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Noone has any idea what the entry list is for this tournament apart from a chosen few. However we do know that Bally, Katie and Anne are main draw acceptances and won't need a wild card.

Heather will definitely play but might be undercooked on the grass as she has just arrived in this country after graduating in the states. I expect a main draw WC for Heather as playing on Saturday in qualies wouldn't give her enough preparation time.

Last year the main draw wild cards were announced after the qualification players were known so expect them to be announced late again this year.

Having no idea who has entered and who has not the only other information we have is that Laura wants to play in qualifying using her own ranking. If she makes the qualification cutoff I expect her to stick to this plan. However if she doesn't her team might reconsider and take a main draw WC.

Cav will definitely get a main draw wild card as well with Mel/ Anna/ Naomi next up in that order. Lisa, Tara , Joss will get QWCs. 24 hours to wait before we see if I'm correct.

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TheBoiledEgg has posted the top 18 seeds on TF:

1-Sharapova
2-Wickmayer
3-Schiavone
4-Rezai
5-Errani
6- Shvedova
7-Govortsova
8-Petkovic

9-Wozniak
10-Rybarikova
11-Czink
12-Vinci
13-Baltacha
14-Kerber
15-Tanasugarn
16-Barrois

17-King
18-Kulikova

and the following are the last into the main draw:

Rodionova
Molik
Camerin
Groth
Koryttseva
Sprem
O'Brien

Anne is next in, and I'm guessing Schiavone will pull out due to being a bit busy this week!

Heather has also tweeted that she is on the way to Brum.

P.s. If anyone is going - take some earplugs MLDB will be there!



-- Edited by RBBOT on Thursday 3rd of June 2010 08:09:54 PM

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Anne is definitely in according to LTA twitter.

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RBBOT wrote:

P.s. If anyone is going - take some earplugs MLDB will be there!

Oh God! bleh

 



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To be fair to MLDB she is much quieter these days but alas her results have stunk since she decided to turn the volume down.

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philwrig wrote:

To be fair to MLDB she is much quieter these days but alas her results have stunk since she decided to turn the volume down.


biggrin That said, I've lost count recently of the number of (particularly) female players who make so much noise, it's making the game unpleasant/unbearable to "watch".  I gave up on Sharapova's match against (if memory serves) Kirilenko at R-G towards the end of last week because I just couldn't stand the racket from BOTH girls! angered.gif

 



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I'm hoping to go on the Monday and the Tuesday. Thanks for the warnings!

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According to Cav's coach she is heading to Birmingham to play qualies. I am most confused now about who are getting wild cards surely the players already know.

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Possibly some bigger names who went out of Roland Garros early may have asked for one.

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MDWC Heather
Naomi B
Mel
QWC Laura
Lisa
Joss
Anna


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Seems very odd that Mel (down 23 places to 212 on the year so far) has got a MD WC ahead of Cav (up 27 places to 177 and 3 years younger) and indeed that Mel's got one here but Boggo (up 3 places to 160) hasn't got one at Queen's.

However, compared to the Queen's fiasco, these make perfect sense ...

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The other MDWC went to Li Na.

I'm guessing that doubles WCs will go to Laura/Heather (if they need a WC) and after this week's effort Katie/Naomi.

Also, I've noticed Li Na is down as being a wild card on the Eastbourne entry list and today they announced one for Svetlana Kuznetsova. Do you think Li changed tournament, or will there only be two Brit wild cards in Eastbourne?

-- Edited by RBBOT on Friday 4th of June 2010 06:34:52 PM

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(1)KANEPI, Kaia 119 v DITTY, Julie 513
(WC)WHYBOURN, Lisa 438 v (9)FERGUSON, Sophie 142

(3)KRAJICEK, Michaella 130 v (WC)RAE, Jocelyn 480
MINELLA, Mandy 178 v (13)MARINO, Rebecca 155

(4)SCHEEPERS, Chanelle 131 v (WC)SMITH, Anna 270
DOI, Misaki 179 v (10)NARA, Kurumi 147

(5)BRATCHIKOVA, Nina 133 v (WC)ROBSON, Laura 262
BRENGLE, Madison 174 v (16)DIATCHENKO, Vitalia 169

(6)KARATANTCHEVA, Sesil 134 v HOFMANOVA, Nikola 170
CAVADAY, Naomi 177 v (12)TATISHVILI, Anna 152



-- Edited by RBBOT on Friday 4th of June 2010 06:53:45 PM

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Jos will probably be frustrated at having to play Krajicek again, after doing so in Nottingham and Birmingham last year. Nice draw for Laura though, as neither seed in her section has much grass court pedigree.

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How did Julie Ditty get in on a ranking of 513? Alternate or can you use doubles rankings to enter WTA singles qualifying?

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