24 hours ago there did not appear to be any need for this thread as our only direct entrant into qualifying, Katie O'Brien opted some while ago for the 25K tournament in Jersey. However yesterday's revised list of WCs includes a surprise qualifying WC for Anna Fitzpatrick. Anna has not had much success in singles this year, her only points coming in the biggest tournament she has entered (75K), so hopefully she will rise to the challenge again.
Anne Keothavong has belatedly made it into qualifying on her ranking, so will have to decide whether to play here or in Jersey. The draw is made on Sunday, with qualifying scheduled for Monday/Tuesday.
These are the full sections of the draw (2 rounds). A reasonable draw for Anne. Castano is ranked 104, and although clay is her best surface, qualified for Indian Wells and took out a seed at the Australian Open. Nevertheless she has been losing more matches than she has been winning in the last few months. Tammy is very experienced, strong on this surface, and beat Mel in qualifying at the Australian Open
Anastasia Rodionova (AUS) [4] vs. Ahsha Rolle (USA) Anne Keothavong (GBR) vs. Catalina Castano (COL) [15]
Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA) [5] vs. Anna Fitzpatrick (GBR) Alina Jidkova (RUS) vs. Rossana De Los Rios (PAR) [24