British Tennis Forum - Celebrating 20 Years!

Julia Carrot wrote:

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So Emma out.Oh dear

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 Illness apparently.  ( should know better than using X as a source  !)

Nope - injury seems the more convincing reason - perhaps her old foot injury not quite healed?

-- Edited by Julia Carrot on Sunday 4th of January 2026 01:44:20 PM

-- Edited by Julia Carrot on Sunday 4th of January 2026 01:45:43 PM

Billy 7-6(4) 6-3

Katie 6-7(4) 1-6

From Katie serving for the first set at 5-4 Naomi stopped making errors and just concentrated on getting everything back and waiting for Katie to make a mistake or give her an easy put away. Katie had few weapons to trouble Naomi.

Great win for Billy; disappointing to hear about Emma. Like to hear more on what happened to her?

GBR 2 Japan 1

Match 1: Billy Harris WR 128 defeated Shintaro Mochizuki (JPN) WR 99 by 7-6(4) 6-3

Match 2: Naomi Osaka (JPN) WR 16 defeated Katie Swan WR 276 by 7-6(4) 6-1

Match 3: Olivia Nicholls & Neal Skupski CR 35 (26+9) defeated Nao Hibino & Yasutaka Uchiyama (JPN/JPN) UNR (315+UNR) by 7-5 4-6 [10-7]

Nominated line ups for tomorrow 9am UK time

GBR vs Greece

Match 1: Billy Harris WR 128 vs Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) WR 36

Match 2: Emma Radacanu WR 29 vs Maria Sakkari (GRE) WR 52

Match 3: Olivia Nicholls & Neal Skupski CR 35 (26+9) vs Maria Sakkari & Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE/GRE) CR 1116 (539+577)

foobarbaz wrote:

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Katie lost 6-7(4) 1-6 Pretty good effort, first set was close, second set I thought Swan was struggling a bit with the heat, and the exertion. But Osaka didn't have it all her own way. I think Swan will take confidence from that match.

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 I didnt watch the match but given that Osaka lost easily to Sakkari, I dont think I would read a lot into this, but nice for Katie S. Mimi maybe could have got closer but the next ladies singles might be tougher. I hope Emma is able to play.