Maza/Ali - thanks very much for all the tweets today - much appreciated. Hope you enjoyed the day!

Doublesons lost the doubles 11-9 in the MTB after saving 3MPs.

Marosi and her partner won Shrewsbury and a 50k just before that so were a very tough assignment.

Laura gave a nice interview on Sky and even more surprisingly the guy asking the questions even knew a little about tennis.
Main points to come out of thst interview were:
1. Going to take 2 weeks off after this tourny then put in a very punishing training block.
2. The key to victory today was becoming more aggressive in the third set with a bit of margin for error.
3. Was asked how far she felt she could go in the game, and answered that she would put no pressure/ expectation on shoulders with specific targets, but that she would basically work her butt off to become the best tennis player she is capable of and see where that takes her.
4. Was asked about grunting and basically sidestepped that question nicely saying that it was just part of tennis, but she can understand why the watching public would prefer it not be so loud.

Heather was interviewed also, but I only heard ashortened version.

She basically felt her movement wasn't up to scratch today, it improved as the match wore on but still not as good as it needed to be.

To me the most obvious difference between the two players was the serve.
Laura's serving was above par, has apparently been working on it and Hev's was below par. Small margins but enough to get Laura over the winning line.

I believe Laura will have to play at least as well tomorrow to get the win, but it will be a good test for her, something she has struggled with keeping up a consistent performance throughout the week.

Anne will most likely win tomorrow but will have a very tough matchup in the semis against either Barthel/Krajicek.

Just got back from a long but enjoyable day. Will write a quick blog with some pics soon. Pleased to see we all had fun today.

Laura up first again today at 11am, followed by Anne on the same court.

 

Would not be surprised if Laura put in a slightly flat performance today after playing an intense singles match and a close doubles match yesterday. Hopefully she can summon up some energy though because the bottom half of the draw has opened up a bit and she is probably the best player left in it.

 

Anne is in a much tougher section of the draw but is playing really well and she must have a good chance of progressing today and she won so easily yesterday that I almost missed her result it was over so quickly.

*3-3 Laura's had to save a BP, and had treatment for a blister on her right foot, Sky said the score was *3-1 but sadly never was.

it felt as if it was coming 3-4* Laura broken