steven wrote:

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indiana wrote:

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Interesting Steven's stats on ranking points to week 8 so far. After Heather and Laura, and then Tara and JoKo 3rd and 4th on 86 and 85 points, there is quite a drop to Lisa and Emily, 5th and 6th with 21 and 18 points. Anne K is 7th on just 12 points.

It is very possible that these top 4 will become the overall GB rankings top 4 after the Indian Wells fortnight, especially if Tara wins the final here, with Anne and Bally having quite a lot of points coming off.

Could be an interesting next Fed Cup team, for on current form and fitness, Anne and Bally, so long the stalwarts, are not in GB's top 4.

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 You stopped at 7th, but in 8th place for points this year is Anna Smith, who won't even be ranked until tomorrow!

All other things being equal (i.e. no injuries), I can't see Judy picking Tara over Anne for an away tie on clay, even if she is ranked higher by then. I think she'll value Anne's experience and I think her clay court record is better too.  However, we could have Hev, Laura, JoKo and Tara as the mainstays of the Fed Cup team for some years to come, and that is an exciting prospect

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I think Tara becoming a stable member of the Fed Cup team would be awesome all round - another young Brit with loads of talent to contribute to practise sessions and to benefit from Judys experience. I cant see it being long until Tara does play, and she could definitely be useful for both singles and doubles if she continues to develop as she is at the moment.

 

Doubles final just finished, a win for the Americans. Lets hope the Yanks dont have finals day all their own way.

Of the first 8 games, 4 have gone to deuce, so its a close affair, however Tara now serving for the set *5-3

Which she does to 15, first set in the bag woohoo!

Now lets see if she can hold off Louisa's usual routine and take it in 2.

Tara breaks immediately

Tara double break *3-0

Doesn't Chirico usually start winning the 2nd set by now?