Steven
22-06-2012, 12:21
Not a bad set of R1 draws for the GB women, with Anne and Bally (more or less as usual!) getting the pick of them.
L128: (WC) Johanna Konta WR 217 v (28) Christina McHale (USA) WR 30 (CH 29 last week)
H2H 1-1, Christina won in 2008, Jo in 2009, both 3-setters on US hard courts.
L128: Heather Watson WR 110 v Iveta Benesova (CZE) WR 52 (CH 25 in 2009)
Benesova is on a 4-match losing streak, including her loss to Tara in Birmingham and another in Rosmalen this week.
L128: (WC) Naomi Broady WR 227 v Lourdes DomÃ*nguez Lino (ESP) WR 71 (CH 40 in 2006)
LDL finally got her first ever main draw win at Wimbledon (at the age of 30) last year in R1 against Oprandi. She won the Marseille 100K event last week, but that was on clay, by far her preferred surface.
L128: Anne Keothavong WR 77 v Laura Pous-Tio (ESP) WR 100 (CH 72 in Jan)
Like Benesova, Pous-Tio is on a 4-match losing streak and has lost her last 5 at Wimbledon (main draw and qualifying) since winning her very first Wimbledon qualifying match in 2005.
L128: (WC) Laura Robson WR 111 v (24) Francesca Schiavone (ITA) WR 26 (CH 4 in 2011)
H2H 0-1, 5 & 3 at Hopman Cup last year. Schiavone has experienced losing to a Brit at Wimbledon before, when Mel South upset her in R1 in 2006.
L128: Elena Baltacha WR 101 v Karin Knapp (ITA) WR 109 (CH 35 in 2008)
Knapp has only played in the main draw at Wimbledon once before, back in 2007 when she lost to Vaidisova in R1.
L128: (WC) Johanna Konta WR 217 v (28) Christina McHale (USA) WR 30 (CH 29 last week)
H2H 1-1, Christina won in 2008, Jo in 2009, both 3-setters on US hard courts.
L128: Heather Watson WR 110 v Iveta Benesova (CZE) WR 52 (CH 25 in 2009)
Benesova is on a 4-match losing streak, including her loss to Tara in Birmingham and another in Rosmalen this week.
L128: (WC) Naomi Broady WR 227 v Lourdes DomÃ*nguez Lino (ESP) WR 71 (CH 40 in 2006)
LDL finally got her first ever main draw win at Wimbledon (at the age of 30) last year in R1 against Oprandi. She won the Marseille 100K event last week, but that was on clay, by far her preferred surface.
L128: Anne Keothavong WR 77 v Laura Pous-Tio (ESP) WR 100 (CH 72 in Jan)
Like Benesova, Pous-Tio is on a 4-match losing streak and has lost her last 5 at Wimbledon (main draw and qualifying) since winning her very first Wimbledon qualifying match in 2005.
L128: (WC) Laura Robson WR 111 v (24) Francesca Schiavone (ITA) WR 26 (CH 4 in 2011)
H2H 0-1, 5 & 3 at Hopman Cup last year. Schiavone has experienced losing to a Brit at Wimbledon before, when Mel South upset her in R1 in 2006.
L128: Elena Baltacha WR 101 v Karin Knapp (ITA) WR 109 (CH 35 in 2008)
Knapp has only played in the main draw at Wimbledon once before, back in 2007 when she lost to Vaidisova in R1.