tony_orient wrote:

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Very nice first round draw for Bally (if there was a gold medal for good 1st round draws in major tournaments she would surely win!) 

-- Edited by tony_orient on Thursday 26th of July 2012 02:26:10 PM

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 Yes, that brings her average first-round opponent rank for this year to a staggering 184 for main tour events, although Anne is still edging her out on the big events. From a rankings perspective, the Olympics isn't really a major tournament, comming in about halfway between a Premier 700 and a Premier 5. There are 15 events with more points on offer.

-- Edited by RBBOT on Thursday 26th of July 2012 08:13:49 PM

R1: KEOTHAVONG, Anne (GBR) 76 v WOZNIACKI, Caroline (DEN) 8
R1: BALTACHA, Elena (GBR) 102 v SZAVAY, Agnes (HUN) UNR
R1: WATSON, Heather (GBR) 67 v SOLER ESPINOSA, Silvia (ESP) 63

Anne played Caroline in 2009 and lost 1 & 0
Elena played Agnes in 2010 and lost 3 & 5

What odds Szavay pulls out before Martic and Laura gets to play Elena instead of Safarova?

RBBOT wrote:

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tony_orient wrote:

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Very nice first round draw for Bally (if there was a gold medal for good 1st round draws in major tournaments she would surely win!) 

-- Edited by tony_orient on Thursday 26th of July 2012 02:26:10 PM

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 Yes, that brings her average first-round opponent rank for this year to a staggering 184 for main tour events, although Anne is still edging her out on the big events. From a rankings perspective, the Olympics isn't really a major tournament, comming in about halfway between a Premier 700 and a Premier 5. There are 15 events with more points on offer.

-- Edited by RBBOT on Thursday 26th of July 2012 08:13:49 PM

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 I would say in terms of prestige an Olympic title ranks only behind a Grand Slam though. Obviously with different entry rules to other tournaments such as 4 players per country, it would be unfair to award huge amounts of ranking points.

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Peter too wrote:

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What odds Szavay pulls out before Martic and Laura gets to play Elena instead of Safarova?

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 Would they re-jig the draw in that case? You are meant to be in a different quarter of the draw to a player from the same country.

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That's correct per the ITF rules.  So IF anyone else does pull out they'd have to put Laura into the 1st Quarter (Azarenka's) and shuffle others around 'cos Anne is in the 2nd Quarter, Bally in the 3rd and Hev in the 4th.

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 I doubt that would apply to changes due to withdrawals after the draw has been made.