The match was even early on with Thompson just forging 4-3 ahead at the interval. But I was shaking like a leaf on the final clearance. On the other table, Leadbitter went about business in typically unflappable fashion to quickly put paid to the Australian threat. That was as close as she got as Leadbitter, full of confidence after her win in the recent Champion of Champions event, reeled off five in a row to book her place in the final. In the end my technical play was superior.
Today is the start of the televised stages and the men's quarter-finals.