Joss Rae/Jennifer Ren

steven · Tennis legend

Joss Rae/Jennifer Ren

scottie1 · Futures level

Can anybody advise what has happened to Joss was she injured?

Has the elder Ren sister retired from tennis

murray_2k9 · Challenger qualifying

Its Georgie Gent who's coaching. Not sure about Joss but dont feel she was ever a full time player really

indiana · Tennis legend

Certainly Joss Rae was a full time player with I took it very serious intentions at about ages 18 / 19,

But already before she won Commonwealth Games Mixed Doubles gold with Colin Fleming in 2010 at age 19 she had had injury issues that year and a lot therefter to the extent she effectively disappeared from view.

I haven't heard anything about her or her plans in the last year or so.

steven · Tennis legend

murray_2k9 wrote:
Its Georgie Gent who's coaching. Not sure about Joss but dont feel she was ever a full time player really

I think you're right. I'm impressed that you managed to work out which player I'd mixed her up with! They're not very similar at all, of course, except in the sense that they were promising players, out long-term injured whom we'd like to see back but aren't sure if they'll return.

LordBrownof · Futures level

Joss tweeted me about 18 months ago saying she was hoping to be back post foot injury. Her timetable for return was about a year ago, I think, which makes me slightly concerned for her future. Fingers crossed though, she was a solid prospect.

murray_2k9 · Challenger qualifying

steven wrote:
murray_2k9 wrote:
Its Georgie Gent who's coaching. Not sure about Joss but dont feel she was ever a full time player really
I think you're right. I'm impressed that you managed to work out which player I'd mixed her up with! They're not very similar at all, of course, except in the sense that they were promising players, out long-term injured whom we'd like to see back but aren't sure if they'll return.

Yeah we dont have quite enough talented players for me to let them slip off the radar that easily! biggrin

Sorry Indiana, I dont agree with Joss being full time. I dont think she ever even played 20 tournaments a year and was certainly playing far less than her contempories. That doesnt mean that she didnt have good runs and play very promisingly, but whether it was due to injuries or not she certainly under-played IMO.

scottie1 · Futures level

did Joss not play until the summer of 2011 can remember she was a controversial selection for scotland as nikki slater missed out

indiana · Tennis legend

scottie, I believe you are thinking of someone else who was a controversial choice ahead of Nik Slater for Scotland's 2010 Commonwealth Games team. I forget her name, but more of a coach than a player ( quite a lot of suggestion that Nik's face didn't fit compared to this less talented establishment figure, and Nik let her feelings be known as she can ! )

That wasn't Joss though and I am not aware of any controversial selection with regards to her. As I mentioned, she of course won mixed doublez gold in Delhi in 2010 with Colin Fleming.

I accept what you say, murray_2k9 re maybe total appearances over the years, but I think that was indeed injury related. The point I was trying to make was that her intentions were full time.

indiana · Tennis legend

Ah, having found the Scotland Commonwealth Games team for 2010, it was Mhairi Brown who was controversially selected ahead of Nik Slater.

Josh · Challenger level

Wasn't the controversy over Joss's selection the fact she wasn't actually Scottish? I remember articles referring to her as a local player during the Nottingham tournament one year.

murray_2k9 · Challenger qualifying

If it were due to injuries then fair enough. Certainly the time she was out of the game suggests she knew she had to do something drastic to have any realistic chance at a career. I hope that she is at least able to get back on tour and have a streak long enough to really develop, gain some momentum and then who knows what she might be capable of achieving.

indiana · Tennis legend

Josh, I don't really recall any particular issues re Joss's nationality in the Scottish media, but maybe some questions were raised.

But I do know Nik's issues were really with the wothiness pf the Mhairi Who selection. I remember Nik really very much wanted to represent Scotland and in tennis terms I felt very sorry for her since it did very much look an injustice.

albino · Intermediate Club Player

Continuing the theme, does anyone know where Manisha Foster has got to?

steven · Tennis legend

albino wrote:
Continuing the theme, does anyone know where Manisha Foster has got to?

She had been recovering from injury by the looks of it https://twitter.com/ManishaFoster (13 Feb tweet to Ons Jabeur) so with any luck she'll be back in action soon.