance.

"I played more consistent in the third set," Corrnish said. "I got a little tight after what she did in the second set, but I was able to come through."

...... and it continues!

U18 QF

Heather Watson GBR d. (6) Yana Buchina (6) RUS 6-1 6-2

U18 SF

(3) Zarina Diyas KAZ v Heather Watson GBR

Heather's semi-final opponent is a highly-rated 15 year old, who reached a Grade A final recently without dropping a set.

Mervatron wrote:

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Great stuff Heather

Very tough match next.

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       Well done Heather! one more round please!!