Emily wins the first set 6-2

Aleksandra up an early break in Elbaba.

Both rounds being played today.

PaulM wrote:

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Em through 62 61 but a much tougher opponent later.

Aleksandra takes the first set 7-5!

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 Elbaba reached the final in Landisville vs Laura a couple of years ago so that would be a remarkable result.  Go Ola!

Loses the MTB 10-7

Yes, that's a hugely encouraging performance from Ola. She might have lost her WTA ranking for the time being but she's shown she can perform virtually as an equal to the WR 517. However, since she has no WTA counters at this point in time, it's still going to take Ola some time potentially to get back that WTA ranking...

Q1: WEBLEY-SMITH, Emily (GBR) 3 510/333 beat RILEY, Alexandra (USA) 828/1605 CH=691 2015 6-2 6-1
Q1: PITAK, Aleksandra (GBR) UNR/477 lost to ELBABA, Julia (USA) 5 517/696 CH=372 14/8/17 7-5 5-7 7-10

FQR: Emily WEBLEY-SMITH (GBR) [q3] 510/333 vs Ellie DOUGLAS (USA) [q9] 534=CH/UNR 18yrs (JCH:16 Jan17)

 

-- Edited by Michael D on Monday 14th of January 2019 06:02:03 PM

Q1: PITAK, Katarzyna (GBR) UNR/477 lost to GILCHRIST, Nadja (USA) 2 501/165 2-6 5-7

Ouch that main draw really is awful indeed!

In the doubles Emily WS is indeed playing with Sofia Shapatava (GEO) again, ie they've shifted their partnership from Hong Kong to Guadeloupe this week. They're also 3rd seeds, which should help this week - they avoid the top seeds first up at least!!

Emily A is playing with Helene Scholsen (BEL), who I thought she had played with before*, and they face another unseeded pair first round.

*But on checking I can't see that they have, with Helene's last Brit partner being the third Emily, Emily Arb, some time last year.

PaulM wrote:

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Rain meant second round of qualifying delayed overnight.

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Do you know it rained? I assumed they run out of time (light?). There were a few long matches yesterday and by a rough calculation Q1 wasn't wrapped up until nearly 6pm.