Wimbledon/Grass Season WCs

wolf · Tennis legend

Wimbledon/Grass Season WCs

wolf · Tennis legend

Last year the cut at Birmingham was 128 so O'Brien, Baltacha and South might all make it.

For Birmingham my wild cards would be South, Stoop, Cavaday, and Broady. South deserves one after reaching the QF last year and if she gets in as a DA then her place should go to Webley-Smith. If the other two can't get in as DA's then I think they should be more than capable of qualifying as high seeds.

For Eastbourne, assuming Anne is a DA, it should be three of Baltacha, O'Brien, South and Stoop, the others should be in Wimbly qualifying.

-- Edited by wolf on Thursday 30th of April 2009 07:59:43 PM

alex03maccy · Grand Slam Champion

i agree broady should receive one for Birmingham but i don't see what cavaday has done to deserve one.

murray_2k9 · Challenger qualifying

Cavaday doesnt deserve one at all. She has shown no commitment or drive to make it up the rankings. Unless her match against Kraijek is an indication of a dramatic turnaround, which I doubt, then she should be overlooked. Stoop definitely deserves to get in as she hasnt really had much of a grass court season thanks to WCs before.

In all honesty, Mel hasnt done an awful lot this year either, but she has been unlucky with injuries. Hopefully after her training block she makes good use of the WCs.

Silver · County player

wolf wrote:

Last year the cut at Birmingham was 128 so O'Brien, Baltacha and South might all make it.

For Birmingham my wild cards would be South, Stoop, Cavaday, and Broady. South deserves one after reaching the QF last year and if she gets in as a DA then her place should go to Webley-Smith. If the other two can't get in as DA's then I think they should be more than capable of qualifying as high seeds.

For Eastbourne, assuming Anne is a DA, it should be three of Baltacha, O'Brien, South and Stoop, the others should be in Wimbly qualifying.

-- Edited by wolf on Thursday 30th of April 2009 07:59:43 PM

Oooooh, Anne as a DA in Easty? Not sure about that. The cut-off point for there has been dreadfully high in the past.

Similarly, Birmingham is now the only tournament that week so the cut-off there could be a lot higher than usual. Mel will most likely get a wildcard following her run last year. They'd be silly not to give her one.

wolf · Tennis legend

I said assuming! I honestly have no idea but last years cut was 54, and Anne is now ranked, er, 54.

About Cavaday, she was injured/missing for the end of last year, and although she hasn't really set the world alight on her return she has had some encouraging results in patches. She also has a game suited to grass. I just don't like the idea giving players a wild card into all three tournaments, except maybe Stoop who has never been given one into the main draws before, by my knowledge. I had no idea about Birmingham being the only tournament that week this year, it would be a choice between South and Stoop for a WC into Eastbourne for me then, wonder how many winnable draws there would be for Georgie though.

alex03maccy · Grand Slam Champion

it's a tough won to call as they are both injured at the moment. it might depend on who does best on their return.

wolf · Tennis legend

Apparently there are five wild cards for Birmingham but only two for Eastbourne.

South 10 out of Birmingham and Keothavong 9 out of Eastbourne (where the cut-off is 35 *eek*).

jamatthews · Strong Club Player

I think we'll only be allowed to use 4 of the Birmingham WCs (just like there's really 4 Eastbourne WCs but we are only allowed 2 of them).

Mervatron · Masters Series Champion

My birmingham WC's would go to i'm going to assume that Mel gets in with Anne.

MD

Georgie
Naomi B
Bally
Katie

Quallies
Naomi C
Emily
Jade C
No idea who to give the other one to

Eastbourne

Whoever misses out on Brum should get one here.

Quallies

Its probably going to be the big 4 outside of Anne with Naomi B and Emily as the other options. All depends on wimbledon WC's aswell and how the girls perform in Nottingham.

Silver · County player

Sorry wolf, I didn't mean to offend at all! Blame my mouth! I didn't think last year's cut was as low as that actually! I remember Kanepi being in qualies and she was ranked fairly high at the time so I thought it was higher. I do remember one year where the last direct entrant was Molik and I think she was ranked 26th at the time...

I hope Anne manages to rack up a few points between now and Surbiton/wherever they sent it cos she's got those points and Wimby over grass so let's hope she grabs a few decent hauls in the Southern England I mean UK events... (TECHNICALLY we've still got Brum left up here but we all know the story...)

-- Edited by Silver on Friday 8th of May 2009 06:11:51 PM

Salmon · Tennis legend

Could someone please tell me within 50 words why Laura Robson is not playing any form of international tennis?

I've lost track of her career.

steven · Tennis legend

She's been injured, she's doing a GCSE and she's entered for a tournament in a couple of weeks' time. Or so I've heard.

Salmon · Tennis legend

Thanks a lot! GCSE sounds quite interesting.

Peter too · Tennis legend

Laura is in two tournaments on 25th May, the G1 junior tournament in Astrid in Belgium where she is top seed, and the ITF $25K in Grado, Italy where she just is in the main draw.