I was thinking / fearing that last night too Andy, hard to see where she goes from here, and what really is there for her to stay on for? A final go at the Olympics at a push maybe (but then there will probably be 4 Russians ranked higher)? Her main goal was to try and win a slam since the ban to prove that she can, but that's clearly not going to happen, and she'll know it.

She's had flashes this year, beating Dart 0 and 0 and Wozniacki in Melbourne, and a few solid wins here and there likes vs Riske the other week, but if she can't keep fit and play enough, then she's not going to be seeded in these big events, or pretty much any WTA event, and she cetainly won't like defeats like last night. I don't think she'll want to go out like that though - I don't know her forthcoming schedule, but perhaps she'll try and win one of the smaller WTA events in China (where she is popular) this back end, like a Nanchang or Tianjin, where she won her only title since the come back and go out on a mini high, but the clock does seem to be ticking.