US Open Qualifying Wild Cards

philwrig · Hall of fame

US Open Qualifying Wild Cards

alex03maccy · Grand Slam Champion

wow! good for her but a bit of a shock.

johnnylad · Tennis legend

Nice

Tutu · Club Coach

:O Surprising. I thought they would give it to Cav. Her twitter seems to suggest that she expects to be playing the USO.

The Knight · Challenger qualifying

well isn't she like 250? That's high enough to get into qualies automatically?

Edit: cut-off is 230, Naomi is down as 250 and 18th alt

-- Edited by The Knight on Thursday 20th of August 2009 10:03:45 PM

wales1994 · Club Coach

When are the draws out?

murray_2k9 · Challenger qualifying

Draw should be out monday/tuesday I believe? Im not sure tho.

Thats a shocker, but a very pleasant one! Hope Laura can win a round or so!

Peter too · Tennis legend

There is a debate on GBTG about whether or not the WC for Laura would be legal or not. Both Tara and Joss fell foul of the Byzantine rules after taking a WC for Wimbledon.

murray_2k9 · Challenger qualifying

What happened to them?

wolf · Tennis legend

murray_2k9 wrote:

What happened to them?

They had their points that they earned from the tournament in which they broke the rules taken off. Which was annoying as possibly it was their best tournaments of the year.

In both cases they contrivined AER (Age Eligibility Rule) rules. Tara took one extra wild card than she was allowed, perhaps not realising a wild card into the qualifying tournament at Wimbledon counted. Joss was even more unlucky, she exceeded the number of tournaments she is allowed to play between birthdays, seemingly not realising it included doubles tournaments (she played main draw doubles at Wimbledon).

The Knight · Challenger qualifying

i understand why the WTA or ITF want to avoid young players overdoing it but sometimes the rules seem a little silly

Peter too · Tennis legend

The question seems to be whether Laura can accept wild cards for two Grand Slams, Wimbledon and US, between her 15th and 16th birthdays. It has been argued that because she lost in the 1st round at Wimbledon that one won't count, but who knows what the WTA in their wisdom will decide?

murray_2k9 · Challenger qualifying

But slams always count towards your ranking so I cant see them just ignoring the Wimb WC. If worst comes to the worst then I hope the WC stays in British hands.

murray_2k9 · Challenger qualifying

Draw is out tonight, at 10. Katie and Bally will both be seeded, hopefully Georgie and Mel can get themselves into different sections - and Laura for that matter. A good win for her would boost her ranking a lot.

Mervatron · Masters Series Champion

Of course the wimbledon one will count as she got 5 ranking points. WCs dont count if you don't get any ranking points for them

Tara and Joss situation was very different. Tara got points taken off her as she got 4 WC's between her 15th and 16th birthday, you can only have 3. Joss played 17 singles events which she is allowed to do before her 18th birthday but as she played wimbledon MD doubles that counted as an 18th event. That one was a bit picky i think.