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Earlier Mauresmo attempted to move on from the issue by implying there would be some women's matches picked over the coming days.

Of those 53, 16 signed in the spring window, when the pool of players is more picked over and programs are more desperate — and willing to pay.

Few fallouts have spilled out into the open in recent years – and those that did were picked over simply because they're so rare.

And doubtless some Scotland fans will as they pick over the pieces of another defeat in which their endeavour and good intentions went to waste.

The Tories are picking over their colossal election defeat and an election campaign seen privately by many in the party as a mess - not least because of the torrent of stories about betting.