Sunday 26^th May 2013

For the second trip in a row we had a birthday to celebrate but unfortunately Georgie just couldn’t have the perfect birthday present of reaching the final this week.

We woke up again to miserable conditions but at least it wasn’t raining and it looked as though it was going to brighten up soon. Everyone was at breakfast at 7am apart from Katty who had struggled to get to sleep because of yet another school disco at the hotel!

By 8am the weather had cleared so we made our way over to the club and to our surprise the clay courts were looking quite dry! While the ground staff prepared the clay, the four players warmed up on the hard court and then they hit until just after 9am. It was an important day for all four players as Georgie and Holly Hutchinson both had matches to play while it was Alex and Holly Horsfall’s final day of preparation before they played in the qualifying of the next event tomorrow.

After Georgie completed her goals sheet we talked through the match and then at 9.45am she went on to play Tamara Kupkova from Slovakia. Georgie started the first set by breaking her opponent but then a cheap service game and a strong hold from Tamara meant that we were back on serve at *1-2. It was very windy this morning and you needed to play in two completely different ways depending on what end of the court you were playing from. Georgie worked that out at *1-2 and played two solid games hitting into the wind while her opponent went for too much and missed. Georgie then changed ends at 3-2* up and with the wind behind her she attacked the ball more to break her opponent and take the first set 4-2.

At this stage I felt as though the momentum was entirely with Georgie but we’d seen Tamara play in the round before and knew that she was not just going to roll over. Despite maintaining at least 1 winner in each game of the second set Georgie’s error count increased while her opponent hardly missed and within a flash the set was over and we were into a tie-break 3^rd set.

Georgie had the advantage of having the wind behind her for the start of the tie-break but when they changed ends the score was level at *3-3. Tamara then struggled to deal with the wind and because Georgie was being very solid it caused her opponent to go for more and eventually she missed. In the end Georgie took the match 4-2, 0-4, 7-4 and she did very well to come back from a difficult 2^nd set.

After the match Georgie and Holly had an hour before they were on for their doubles so we all quickly went to the local café on the promenade to get some food.

At 11.45am the girls went on court in some of the windiest conditions I’ve ever seen to face Daria Chemodanova and Ekaterina Kunina from Russia. The warm up was very interesting with serves bouncing 3 or 4 times before they reached the baseline while the windbreaks literally blew off of the fence!

The first set went with serve all the way through to the tie-break but it was the Russian pair that looked the better doubles team. They were moving more confidently and were much sharper with their volleys than Georgie and Holly which gave them the advantage during the tie-break. The Russians took a 5-3 lead before closing out the set 7-4.

The second set was completely the opposite of the first set; there were 8 breaks of serve and it was Georgie and Holly that were definitely the better team throughout. They moved more, finished more first volleys and attacked more 2^nd serve returns than they had in the first set. Holly served for the 2^nd set at *3-2 where they had a set point at sudden death deuce and then Georgie served for it at *4-3 but again the girls were broken. Unfortunately our girls played a poor tie-break and ended up losing it 7-3 but overall it was the best set of doubles I’d seen from them in the event.

The doubles finished at 1pm and at 2.15pm (while Katty, Holly Horsfall and Alex trained on the clay) Georgie went on for her semi-final against top seed Mina Markovic from Serbia. The 3 year age difference and the 200 place ranking difference made it a tough challenge for Georgie but she fought hard and tried to dictate the points against a much taller and stronger opponent. Unfortunately the level that Georgie needed to find on the day was just a little too far out of her comfort zone and as she tried to put pressure on her opponent she often over hit.

After losing the first set 4-1 Georgie broke in the first game of the second set to lead *1-0. She was then broken back and Mina went on to take a 3-1 lead but Georgie stuck to her tactics and battled well to break her opponent while she served for the match. After a close game and a very questionable call on match point Georgie was broken again to go down 4-1, 4-2. Despite the loss it was a good match for Georgie to evaluate where she is right now and identify what she needs to work on and develop to make the next transition into the top 200.

Following the match we said our thanks to the tournament organisers and Katty, Holly Horsfall and Alex signed in for the nest event with the referee which saved us a journey to the other club this evening. We then had our final walk along the promenade back to the hotel to pack up before getting a taxi to Podgorica.

The girls were very excited when they saw their bedroom in Hotel Keto and kept on telling us how big it was and how they had a kitchen – we’ll have to make sure they do some cooking for us then!!

At 7pm we met for dinner and even though 5 out of the 6 meals were good Holly Horsfall wasn’t happy with hers so I swapped my lovely chicken tagliatelle for her very average penne carbonara – the things I do for the players!!

Once we were all finished with our main meals it was birthday cake time for the birthday girl!

Schedule for tomorrow:

Katty Weymouth (GBR) (UNR) vs Katsiaryna Skachkova (BLR) (UNR) – 3^rd match after 10am

Alex Hagon (GBR) (1680) vs Jovan Macic (MNE) (UNR) – 4^th match after 10am

Saturday 25^th May 2013

It was another rain interrupted day today but at least we managed to get through two matches and a good training session on the clay (plus more school work!)

I met Georgie and Holly for breakfast at 7.30am this morning and after not going to bed until well after midnight neither of them were in a very chatty mood! It didn’t help that the rain was once again pouring down so after breakfast I decided that it would be best for them both to go back to their rooms to try and sleep while I walked to the club to find out what was happening.

Once I got there the rain really started to come down so I then had a ‘Mission Impossible’ style run back to the hotel; ducking into every open shop front and sheltering under as many balconies as I could find! Once I got back I decided to get everyone downstairs to complete more of their school work while we waited for the rain to stop.

After lunch we headed to the courts only to find out that Georgie’s singles opponent had pulled out through illness (must have been due to the midnight finish of her match last night!) so she would next have doubles, then another singles and finally the quarter-final of the doubles if they won!

With that in mind we warmed up on the hard court then moved to the clay court next door to the hard court which is actually another club on its own! We had to pay €10 for the hour but it meant that we could have a really good practice session and all four players could spend some time on the clay . . . finally!

We finished the session at 3pm and then got some food before waiting at the club until it was time for the girls to play their doubles. During the delay Alex completed with fitness training for the day while the girls kept focussed by hitting a little on the hard court. It can be difficult when team members are playing each other (especially when two are playing against one) but they all did their own thing and prepared in their doubles pairs.

At 7pm Georgie and Holly Hutchinson went on court to play Holly Horsfall and Elyse Lavender and it was the unseeded pair that found their form the fastest. After Elyse held serve, her and Holly broke Holly Hutchinson’s serve to take a 2-0 lead and despite being broken straight back they stayed positive and won the next two games to take the opening set 4-1

Georgie and Holly Hutchinson then upped their level in the 2^nd set and after they both held serve they broke Holly Horsfall to take a 3-1 lead. Georgie and Holly were a lot more active in the 2^nd set and they continued to apply the pressure when Georgie held serve to take the set 4-1.

The shorter 3^rd set match tie-break to 7 points was always going to a tough one to call but after Elyse and Holly played a few loose points at the start they found themselves 0-3 down. They managed to then get a couple of points back on Elyse’s serve to stay within touching distance at 2-3* but Georgie and Holly played a solid next few points and eventually took the match 1-4, 4-1, 7-3.

I had a chat with all four girls at the end of the match and then as we were walking towards the main courts Katty Weymouth called me to say she was in Belgrade and that her flight to Podgorica had been cancelled!! Loads of thoughts about how I would get Katty into Montenegro suddenly started to going around my head but then she told me that she’d managed to change flights and that she’d be landing at 9pm rather than 10.30pm! I then had the dilemma that Georgie was still supposed to play a singles and another doubles but out of nowhere the heavens opened and a big storm came down – good timing!

So, having run back to the hotel in the pouring rain, I quickly changed and then got a taxi to Podgorica airport to meet Katty. When she arrived I was at the airport waiting and we then got straight back in the same taxi to go back to Bar.

It probably worked out better than Katty got the earlier flight as it meant we got back to the hotel earlier and could get to bed at a reasonable hour!

Schedule for tomorrow:

Tamara Kupkova (SVK) (839) vs (6) Georgie Axon (GBR) (378) – 3^rd match after 8am

(3) Georgie Axon (GBR) & Holly Hutchinson (GBR) vs Darina Chemodanova (RUS) & Ekaterina Kunina (RUS) – 5^th match after 8am

Girl’s singles semi-finals to follow and then doubles semi-finals afterwards!

Friday 24^th May 2013

It was another rain affected day today but at least all of the first round matches were played even though that meant that we were at the club until after 11pm!

The plan that Alex and I have had all week to get up at 6am to train from 7-8am was once again interrupted but the rain. That meant it was a morning of more schoolwork for the team – at least one positive comes out of it raining so much (but I don’t think the players see it that way!!).

After lunch we decided to go for a walk to get out of the hotel and while we were checking out he shops in Bar the sun finally came out. On the way back we walked via the tennis club and despite most of the courts still having a pool of water on them the referee was adamant that play would start at 3pm with sets up to 4 games and the third set being a tie-break to 7 points. So with that in mind we headed back to the hotel to get everything ready for the matches.

When we returned to the club at about 3.30pm almost every first round match was on which was a tremendous effort from the ground staff. The players then warmed up for 30 minutes and, after I put together a practice sheet for the hard court, they got on court from 4-4.30pm to go through their pre-match hit.

Over the next 5 hours the players had to juggle eating, completing their pre-match sheets, keeping track of the score on their court, not getting bored or tired and keeping warm – hard to do when you don’t bring a jumper or tracksuit bottoms so I had to freeze while some of them wore mine!!

Holly Hutchinson went on court at 9.20pm to face qualifier Andrada Surdeanu from Romania. We didn’t know much about her and hadn’t seen her play in qualifying but after a 30+ shot rally on first point of the match we knew she was going to be a tough competitor. Holly had 2 or 3 chances to win that first point but after failing to finish it off Andrada eventually hit a backhand passing shot winner and that started a run of 7 points in a row to the Romanian. At 0-2* Holly managed to get a break back but unfortunately too many unforced errors cost her the first set 4-1.

With the shortened sets up to 4 games you really need to start fast and stay focused throughout otherwise the set could be over very quickly. During the second set Holly just couldn’t find the level or consistency that she needed to break down her opponent and she eventually went down 4-1, 4-0. It was a disappointing match after Holly had been striking the ball so well in training at the start of the week. Maybe the first point of the match really was the key and if she’d be able to finish it off then she might have been able to build on it throughout the match.

Georgie and Holly Horsfall were the next match on at 10.15pm and again they had a huge first point where both players were stepping up and trying to dictate the play. Holly was broken in a tight first game and even though Georgie went on to win the next 3 games in a row to take the set 4-0 the quality of tennis was of a very high level. Holly was striking the ball the best that I’d ever seen her play while Georgie was countering and then turning the points around with excellent aggression – something that won her the final in Guadeloupe last month.

The second set score line was the same as the first with Georgie taking it 4-0 but by no means did that reflect the closeness of the games – 3 out of 4 games went to deuce. Both players were trying to dominate the point with some strong hitting from the back of the court but it was Georgie that was hitting at least 1 winner per game (a big goal in Guadeloupe) while keeping her unforced error count low. Overall it was a good performance from both players with the main difference being Georgie’s consistent aggression and experience on the bigger points.

Their match finished just after 11pm and as soon as they were finished we left site to get some food at a local restaurant before walking back to the hotel at midnight!

Schedule for tomorrow:

Marija Curnic (CRO) (622) vs (6) Georgie Axon (GBR) (378) – 3^rd match after 8am

(3) Georgina Axon (GBR) & Holly Hutchinson (GBR) vs Holly Horsfall (GBR) & Elyse Lavender (USA) – 7^th match after 8am

Girl’s Singles Quarter-Finals – 10^th round after 8am

Girl’s Doubles Quarter-Finals – 12^th round after 8am

Thursday 23^rd May 2013

It was another washout today here in Bar but the good news was that we managed to get a session in on the hard court, a session in our makeshift gym and the players managed to get a lot of school work done!

Alex and I were up bright and early again to try and get a 7am practice in but unfortunately the rain was already falling heavily. By 9am it was still pouring down so we all had breakfast and then decided to go to the supermarket to get some food and water. Despite the supermarket being so close we all got completely soaked!

Without an end to the rain in sight we went into the meeting room in the hotel at 10.30am and had a good 2 hour school work session, most of which I spent trying to do one of Alex’s GCSE maths questions!!

After lunch there was a break in the rain so we went straight to the courts and, while I tried to sweep some of the water off the hard court, the team went through an extended warm up.

Even though it was pretty dark throughout the session and the clouds were always threatening to rain, we managed to get a really good 45 minutes training in which included a lot of half court drilling and some serving points.

Almost as soon as we finished a storm came over and torrential rain, thunder and lightning engulfed the whole area. Without anywhere else to go for shelter we ended up in a tent that the tournament had set up as a children’s play area. After converting it into a gym the players went through their own strength and conditioning work for the next 45 minutes and then stretched out.

Eventually the rain died down so we decided to head back to the hotel to watch the end of ‘Coach Carter’ and relax before dinner. Once we were done we went through some goal setting and psychology work until about 8.30pm.

Despite not being able to play a match or train properly we still managed to get some good work done today and in particular the players worked very well during the psychology work at the end of the day.

Fingers crossed for some better weather tomorrow as the referee has 11 rounds of matches scheduled!

Schedule for tomorrow:

(Q) Andrada Surdeanu (ROU) (1367) vs Holly Hutchinson (GBR) (827) – 5^th match after 8am (not before 11am)

(LL) Holly Horsfall (GBR) (1908) vs (6) Georgie Axon (GBR) (378) – 6^th match after 8am

(3) Georgina Axon (GBR) & Holly Hutchinson (GBR) vs Holly Horsfall (GBR) & Elyse Lavender (USA) – 9^th match after 8am

 

Wednesday 22^nd May 2013

It was a complete washout today so not a single ball was stuck by any of the team even though we had to wait around most of the day until the referee suspended play.

Alex and I were up early at 6am today but after taking a quick look out of the window we knew we’d be struggling to get on court!

The girls joined us later in the day and despite a break in the rain it wasn’t long before the heavens opened again so all that was left to do was huddle under the umbrellas to try and stay dry!

We did think there might be a chance of getting on court later in the day to practice but after the last downpour at 5pm there was no way this was going to dry:

Alex still was able to go through his strength and conditioning programme for the day and all of the team managed to get some school work done whilst I achieved my own goal of beating Alex’s highest score on Subway Surfers!!

After dinner at the hotel we all met in one of the meeting rooms to watch the first half of ‘Coach Carter’ with Samuel L. Jackson – great film!

Hopefully tomorrow will be a drier day but according to the referee we could be in for much the same over the next few days!

Schedule for tomorrow:

(Q) Andrada Surdeanu (ROU) (1367) vs Holly Hutchinson (GBR) (827) – 5^th match after 8am

(LL) Holly Horsfall (GBR) (1908) vs (6) Georgie Axon (GBR) (378) – 6^th match after 8am

Tuesday 21^st May 2013

Holly produced another two very good performances today but unfortunately fell at the final hurdle in qualifying against a very good opponent.

As Georgie and Holly Hutchinson had limited time on the clay yesterday they decided to have an early start this morning to guarantee a good hour on the match courts. We left the hotel at 6.25am and after a good physical warm up we got on court just before 7am. The plan was to warm up and then play a lot of full court points but unfortunately we had to share the court at 7.30am so instead we did a lot of drilling and finished with some points.

Alex and Holly Horsfall arrived at the club at just before 8am and then went through their own warm ups before Holly had her pre-match hit with Elyse Lavender from America and Alex had a good half an hour with Bjoern Petersen from Germany. By 9am everyone had trained and were happy with the level they were hitting at so I went back to the hotel to join Holly and Georgie for some much needed breakfast!

I returned to the club at 10am and then we had a couple of hours before Holly went on to play number 1 seed Yana Kochneva from Russia. We didn’t know much about Yana but from previous experience against Russians at this level I presumed she would play straight, flat and hard – which is exactly how she did play! Holly comfortably dealt with Yana’s pace of shot and after holding serve in the first game she went on to take a *4-0 lead. During this time Yana tried but failed to get inside of Holly’s head and even though Holly was broken in the next game she went to take the first set 6-1 with some very good hitting from the back of the court.

After a lengthy toilet break Yana came back to the court but nothing was going to faze Holly and she continued from where she left off at the end of the first set. Yana led 30-15 in the first three games of the second set but Holly reeled off 3 sets of 3 points in a row (one of her main goals for the trip!) to take a 3-0 lead. Once again Yana tried to disrupt Holly’s rhythm with some very late calls but Holly stayed strong and took down the top seed 6-1, 6-0.

Over the next four hours we managed to watch Holly’s next opponent, Alex completed his strength and conditioning programme for the day and got some more practice in, Holly Hutchinson and Georgie trained on the hard court, I managed to get in a power nap in the restaurant and Holly Horsfall managed to get away from site with me for an hour to relax before her next match.

Eventually Holly went on for her last round of qualifying match at 6.30pm to face Jelena Djordan from Bosnia and Herzegovina. We’d watched Jelena earlier in the day and knew that she was a tough lefty who was both solid and aggressive from the back of the court. Holly had a difficult start to the match; she was trying hard to put her opponent under pressure but unfortunately that resulted in too many unforced errors. It wasn’t until 0-4* in the first set that Holly really started to find her range and she played a good game to break Jelena’s serve. Unfortunately Holly couldn’t capitalise on that break and lost the next two games to lose the first set 6-1.

During the second set Holly played some of her best tennis of the trip so far. The game plan was to find a series of 3 shots in a row where she could keep her opponent under pressure to get either a volley or drive volley to finish the point and Holly did just that on at least 12-15 occasions. Unfortunately it was the final ball that Holly struggled with and she just couldn’t finish the point off after setting it up so well. Despite playing at a high level throughout the set Holly went down 6-1, 6-1 but credit has to go to her opponent who played very well throughout.

After the match all four players cooled down and stretched out before we headed back to the hotel for dinner.

Due to a delay in the draws being produced the girls all went to bed without seeing who they are playing which could be just as well as Holly Horsfall drew the Lucky Loser spot and now plays Georgie in the first round!

Schedule for tomorrow:

(Q) Andrada Surdeanu (ROU) (1367) vs Holly Hutchinson (GBR) (827) – 7^th match after 9am (2^nd match not before 3pm)

(LL) Holly Horsfall (GBR) (1908) vs (6) Georgie Axon (GBR) (378) – 8^th match after 9am (3^rd match not before 3pm)

Monday 20^th May 2013

It was a good start to the first event here in Montenegro despite only taking one win out of two matches today.

Holly Horsfall, Alex and I had an early start this morning with breakfast at 7am while Holly Hutchinson and Georgie had a well-deserved lie in after they were kept awake by someone snoring!

After breakfast we headed to the courts to warm up at 8am and then Holly and Alex had their on-court practice session from 8.30-9am.

The level from both players had increased from yesterday as their shape and weight of shot was looking much more effective. After moving to the hard court to hit some serves (while the clay courts were prepared for the matches) the players were finally finished around 9.15am. I then went back to the hotel to get Georgie and Holly while the other two completed their pre-match sheets and got ready for their matches.

When we returned to the club I went through the game plan and goals for both players and then it was just a case of keeping up to date with the scores on each court so that Alex and Holly knew when to warm up.

Alex was first to take to the court at just before 11am to play local wildcard Srdjan Lazarevic. After being broken in the first game it was obvious that Alex was up against a strong player who was very at home on the clay. Alex was broken again at *0-2 and it was looking like he might struggle to get a game on the board but he kept fighting hard and managed to break and hold to close the gap to 2-3*. Having won those two games it was clear to see that Alex was more confident and was looking to dictate the points more but Srdjan raised his level straight away to win the next 3 games in a row to take the first set 6-2.

The scoreline in the second set followed almost the same pattern as the first set as Alex just couldn’t quite get enough weight on the ball to keep Srdjan under pressure for long enough. The Montenegrin played well throughout the match and hit some big serves at 5-2 in the second set to hold and take the match 6-2, 6-2.

Despite the loss Alex was quite positive after the match as he had put into practice the things he’d been working on over the past few weeks and he felt as though he’d improved throughout the match.

While Alex was coming to the end of his first set Holly Horsfall went on to play Valeria Mishina from Belarus. Holly struggled a little at the start of the practice session yesterday but after 30 minutes she looked much more comfortable on the clay and when she started the match today she very quickly found a good level. Holly broke Valeria to love in the first game and even though she dropped the next two games without winning a single point she didn’t let that bother her. Holly responded by raising her level again whilst fighting hard to stay in some tough rallies which resulted in her winning the next 4 games in a row to take a 5-2 lead. Holly then wasn’t able to serve out the set but she broke in the next game to take the set 6-3.

The second set was much more one-sided; Holly flew to a 5-0 lead as Valeria just didn’t have an answer to Holly’s consistent but aggressive level from the back of the court and even though it took her a few games to close it out she finally took the set 6-2.

After Holly had finished both players cooled down and then we all returned to the hotel for lunch. The players then had a little time to themselves before Alex, Georgie, Holly Hutchinson and I returned to the club at 3.15pm for our afternoon session on the clay.

Holly and Georgie had already trained on the hard court this morning and, as they are main draw players, the only clay courts they could book were after the matches had finished. We had a very good session from 4-5pm which was mainly point based for the girls but it also gave Alex a chance to work on areas that had been highlighted from his singles match.

After cooling down and stretching out we all went back to the hotel to shower and change. I then managed to keep my Great North Run preparations going with a 4 mile run before we headed to the supermarket and then onto a well-deserved dinner.

After dinner we all went through a short psychology session and then at around 8.30pm everyone went off to bed for an early night. Georgie, Holly and I are leaving the hotel at 6.25am tomorrow to get an early practice in so hopefully they’ll get a good night’s sleep tonight!!

Schedule for tomorrow:

(1) Yana Kochneva (RUS) (1249) vs Holly Horsfall (GBR) (1908) – 3^rd match after 9am

Winner plays in the final round of qualifying later in the day

Sunday 19^th May 2013

After travelling from Kent yesterday morning with Alex Hagon, we met Holly Hutchinson, Holly Horsfall and Georgie Axon at Heathrow Terminal 4 before we started our long journey to Montenegro. It was great to be travelling again with all of the players as I’ve now seen them all compete and, through recent communication with their coaches, I’m familiar with what they’re going to be working on over these next two weeks.

After Holly Hutchinson’s regular bag search in security (Georgie actually got stopped this time too!) I was once again amazed by the things the players take on the plane – I think they had 7 bags of dried apricots / dried mango between them!!

After a short delay we left Heathrow and a few hours later, most of which I managed to sleep apart from a brief interruption due to pretty bad turbulence, we landed in Belgrade. We then had just over 3 hours to wait until our final flight to Podgorica in Montenegro.

By the time we got out of the airport it was around 11.30pm and thankfully our taxi driver was there waiting to take us the 45 minute journey to Bar. Once we arrived at the hotel we had a few problems with the rooms but managed to finally get checked in and into bed by around 12.45am.

The players and I had a lie in this morning which meant that we met for breakfast at 9am. We then visited the local supermarket to stock up on water and food before heading off to the club at 10.30am.

Our first impression of Bar was that it was a very picturesque place; we have to walk along the promenade past the marina to get to the tennis club and in the background behind the courts there is an amazing view of the mountains – Georgie was also very impressed by the courts being less than 50 metres from the beach!

There are only 4 match courts at the club which means that practice could be quite limited but there is also a hard court which can be used whenever we want to. As the practice courts were all booked up this morning we decided to warm up and go through a movement session for half an hour to get yesterday’s travel out of the player’s systems. All 4 players worked well and by the time we finished they were looking sharp and ready to get on the clay.

Once we’d finished the movement session it was around 12pm so we headed back to the hotel for lunch and then relaxed until around 2.15pm when we headed back to the courts for our afternoon practice. In the UK there isn’t much opportunity to practice on traditional European clay courts so for the first hour of the session we did a lot of specifics on height, shape and weight of shot to make sure they can make their opponents uncomfortable in the rallies. It didn’t take long before all 4 players got the hang of it and they all worked hard on their forwards and backwards movements to get into the right position to hit the ball as effectively as possible. We moved into points for the last 45 minutes of the session with the main focus being on Holly Horsfall and Alex who both play in qualifying tomorrow.

By 5pm all of the players were happy and Holly and Alex felt prepared for their matches tomorrow so we cooled down and stretched out to end the session. Holly and Alex then signed in before we made our way back to the hotel for dinner. On the way back I decided to try a short cut which was working out well until a pack of dogs decided they didn’t want us walking through their patch!!

After dinner at 7pm at the hotel we walked back to the club to check the order of play for tomorrow and book practice courts. There was then just enough time to have a nice stroll back past the marina to the hotel before we all decided to have an early night.

Schedule for tomorrow:

(WC) Srdjan Lazarevic (MNE) (UNR) vs Alex Hagon (GBR) (1676) – 2^nd match after 9am

Valeria Mishina (BLR) (2069) vs Holly Horsfall (GBR) (1908) – 3^rd match after 9am