And Talia came through 6-4 in the third against Alicia
Which was a good fight from Talia, and a match to analyse for Alicia as she was up in the second set, and looked to have the match under control
Definitely, but impressed with both players - Alicia defends well, and Talia can create some great angles. Hopefully Alicia doesn't disappear into the college vacuum, as with a few more years development she looks like a decent ITF player.
QF:- Mana Ayukawa (JPN) / Ankita Raina (IND) CR489 (350+139) [1] v Eri Shimizu(JPN) / Ramu Ueda (JPN) CR1375 (788+587) QF:- Freya Christie (GBR) / Ali Collins (GBR) CR615 (305+310) [3] v Jessica Matthews (GBR) / Marine Szostak (FRA) CR2217 (1326+891)
QF:- Danielle Daley (GBR) / Emma Wilson (GBR) CR2670 (1141+1529) v Andre Lukosiute (LTU) / Eliz Maloney (GBR) CR997 (517+480) [4] QF:- Erika Sema (JPN) / Ranah Akua Stoiber (GBR) (200+unr/17yo) v Shavit Kimchi (ISR) / Diana Marcinkevica (LAT) CR566 (327+239) [2]
Great to se Ranah back (presumably out through injury and still not A1 perfect, hence just doing the doubles). But they won their first round very easily so that's encouraging
Nice for Dani D and Emma to get a win over Talia & Angelica too
And Jess Matthews is still a junior so a shout-out for her win too