Scottish Player out of Aussie Open

No, not a shock dismissal for Andy Murray, but a loss for Elena Baltacha, the British number 3, by Amelie Mauresmo, the 20th seed from France.

We chose to go to one of the show courts to watch this as our first game. Baltacha was the better player in the first set, taking it 6-4.

The standard of her play dropped a little as Maureso upped her game in the second set and she lost it by six games to three.

Baltacha battled again in the third set, taking the first two games but, in the fierce heat and gusting wind, she couldn't maintain her superiority and lost the next six games. She showed she has the game to beat players of a higher ranking than he 134 in the world but will have to work on consistency.

Jean