Emily is one of my favourite players - and she's in my list of ones whom I wouldn't be at all surprised to turn round one day soon and find her nicely inside the top-200 (several others are also in that list, including a couple who probably never will now - Eden Silva, for instance)
It was a very nice match - serving was dodgy at the start and then she really got into the swing of it
QR1:- Tiphanie Lemaitre (FRA) WR331 [Q5] v Katy Dunne (GBR) WR579 [SR330] QR1:- Victoria Allen (GBR) WR436 v Sofia Shapatava (GEO) WR417 [Q16]
QR1:- Katarina Kuzmova (SVK) WR333 [Q7] v Alice Gillan (GBR) WR523
Tiph played on clay last week and retired in her first match, 0-5 down.
Not sure what it was but Katy should be aware
Not too surprisingly, given the above, Tiph Lemaitre withdrew
However, the first alt was Julia Stusek (of Les Petits As fame), who's still a junior but making her way, and had some good victories in the UK earlier this year
Katy beat her in three sets in Sheffield but still can't help feeling that she would have been better off with Tiph
Just watched the replay. Katy had the physio on at the end of the set, and as far as I could tell it was an issue with her right arm/shoulder (She was behind the umpire's chair so couldn't see clearly)