TEN:'Should I be doing this?': Aussie ace out to end woe

Maya Joint, Australia's No.1, has opened up on her calamitous year, admitting there have been moments during her alarming slump in form when she's asked herself if she should be playing at all.

But the 20-year-old Queensland-based youngster, given a boost by the encouragement of her BJK Cup captain Sam Stosur, is determined to kick start her revival this week in the Netherlands, promising "I'll be back."

Joint goes into the 's'Hertogenbosch grass-court tournament on a nightmarish run, her first-round thrashing by Anastasia Potapova in the French Open being her 10th successive defeat in an injury-affected losing streak that drags back to January.