Week 45 - Women's ITF(10K) - Sunderland (new thread)

jamatthews · Strong Club Player

RE: Week 45 - Women's ITF(10K) - Sunderland (new thread)

Peter too · Tennis legend

It's very unlikely but the best chance would be to win through a couple of GS qualifiers and get a lucky 1st round draw in each. That would be worth 182 points.

steven · Tennis legend

Laura won the Final 3 & 2 - her first senior title in just her 5th event

murrayman650 · ATP level

yey laura
this tennis stuff is easy isn't it

wolf · Tennis legend

Well done Laura, the first of many we hope (and at a higher level than this).

Drew · Nov 9, 2008

Congrats to Laura....as others...hope this is the first of many to come !

wolf · Tennis legend

Report on the final.

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Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Smidster · Challenger level

Congratulations Laura and what a day for the British girls!

Think worrying about Junior rankings for Wild Cards is not needed though as I am sure she will get plenty, and probably too many in all honesty, of offers.

Mervatron · Masters Series Champion

Well Done Laura:)

Hopefully she can do well in Eddie Herr and Orange Bowl to end the year on a massive high.

goldfish · Futures qualifying

First senior title so soon - brilliant week. Congrats also to Sam and the other British girls who exceeded their rankings this week and who continue to show us that the girls are making big strides at all levels. The renewed support they are getting is definitely paying off.

Happycynic · Pro player

Smidster wrote:

Congratulations Laura and what a day for the British girls!

Think worrying about Junior rankings for Wild Cards is not needed though as I am sure she will get plenty, and probably too many in all honesty, of offers.

She's only allowed 3 standard WCs (see Tara for what happens on number 4..).

I don't actually know if JE places are additional to the 3 WCs. If they are, they help. If not, they don't.

I think with current AER, she would have to do quite extraordinarily well to make it to the 350-400 points that is the top 100. She has both the AER to contend with, and is currently competitive vs top 200 players, but not overwhelming them. I'd give it a good two years to get near there.

-- Edited by Happycynic at 16:00, 2008-11-09

helki · Futures qualifying

goldfish wrote:

First senior title so soon - brilliant week. Congrats also to Sam and the other British girls who exceeded their rankings this week and who continue to show us that the girls are making big strides at all levels. The renewed support they are getting is definitely paying off.

I expected Laura would win, but as you say, a splendid week for all the Brit girls. biggrin

I'm looking forward to seeing how they progress from here. Next year could be quite exciting on the female front.

RBBOT · Futures qualifying

Actually, I had those junior exempt wild cards wrong - 1x75k and 2x50k is for second place. First place gets 1x100k and 2x75k. They aren't extra wild cards - they just guarantee the minimum tournament grade of the three she'd be entitled to anyway.

Still, things are looking good all round on the womens' front this week.

DUSTY DICK · Club Coach

Congratulations Laura. First 10k in the bag, a nice way to start. What an exciting prospect. Can't wait to see what she does next year but just hope she isn't pushed too far too soon, just nice steady progress upwards.