[Mana]

The draw has been revised and Katya is directly into the main draw

Let's keep our fingers crossed for a good draw She really, really need's a first round win.

[Vaxey]

Good luck, you must win it, Katya

[Mana]

Katya & Nina's doubles draw:

Lu/Xu v Chin-Wei Chan/Palkina
Bratchikova/Ivanova v (3)Hsieh/Scheepers

Compared to all the easy first rounds, they got the third seed's. If we were playing on clay, Katya/Nina would be favourites. But this is too close to call.

[Mana]

Singles draw:

Stefanie Voegele vs. Ekaterina Ivanova

Not a good draw at all. Voegele took Domi to 75 in the third in NY, who went on to make the QF's.

Good luck Katya, please don't make too many UE's!

[Mana]

Katya has made a bright start, 4-1*

[Mana]

Katya 6-3 3-1*

Need's to be strong here and close it out. Not a strangth of Katya's.

[Mana]

Katya is almost in full choke mode. What else is new?

Katya leads 6-3 5-3*.
Then serves for it at 6-3 *5-4.

It's now 6-3 5-5.

Same old story.

[Mana]

A TB will decide the second set.

Katya has to win it or she will crumble in the third.

Come on God damn it.

[Mana]

Katya d. Voegele 6-3, 7-6(6)

Phew. So lucky to get out of that.

Oh well, another 30 points in the bank.

[Mana]

2nd Round: vs. Alla Kudryavtseva.

Last meeting was one to forget in Australia this year when Katya managed three games.

Come on Katya, you can turn it around tonight. Even on hard courts.

[Mana]

Katya down an early break. *0-2

Please not another thrashing to Alla

[Mana]

0-3* double break down.

Come on Katya.

[Mana]

Level at 1 set all Katya 4-6 6-3

Come on Katya, keep it up

[Mana]

So Katya lost to Alla 64 36 62.

Not too bad when you consider Alla is now in the final with outr dropping a set. So I think Katya is in some sort of form.

This week she is in Tashkent.
Last year she win her first round, so 30 points to defend.

R1: Katie O'Brien v Ekaterina Ivanova - That's gotta be winnable.

Come on Katya

[Mana]

Doubles draw:

Bratchikova/Ivanova v Rodina/Voegele

Gotta win this as well.