2011 Hopman cup

RBBOT · Futures qualifying

2011 Hopman cup

philwrig · Hall of fame

Heard that it is likely but not yet officially confirmed.

RBBOT · Futures qualifying

Australia: Alicia Molik / Leyton Hewiit

Kazakhstan: Yaroslava Shvedova / Andrey Golubev
Italy: Francesca Schiavone / Potito Starace

One spot left.

-- Edited by RBBOT on Saturday 2nd of October 2010 04:03:44 PM

gjr · Club Coach

Andy and Laura will be there again next year.

The draw was made today and they are in group B

Group A
Serbia
Belgium
Australia
Kazakhstan

Group B
USA
GB
France
Italy

LordBrownof · Futures level

So we will see Serena Williams Vs Laura Robson?! I'm giddy!

philwrig · Hall of fame

Should beat France, Italy 50/50 and will need a bit of luck to beat the US.

RBBOT · Futures qualifying

Not only that, they'll be facing what is surely the fastest agregate serve speed in the history of mixed doubles. I'd wonder if she's looking forward to facing Isner?

Overall, I think she'll like all 3 singles match ups - the two strongest (on ranking anyway) players for the experience and the weakest for an even chance of winning a match.

And lets face it, if you had to pick a recent grand slam champion she stood a chance of winning against on a hard court, Schaivone would be at the top of the list.

Andy would also be pretty pleased - no Djokovic while 'warming up' and three players ranked 15-55.

-- Edited by RBBOT on Monday 18th of October 2010 08:51:52 PM

RBBOT · Futures qualifying

Schedule (times are GMT):

Mon 3 Jan 2011 01:30 (3) Great Britain v Italy
Wed 5 Jan 2011 09:00 (3) Great Britain v France
Fri 7 Jan 2011 06:00-07:00 (2) USA v (3) Great Britain

The Friday tie follows the France vs Italy women's singles which starts at 05:00. All matches are on the centre court so hopefully there will be coverage.

philwrig · Hall of fame

Serena very likely out of HC, not yet official but announcement expected soon.
In other news Laura unlikely to make the cut for AO qualies. Cut off last year was 218, and at the moment Laura is at that spot, but with several players challenging to overtake her in the next few weeks she is likely to drop down another few places.

RBBOT · Futures qualifying

Who would they replace her with. Venus? Oudin?

philwrig · Hall of fame

Vandeweghe maybe ?

philwrig · Hall of fame

According to this brief report Laura is going to use coaching staff from the Moroutoglou Tennis Academy from the start of next year, it also confirms Oli Golding's desire to train in Mexico as well.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/tennis/article-1332428/Laura-Robson-turns-France-British-starlet-plots-assault-womens-rankings.html

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

It doesn't say much for the young players' opinions of the LTA facilities, does it?

RBBOT · Futures qualifying

Robson split from Dutch coach Martijn Bok in September and embarks on a busier schedule for 2011, freed from most restrictions after turning 17 in January.

Not that much busier. The restriction she isn't freed from is the total number of tournaments - she can still only play 16-20 tournaments, depending on merited increases, compared to 13 this year.

philwrig · Hall of fame

I must admit I thought she might have enlisted the services of a higher profile coach, not just somebody from the Academy. Be interesting to see how she starts off the season next year, with a change in coach and having had a long offseason.