Wimbledon wild cards

steven · Tennis legend

Wimbledon wild cards

philwrig · Hall of fame

Cav I suspect turned it down. Bit of a shock. Surprised that Anna hasn't been given a QWC.

Maza1987 · Challenger level

no suprises as of yet.

PaulM · Tennis legend

Mel?!!

Must be an AELTC pick. She would have been on the list as top 250 but can't believe the LTA would have pushed for her, considering they didn't want to give her a wildcard a couple of years ago when she was in poor form but the AELTC did anyway.

Silver · County player

Actually, although I'd prefer it to go to a Brit, I'm actually surprised Mel has one. She's really done zip this year, sadly, and she would most definitely benefit from having a qualies wildcard (or entering qualies anyway...)

-- Edited by Silver on Monday 7th of June 2010 07:21:51 PM

RBBOT · Futures qualifying

Given the recent trend for unretirement, perhaps a surprise return by Steffi Graf ;)

steven · Tennis legend

The Ace list was incomplete, Anna did get a QWC - I'll edit the top post.

RBBOT · Futures qualifying

Surprised to see Laura playing doubles with Peers again rather than Heather.

-- Edited by RBBOT on Monday 7th of June 2010 07:37:26 PM

philwrig · Hall of fame

Yes I am as well but maybe she made a pact with Sally after the Aussie Open that she would return the compliment come Wimby time. Remember Sally invited Laura to play with her in Australia.

It will be interesting to see how many Aussie,Aussie,Aussie Oi Oi Oi chants Laura will get at Wimby especially now playing with Sally in the dubs.

steven · Tennis legend

Cav's coach has just confirmed that she chose to go through qualies. Brave from a financial point of view but makes perfect sense from a rankings point of view given the decent points available in women's slam qualifying. (as opposed to the derisory points available in men's qualifying)

RBBOT · Futures qualifying

Given the LTA said they would recommend 8 players for either draw, 4 have MD, 2 have QD, possibly 1 declined (Cav may have been on the LTA list or may have already chose qualies before it was made), I wonder where the other one has got to?

-- Edited by RBBOT on Monday 7th of June 2010 07:49:39 PM

PaulM · Tennis legend

Cav reached the final round last year, so has 50 to defend.

I would of thought Main Draw would of been worth the risk.

Mel shouldn't really be in the main draw, her confidence is clearly shot, but hopefully she can somehow push through.

-- Edited by PaulM on Monday 7th of June 2010 07:48:50 PM

PaulM · Tennis legend

RBBOT wrote:

Given the LTA said they would recommend 8 players for either draw, 4 have MD, 2 have QD, possibly 1 declined, I wonder where the other one has got to?

-- Edited by RBBOT on Monday 7th of June 2010 07:48:07 PM

I'm wondering if the AELTC turned it down. Could have been Joss, or Lisa.

Maza1987 · Challenger level

RBBOT wrote:

Surprised to see Laura playing doubles with Peers again rather than Heather.

-- Edited by RBBOT on Monday 7th of June 2010 07:37:26 PM

If it ain't broke........

Or maybe it's her aussie spirit shining through. Either way, I don't mind. They were a strong pairing in Oz.

RBBOT · Futures qualifying

Actually I think the main draw is best for Mel. Being low on confidence, the cash / 5 points and chance of a R1 win are better odds than making it through 3 rounds of qualifying.