Anna's seeded 4 in the qualifiers and will need to get through this section to qualify:

(4)Anna Smith (GBR) WR 266 v Nina Zander (GER) WR 558
Morgane Pons (FRA) WR 754 v Sarah-Rebecca Sekulic (GER) WR 511

Scarlett Werner (GER) WR 659 v (wc)Nikola Vajdova (SVK) WR 968
(7)Karla Mraz (FRA) WR 361 v (wc)Lou Brouleau (FRA) WR 865

WRs added.

Also, just noticed that Brouleau is just 14 years old, and is playing against Mraz who is 28 later this year. 


-- Edited by SMC1809 on Friday 23rd of April 2010 10:24:35 PM

Yes, it is a bit strange that you get one point for qualifying for a 25K and then get the same six points for qualfying ( plus reward for winning qualifying matches ) for all tournaments from 50K to 100K + H.

I realise that the qualifying draws in particular do not always rise in quality commensurate to the tournament status ( indeed occasionally the reverse ), but logically you would have thought there might have been some variation in the qualifying points.

Anyway, 20 points here for a MD first round win, so if Anna was to say qualify and win her first round she would move up to 201 points and possibly into the world top 250.

She has nothing to defend until after Wimbledon, so if she doesn't do it in this week she's probably odds on making the top 250 in the following few weeks and laying down her marker for a Wimbledon WC . The rankings on 7th June are these that the LTA have said they will look at to see who is in the top 250 before making their WC recommendations.

-- Edited by indiana on Friday 23rd of April 2010 10:26:05 PM

indiana wrote:

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Yes, it is a bit strange that you get one point for qualifying for a 25K and then get the same six points for qualfying ( plus reward for winning qualifying matches ) for all tournaments from 50K to 100K + H.

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Part of the reason for just 1pt in 25k's is no doubt that there are eight spaces availible, as opposed to just four at all other levels.  You still think the pts there would vary though....they obviously do in the main draws!

Q1: SMITH, Anna (GBR) 4 266 lost to ZANDER, Nina (GER) 558 3-6 Ret.

Oh pity 

I certainly hope it is nothing too serious given how well things have been going for  Anna.  The first set score, being rather unexpected, does suggest that some problem was maybe effecting her during that set.

Having followed British tennis very closely for the last 18 months I have noticed that Anna just doesn't get injured so a surprise and hopefully not serious. No update from her on twitter either as to what the problem is.