steven wrote:

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Tutu wrote:

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jb288 wrote:

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steven wrote:

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Based on the points needed for each place last week, that's three Brits in the top 110 - Anne, Katie and Elena.

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Steven, sure I'm missing the point here, but can you explain why Mel's only gaining the 3 points so far for these two weeks - hasn't she made 23 and lost 10? And hasn't Katie made 60 and lost 30? Is it because the points for the French have increased since last year or am I just very confused...thanks!

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According to TBEs thread, bally is 113.

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TBE's calculation is more accurate - mine was just based on the number of points needed for each ranking position last year, as I said. I'm quite surprised the more accurate version has her lower, I must admit.

Thanks, jamatthews, for explaining my figures for Katie and Mel. You can see what I'm counting (or not) for each player at http://www.britishtennis.net/stats/ptdf.htm?n=1 - it usually only gets updated once a week, but because some players have two new sets of points to go on and some have two new sets coming off next Monday (both of which may or may not be couinting scores), I've been updating the best 16 lists as I go along in order to make sure my figures are accurate.

 

 

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Oh thanks! I've actually never seen that before, sorry I just thought you'd picked a figure out of your head. Thats really interesting to see the points breakdown.

 

 

Good luck Mel and Naomi tomorrow! Sorry Bally. :p

Hmm. How far do you guys think Naomi would have to go to be considered for a MDWC as the "Exceptional circumstance"?

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Ah I see, thanks Steven/James for explaining that - forgot about mandatories etc.

Hard to be too happy about Naomi beating Katie so convincingly, as I imagine Katie's 'mental problems' are particularly acute vs Brits, but still great to see 3 Brits out of 8 in the quarters. As for NC v Bally, I'd rather Bally got the points to be honest, as Naomi will have plenty of opportunity to pick them up in Wimbledon qualies.

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 It's got nothing to do with "mental problems". Naomi is simply a far better grass courter.

As for the WC situation, I think I'd prefer qualifying. I'm pretty confident she'd raise her game for it, and the points would come in very useful for reaching US Open qualifying which is an important target IMO. The last thing I want is for her to get another tough draw, and show that's she can compete but go away with nothing once again.

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QF
Sarah Borwell (GBR) & Angela Haynes (USA) [4] bt Alberta Brianti (ITA) & Maria-Elena Camerin (ITA) 6-4 6-4
"At 5-2 up I got edgy on my serve and we lost eight points in a row. On the ninth point I we were both at the net and I fell down, retrieved a volley, stood back up again, hit three more volleys and we won the point. It was the point that got things going in our direction again. It was nice to get another match under our belts," said Sarah.

Wow go Sarah, great to hear she was fighting

i think mel may have too much for voegele and i can't call cav/bally. have to wait until friday to find out what happened though.

Pretty good day for the girls. Highlight was definitely Mel. She played exceptionally well. Her groundstrokes and serves were amazing. There was one game in the second set where she served 3 aces in a row and nearly made it 4 but narrowly missed the line. Ditty was totally outclassed.

Watched some of Elena's match but had to go and watch another match as it was so frustrating and boring. She would play a great point that would put her in a good position in the game, then follow it up with very poor errors, wasting so many leads and opportunities. Don't see Bally beating Naomi with this not great form, she really needs to step it up, hadn't looked particularly impressive in either of the first two rounds, even though she has managed to scrape through which I suppose is what counts though.

Jade played a really good match against Wickmayer. Lots of very close games, long deuces and tough rallies, she fought for everything and I love that about her. Wickmayer was always going to be tough and her groundstrokes were so powerful and precise, Jade was being moved from one side to the other. She coped very well under pressure including games where she had to save break points.

Jocelyn again was very impressive. That serve is a HUGE weapon, definitely one of the best in professional womens tennis. Both Krajicek and Rae have massive serves so it wasn't surprising that there was only one break in the whole match. Lots of serving and volleying from Rae, which was generally so well done, she is very good at the net. Her game is perfectly suited to grass so i'm hoping she's done enough to get another wildcard opportunity, don't know where for, I guess Birmingham qualies, because with a decent draw she could cause serious problems for players with that serve.

Naomi vs Katie was not nearly as entertaining as I had anticipated. Having watched Naomi's two prior matches I knew she was in great form but I thought that Katie would have done a lot better considering her results this year. Katie wasn't helped by a lot of unfair calls, which she never questioned but had I been in her position I definitely wouldn't have been so calm and accepting of some of the calls. However credit to Naomi, she was again striking the ball beautifully, setting herself up well and finishing off many points with well measured winners. Katie was struggling with some of the balls Naomi hit because they were hit very powerfully into the corners and close to the lines. Was heartbreaking watching Katie lose, she obviously really wanted to do well on home soil and nothing seemed to work for her like it has been for the first 5 months of 2009. Hope she picks herself up again for the next few weeks.

Fantastic to see Sarah come through the doubles. She always looked like she was enjoying being out there and played some great points, including the one Wolf mentioned above. I could imagine her playing with haynes again in the future, they play well together, hopefully they can win the title.

As picks for the title i'd definitely go with either Wickmayer or South. Mel really impressed today. However i haven't seen Voegele play yet so I don't know whether she is a candidate for the title. Will add some more videos tonight.