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Really pleased for Fran! Well done!

Coup Droit wrote:

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JonH wrote:

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the addict wrote:

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So just Harriet and Fran left in the singles after all the men lost yesterday

R2:- Harriet Dart (GBR) WR131 [Q29] v Marie Bouzkova (CZE) WR26 [25]

R2:- Francesca Jones (GBR) WR104 [Q3] v Iva Jovic (USA) WR14 [14]

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 Being honest, hard to see much chance from those two matches. You never know! 

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 To be fair, if any two players ranked outside the top-100, who are only qualifiers, play any two seeds, one's never going to rate them as having 'much chance' 

But, yes, hope springs eternal  

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  Fair! Nonetheless!

Coup Droit wrote:

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A nice interview with Fran on Sky where she admits she got a bit lucky at the end with the umpire mess-up going in her favour

She's a nice girl, our Fran

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 Yorkshire lass, bound to be nice! 

R2:- Harriet Dart (GBR) WR131 [Q29] lost to Marie Bouzkova (CZE) WR26 [25] 2-6 2-6

Not a surprising scoreline, although Harriet did compete well. 40 points to 60, but still 8 DF

indiana wrote:

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the addict wrote:

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So just Harriet and Fran left in the singles after all the men lost yesterday

R2:- Harriet Dart (GBR) WR131 [Q29] v Marie Bouzkova (CZE) WR26 [25]

R2:- Francesca Jones (GBR) WR104 [Q3] v Iva Jovic (USA) WR14 [14]

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 With the usual 4 pm BST scheduled court starts, Fran is 4th and last on Stadium 17 ( not before 9 pm ) and Harriet is 2nd on Court 11 ( after a women's doubles match ).

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Fran certainly won't be starting at 9 pm. She will be fairly lucky if she starts before midnight! ( on Stadium 17 at least )

One match completed so far on Stadium 17 so far thanks to Madison Keys and Anna Bondar taking nearly 3 hours ( Madison won 7-6(5) in the 3rd ).

The second match, a men's singles, is at one set all. Just started the third.

The third match, a women's singles with Mirra Andreeva, follows.

And it is now 8.50 pm.

Against what had appeared the odds, it now looks probable that Fran will beat a midnight start with a fair bit to spare.

First, (WC) Dane Sweeney relatively raced through sets 3 & 4 vs (13) Lorenzo Musetti 6-2 6-2 for a 4 set win.

And now Mirra Andreeva has truly raced through her 1st set vs Eva Lys, 6-0 in 20 minutes, clinching that 1st set at 10.50 pm

Another quick set and Fran will be on much sooner than it was looking.

 

 - though now Eva has gone and won the first 2 games of set 2

-- Edited by indiana on Thursday 3rd of September 2026 09:59:37 PM

So close 1st set.

From 0-3*, Fran got back to.4-5* 40-30 BP, but lost the next 3 points.

Down early again in the 2nd set

4-6 *0-2