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the addict · Tennis legend

Week 2 - Australian Open Women's Qualifying - Melbourne (outdoor hard)

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Is Harriet our only womens player left in qualies?

seagull · Tennis legend

Yes

emmsie69 · Masters Series Champion

What a pleasant surprise. Really didn't expect anything other than a loss, particularly after the 2nd set.

emmsie69 · Masters Series Champion

Harriet on the receiving end of a bagel.

paulisi · Tennis legend

Tararudee hardly put a foot wrong in the opening set.
The second set is more even

-- Edited by paulisi on Wednesday 14th of January 2026 07:27:36 AM

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Harriet getting a bit niggled, bless - seems to be helping though

One set all

PaulM · Tennis legend

Harriet goes down 0-3*

Gets back to 2-3*, misses two break points. The Thai is so passive, Harriet trying to make it happen but pulls the final two points of the game wide and it's *2-4

That might be it. Big release of nervous tension from her opponent there.

the addict · Tennis legend

QR2:- Harriet Dart WR169 (CH=59 Oct '24) lost to Lanlana Tararudee (THA) WR131 [Q21] 0-6 6-3 3-6

PaulM · Tennis legend

Harriet loses 6-3 in the third. Have to say, the Thai really wasn't doing very much at all in bits I saw, Harriet was the one being aggressive but couldn't always get the balance. Wasn't miles away from turning that around - but the commentators seemed to suggest Tararudee was just a terrible frontrunner all match - played great and then tightened up when she was well ahead.

Andy Parker · Club Coach

I know someone will post a new thread, but just to say the Aussie Open draw is out.

Katie B has drawn number 10 seed Benicic, Sonay has drawn the Number 11 seed Kalinskaya, Fran will face a qualifier (not confirmed who as I type this) and Emma faces Sawangkaew, with a possible meeting of Emma and Sabalenka in the last 32.

I think of the Brits, only Fran will feel happy, and I guess if the qualifier ends up as Sloane Stephens, she would also rue her luck. All in all a lousy draw for the Brits I think.

Anyway I know someone will post a proper thread on this, so this is just to let everyone know that the draw is out.

Andy Parker · Club Coach

Just to add, if Fran comes through her first round, she would probably face Number 12 seed Svitolina in Round 2 - so 3 of our Brits are likely to come up against the 10, 11 and 12 seeds in the first 2 rounds.

miriam abc · Club Coach

Kalinskya is ranked 33 in the world, she isn't the 11th seed more like 31st.