wimbledon---- answer to first post!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

DavidC · Tennis legend

wimbledon---- answer to first post!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

tennisbrain · Club Coach

i think that is stupid. surely anne keothavong deserves a wildcard as she is closest to top 100. who cares about previous wildcards.
anne k
katie obrien
georgie
naomi
all musts for me the rest shud be decided. there shud be qualies wild card play off and main draw wild card play off aswell that wud be intereseting as some people like tasha khan fitzpatric exc. could earn a chance to compete in such good comp

jamatthews · Strong Club Player

There's no certainty that she'll be British #1 by then, and she could be way below her career high as well. It would do her alot of good to play qualifying this year.

Sheddie · administrator

john wrote:

Surely if Bally is fit enough for a qualies wild card, she should get a mian draw wild card. If she is fit, there is no question for me that she deserves a place in the main draw. Can't really conceive a situation in which she gets one for qualies.

I agree, she and Naomi are the two most likely to win matches in the main draw and take advantage of good draws so they have to get wildcards !

Bally has the best record on grass in WTAs since Sam Smith. Anne has always done really well at Surbiton but apart from 2004, she's not won a Wimbledon match....has had some decent draws which she's not been able to capitalise on. Her best slam would probably be the US Open tbh.

Mervatron, I don't know why you suggest Sarah Coles for a qualies wildcard

Her form has been non-existent lately which is a real shame, been losing to players ranked outside the top 400. Karen Paterson has to get a qualies wildcard, she's really come on in the past 6 months, her game suits grass too...could be a big threat in the wc playoff

-- Edited by ultimateshedman at 03:27, 2007-03-20

john · Top national player

US Open Bally's best slam??? Not quite sure how you come to that conclusion. Bally has entered US qualies 4 times, only winning one match.

Surely the Aussie Open qualifies as her best slam based purely on 2005 when she won 5 matches to qualify and reach the 3rd round??

Sheddie · administrator

tennisbrain wrote:

its surprising me that people would give one to windley. shes so young and i think other players could benifit more from it this year but definately her in few years time

For me I'd give Jade the wc just for the experience, to see how she coped against top 200 players at this point in time. Llewellyn and Coles have both stagnated rankings-wise in the past 6 months.

It'd be a close one between Jade and Danielle Brown for the final wc tbh. Ok, Dani hasn't had particularly good results of late but she's got the power of a top 100 player. If she's on song and serving well, she could cause some damage on the grass, she's such a big hitter. If she can just serve more consistently match-in, match-out and harness that power from the back better (ie: improve her shot selection, not going for massive winners every time and develop the ability to work the points more), she can surely be top 200 at least.

Sheddie · administrator

john wrote:

US Open Bally's best slam??? Not quite sure how you come to that conclusion. Bally has entered US qualies 4 times, only winning one match.

Surely the Aussie Open qualifies as her best slam based purely on 2005 when she won 5 matches to qualify and reach the 3rd round??

No I meant that US Open could be Anne's best slam...the courts there suit her game the best out of all the slams. She's had most of her best results on US hard courts and reached the final qualies round in New York a few years ago.

Wimbledon is easily the slam which suits Bally's game the best...I'm not sure why her record in New York is so poor, she can definitely do a lot, lot better there given her success in Melbourne where the courts are actually slower !

Sheddie · administrator

Simon wrote:

Copy of the reply on the men's section:
Recently the rules for WCs for Wimbledon have been:

* Ranking of 150 or under gets a WC
* Mens ranking of 300 or under gets a WC as long as they have not been given 3 or more WC for Wimbledon in the past. (Women have a cut off for this of 275)
* Winner of play off gets a WC
* Usually the best junior not included above gets a WC too

This gives Women's WCs to:
South
Keen
Borwell
Stoop

With the WC play off top seeds being:
Keothavong
O'Brien
Llwellyn
Cavaday

That wc system was developed under the previous LTA regime though

Is Draper going to follow those rules ? I'm not so sure, he says that he will award wcs to the players who have the best chances of winning matches....surely that means Anne will get a wc aswell as Bally and Naomi. Amanda Keen probably has a better chance of winning a match than Georgie but will her age count against her ?

john · Top national player

Ah OK, you're forgiven then. Reading back over your sentence it was pretty obvious what you meant actually lol.

tennisbrain · Club Coach

it all changes now because cavaday and stoop are both in the 200's and rising.
really good as it means more wildcards to others or is there a limit???

Mervatron · Masters Series Champion

I think its just makes it more competative for the few wc's available.

I can't see brits getting more than 6 WC's at the most.

A lot will probably hinge on surbiton and the play-off really.

Sheddie · administrator

Yeah I don't think more than 6 wcs will be awarded. It's strange that with the mens wc playoff, wcs have often been awarded to the top 3 while with the womens one, they're almost always just awarded to the winner.

For me Cavaday and Stoop have to get wildcards and I'd be very surprised if they didn't. They're the two most promising Brits atm and surely the LTA will want to reward the massive ranking surges both have made this year. I think their recent success just confirm that they should get wcs.

Draper says that only Brits with chances of winning matches in the main draw will get wcs, so surely Bally will get one.

Will Anne get one ? Her form has been disappointing this year, I'd still give her one though as she's won at Wimbledon in the past and is British no 1.

Ratty · County player

If i was Draper I'd be doing all I could to avoid the usual "15 Brits lose in the first round" & "New LTA just as crap as the old LTA" Press mockery.

So get ready for Markie P getting another Wild Card!!!!!

Sheddie · administrator

lol, plus an Aussie girl is also sure to get one as Anna Smith got a wc into one of their 25Ks earlier this year

Mervatron · Masters Series Champion

Yeah but wimbledon WC for a WC into a challenger? doesn't seem like an even swap.

I wouldn't be suprised top see Lucic get a WC either into qualfying or the MD. I was sure that Caroline Wozniaki would get a MD WC but she is almost ranked high enough for direct entry.