Good news about Bally

NotAClue · Lower Club Player

Good news about Bally

philwrig · Hall of fame

It looked like a dead set retirement when she didn't go for the op straightaway, but time away from the match court appears to have rekindled an inner fire to get back there. Hopefully her body will allow her to get back there, great news.

Priesty · Challenger level

Great news indeed, just hope the body behaves.

Will she be entitled to a protected ranking to play tournaments, like AK when she was out for 6 months a few years ago?

Peter too · Tennis legend

That's very good news, just think sometime next year we could have four or even five girls inside the top 100.

insomniacfolder · Challenger level

So pleased to hear this. aww

Peter too wrote:
That's very good news, just think sometime next year we could have four or even five girls inside the top 100.

Eek! I can feel my vertigo coming on already!

philwrig · Hall of fame

I know this isn't about Bally, but another article about one of our top players, this time JoKo.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/tennis/9616060/Johanna-Konta-aiming-to-follow-path-of-Laura-Robson-and-Heather-Watson-after-a-bumper-year-for-British-tennis.html

insomniacfolder · Challenger level

Good on the Telegraph for that one; and hope that Johanna can consistently find close to her USO form next year.
All of a sudden, the media are falling over themselves to run GB Tennis stories, and about the women in particular. Funny that!
Given another woeful performance by our footballers today hopefully the papers will have lots of space to dedicate to sports that are actually performing.

kundalini · Specialist Reporter + Intermediate Club Player

Priesty wrote:
Great news indeed, just hope the body behaves.

Will she be entitled to a protected ranking to play tournaments, like AK when she was out for 6 months a few years ago?

Yes. She will be able to use a protected ranking for a maximum of 8 events during the 12 months after she returns (according to the 2012 WTA Tour Rulebook). Her PR will be about 100 so will get her into the slams.

PaulM · Tennis legend

I think you can only use your PR at one Slam?

Reeltime · Satellite level

PaulM wrote:
I think you can only use your PR at one Slam?

Correct Paul.

WTA Rulebook: "A player may enter a maximum of one (1) Grand Slam
using her Special Ranking as part of her eight (8) Special
Ranking Tournaments."

SMC1809 · All-time great

I'm guessing that will be US Open then, with Oz being too early, French would be a waste and surely she'd get a Wild Card for Wimbledon.

Josh · Challenger level

Although hopefully she'll be ranked high enough by August to get in directly for the US.