"It was really strange because the girl I lost to at Wimbledon started this bad run for me, " Baltacha added from her training base in her home town of Ipswich.
Determined torun at least a little of the course, Istarted as I knew I wouldn't be able to go on for long, jogging until the crowd thinned out and I could take up the brisk walking pace I hoped would get me back to the stadium before the street cleaners moved in to sweep the course.