Race for Wimbledon Main Draw

indiana · Tennis legend

RE: Race for Wimbledon Main Draw

philwrig · Hall of fame

Thanks for the update Wolf. This is how I see it now.

Wild Card nominations for Main Draw.
1. Katie
2. Cav
3. Mel
4. Laura
5. Heather

and for Qualification

6. Anna
7. Naomi
8. Georgie if fit.

Naomi is now a long shot to be top 250 and Anna coming back off injury must be a severe doubt as well.

philwrig · Hall of fame

Maza1987 wrote:

apparently, laura is gonna try and qualify for strasbourg next week
http://www.sportinglife.com/tennis/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=tennis/10/05/10/TENNIS_Robson.html

Laura has entered and is 3 out at the moment so will probably get in.
The article also referred to trying to qualify for French Open. So that clears up the will she / won't she get the wild card for French Qualies.

I think if she gains direct entry to US open qualifying this year and Aussie open qualifying next year they will count as two merited increases. That will allow her to play 14 for the year. Otherwise she might have a very quiet end to this year.

The Knight · Challenger qualifying

is Mel top 250?

philwrig · Hall of fame

At the moment yes.

RBBOT · Futures qualifying

Otherwise she might have a very quiet end to this year.
I'd expect her to be in the England team for the Commonwealth Games which will be one extra end of year tournament.

wolf · Tennis legend

indiana wrote:

I would imagine that Laura for certain and Heather very likely won't need to get into the top 250. There is the exception of younger players who have performed particularly well prior to the Championships and I would anticipate the LTA recommending them both for MD WCS.

Yes, obviously completely academic for these two.

I would rate Naomi has a 40/60 shot at the moment.

philwrig · Hall of fame

RBBOT wrote:

Otherwise she might have a very quiet end to this year.
I'd expect her to be in the England team for the Commonwealth Games which will be one extra end of year tournament.

Heather's playing for Guernsey I think so you might be right. It will be interesting to see how many British girls take part in that. Bally for Scotland etc., etc.,.

RBBOT · Futures qualifying

Heather is officially on the Guernsey team but none of the other countries have named their teams yet. The deadline isn't until the start of September, so it may be some time before further announcements are made.

As for Wimbledon, Heather has climbed further up the rankings in her first year after wining her junior slam that Laura did last year (albeit being able to enter more events) so is sure to get the nod.

-- Edited by RBBOT on Monday 10th of May 2010 10:31:03 PM

Tennis36 · Masters Series Champion

quali lists now updated and laura is in the qualies this weekend for the wta event, hope for a good draw

-- Edited by Tennis36 on Wednesday 12th of May 2010 04:08:16 PM

RBBOT · Futures qualifying

It seem's the article was wrong about France: Laura she hasn't got a wildcard for Roland Garros according to the list on TF. There is still a possibility she might get into Ladies doubles as a merritted increase though if a) she wants to use up a merritted increase for a doubles tournament and b) a suitable partner can be found.

As for the commonwealth games, I think Bally / Anne may miss it as there will be a conflict with $4.5m China Open but for Laura with her age restrictions on the tour, it couldn't come at a better time.

-- Edited by RBBOT on Thursday 13th of May 2010 07:27:40 PM

philwrig · Hall of fame

A bit ridiculous they all go to French girls. On the positive side Laura can focus 100% on Strasbourg. Wouldn't be surprised to see Laura take part at Eastbourne this year either in qualies or via a main draw wild card.

PaulM · Tennis legend

Apart from the one to the ozzie girl, and the one to the American.

If we get 6 wildcards for brits at wimbledon I'm sure u wouldn't be complaining....

Maza1987 · Challenger level

its not ridiculous at all. It's their grand slam, they should of course give it to french girls.

philwrig · Hall of fame

PaulM wrote:

Apart from the one to the ozzie girl, and the one to the American.

If we get 6 wildcards for brits at wimbledon I'm sure u wouldn't be complaining....

They have an agreement that one goes to an American and another goes to an Aussie so that means the fourteen remaining have gone to French girls. The LTA have said they will only recommend 8 in total plus 2 via a qualification wild card playoff. I make that 10 in total not comparable to 14.