Tuesday 27th May 2014
It was a very good final day of preparation today and now Holly and Camille are all set for their first round matches tomorrow.
Another early start saw us get over to the club at 7am this morning to ensure that we got a full court to train on for the whole session. Following Camille losing at cards last night she had to wear my match kit to warm-up in, but I can’t help but think it was a lot easier for her than it would have been had I lost!!
Camille looking good in my match kit!
After a thorough warm-up Camille changed into her training kit and we all had a very good session for over an hour and a half. At the start of the session we trained in a 3 so that Holly and Camille could work on hitting through the corners of the court without the rallies breaking own too early. Then, as the session went on, we developed the drill into open point play and for the last 30-40 minutes we played points with serve to ensure both girls were happy with all parts of their games.
At 9am we came off the court to allow the players in qualifying to warm up and prepare for their matches while we cooled down and stretched out. We then got a taxi at 9.30am to go back to the hotel and have breakfast before relaxing for the rest of the morning.
After lunch and a few more games of cards, we headed back to the club at 2.45pm and met up with fellow Brit Lauryn John-Baptiste who had travelled out with her mum this morning. Lauryn joined us for our afternoon session which started at the top of the club on court 5 before we had to move onto court 2 due to members wanting to use the other court. Our afternoon session was just to make sure Holly and Camille were feeling confident about their games and so once again it was mainly point based. After a solid hour on court both players were happy with their levels and so at 4.45pm we called it a day and headed off court to cool down and stretch out.
Before leaving the club for the day both girls signed in for the Main Draw and then after a bit of confusion with our taxi, we eventually got back to the hotel at around 5.30pm.
Dinner tonight was a bit of a quieter affair without any major forfeits! We still played a couple of games but our focus was more on watching the French Open on TV before the draw came out:
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Girl’s Singles Main Draw
Schedule for tomorrow:
Jasmin Buchta (AUT) (889) vs Camille Verden-Anderson (GBR) (1246) – 5th match after 8.30am
Milica Cubranovic (SRB) (1380) vs Holly Horsfall (GBR) (841) – 6th match after 8.30am
Doubles to follow after rest
