Wimbledon Juniors 2008.

Salmon · Tennis legend

Wimbledon Juniors 2008.

Salmon · Tennis legend

It looks like the Rens are skipping both Roehampton and this.

Although their absence doesn't prevent them from taking WCs.

Mervatron · Masters Series Champion

Strange decision from Jennifer. Maybe they don't feel ready?

Salmon · Tennis legend

I understand if it is said that Jessica doesn't feel ready - she'll probably be better off playing a G4 or G5.

But Jennifer being ranked almost in the top 200 and not being ready would be strange. There's not much else she can do in those two weeks barring a Grade 3 and 4 in Tunisia - will she travel to Tunisia, I wonder...

Simon · Lower Club Player

Still can't make up their minds - Johanna Konta is GBR on the Roehampton lists and AUS on the Wimbledon lists!

Simon · Lower Club Player

Jennifer is down to play the Grade 3 in Morocco on 2nd June so I can only assume that she will also be playin gthe Grade 2 the following week and the Grade 1 the week after that and missing the grass season completely.

Mervatron · Masters Series Champion

Shes only 15 so has 3 more oppertuinities to play wimbledon. Next year she may be a direct acceptance.

Who would people give the WC's to?

Johanna and Jade are in Direct so 8 WC's?

Mine would go to

Laura Robson
Tara Moore
Naomi Broady
Yasmin Clarke
Kat Brown
Jocelyn Rae
Stephanie Cornish

Don't know about the last one.

Most of the brits ranked 100-300 will get in qualifying.

Salmon · Tennis legend

Assuming that the Rens won't play.

Laura Robson
Tara Moore
Heather Watson
Elisha Gabb
Amy Askew
Sian Bayliss
Play off
Play off

As I personally believe, giving one to any of the 1990 born girls (or even the 1991 born girls unless they are top 100) is a huge waste.

Anyway, that won't happen as one or two will go to non Brits.

Goldenslam · Intermediate Club Player

There will be a small junior wild card playoff but it has all yet to be finalised but will no doubt focus on the younger age groups.
Carpenter
Marsalak
Morgan etc

Salmon · Tennis legend

Just a thought, and I have no base for it. Marko Djokovic may get a wild card - I suppose a call from the older brother will suffice, like it did in Australia.

-- Edited by Greenleaf at 08:57, 2008-06-03

johnnylad · Tennis legend

I hope Carpenter gets a WC. He can really motor on here I think!

Goldenslam · Intermediate Club Player

Wild card play offs for 2 MD WC with Carpenter, Marsalek, Morgan & Chaudry is finished WC have gone to

James M
James C

Salmon · Tennis legend

Thanks for that. The play offs were done in Stoke Park, right?

Some of the WCs have been announced -

Angus
Thompson
Pauffley
Smethurst
Carlos Boluda-Purkiss of Spain.

Chaudry
Marsalek
TBA

Robson
Moore
Broady
Brook
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA

Heaven knows what Boluda has done to receive a WC in Britain. Who gave Coxy one at USO 2006 or one to Robson at this year's French Open? Oh... I forgot that the organisers have to suck up to Nadal. I wonder if Djokovic has already called up for his bro like he did in Australia?
But hey, who are we to complain! Our own tennis body has sunk so low that they gave an Italian a WC ahead of people like Barnes, James or Watling or five others, who are more than capable of winning a round. At least the AELTC exists to sell itself, which the LTA doesn't (at least officially).

Again, why Brook gets one I have no idea. The WCs definitely haven't been given according to potential, or else Askew would have got one at Roe. They haven't been given according to ranking, either, or else Watling would have got one there. Heaven knows what they're based on...

(This is not to sound rude to Vicky, please! You take whatever you're given in life... Good luck to her.)

I suppose Vandeweghe is a cert? If you're influential enough to dupe a tennis body, you're surely influential enough to dupe a croquet club which gives WCs to people like Pavlyuchenkova or Vassallo Arguello.

George Morgan has a good chance of getting one, but he needs to ask for it. I don't think he has an agent, so his coach should call up and say "George won the Orange Bowl, can he have a wild card? Orange Bowl, you know? Andy Murray won it once." Job done...
They'll give it to anyone as long as they think that person will grow up to become a star (and they're terrible at judging that - not saying George won't be! He has a chance, surely).

ForeverDelayed · Grand Slam Champion

^^^

Boluda is like Tomic in the sense that he's a dead cert to make the top 100/top 50, and he's only 15 years old.

I understand why he's got a WC here as they are to given to players with promise who aren't high enough ranked to make the cut, even though he is Spanish (and if we produced someone as good as Boluda will be, they'd get WC as well, as Murray got quite a few in foreign countries after his breakthrough)

Salmon · Tennis legend

Boulda's nowhere near that good, though. I mean, of course he's brilliant but he's not 50% of Tomic, even. Tomic won the AO Juniors when he was younger than what Boluda is now and unless he improves a lot, Carlos won't win it next year either...
Plus Tomic had beaten a top 150 player by his age, where as Boluda is unranked. I think it's a bit premature to call him a cert!

-- Edited by Greenleaf at 11:49, 2008-06-22