Watching the game and the British #5 has really taken the game to the defending Champion. She's lost the first set on a tie break but she really had Venus on the ropes. I suspect Venus'll run away with the second but it was good to see a Brit gives a top player a real battle for at least a set.

A real shame that she couldn't keep it up in the second set but you just knew that the moment she lost that tie-break she was done. She gave a good battle though against one of the very best and showed that if she believes in herself, she could really make a move up the rankings.