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ricardo89


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Wildcards have been announced:

Anne Keothavong

Jo Konta 

Tara Moore 

 

I wonder which brits will be in qualifying 

Edit: title amended to the usual format



-- Edited by steven on Friday 7th of June 2013 06:06:41 PM

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Oops, the sweepstake idea was meant to be a joke! But since people have entered (deadline mid-day Saturday, since Sabrina is 2nd on after 11 am, has to be a number nobody else has picked yet), I'll go for 8 and list the entries so far. I've rearranged the breakdowns (where they were given) to match the order in the draw, i.e. Daneika/Jessica/Eden/Sabrina, but they are not relevant to the 'competition':

Jaggy1876 - 4 (1/1/2/0)
Josh - 6 (2/1/1/2)
tony_orient - 7
steven - 8 (3/3/2/0)
jake270392 - 9 (3/4/2/0)
RBBOT - 10
Coup Droit - 14 (5/5/3/1)

edited in Josh & RBBOT



-- Edited by steven on Friday 7th of June 2013 11:59:58 PM

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I do hope one or two at leats play here over Notts 2. Would be good to see Lisa, Sam and Naomi have a go here

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Wildcards to

Eden Silva vs Sharon Fichman
Jessica Ren vs Catalina Castano
Sabrina Bamburac vs Anastasia Rodionova
Daneika Borthwick vs Caroline Garcia

I dont like to say it but why give wildcards to these players, surely to better juniors??

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Well, QUALIFYING WCs anyway.

I guess a lot of potential candidates are playing in Nottingham.

Anyway, nice "freebee" ranking point ( for QR1 in a WTA event ) for each of them. Eden will get her ranking back after just one unranked week and Sabrina will get off the mark for the year ( having had a frankly very poor run of results of late ).

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Q1: (WC) Daneika BORTHWICK (GBR) 832 vs. Caroline GARCIA (FRA) 114 [q1] (CH: 113 05/2013 - Garcia will be Top 100 at the next Rankings, at 99)
Q1: (WC) Jessica REN (GBR) 1137 vs. Catalina CASTANO (COL) 167 [q14] (CH: 35 10/2006)
Q1: (WC) Eden SILVA (GBR) 1145 vs. Sharon FICHMAN (CAN) 117 [q3] (CH: 114 08/2010 - Fichman will be at least 106 in the next rankings)
Q1: (WC) Sabrina BAMBURAC (GBR) 910 vs. Arina Rodionova (AUS) 135 [q7] (CH: 62 08/2010)



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Should we have a sweepstake on the number of games the Brits in qualifying will win between them? I'll be pleasantly surprised if the total ends up in double figures ...

Seriously though, given how strong qualifying is, I'm not surprised those for whom a single guaranteed ranking point doesn't mean that much any more have opted to stay in Nottingham instead.

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Pointless wild cards all it will do is give them 1 point. Bakery all round for these 4. They should have offered WCs to players with potential instead. Strange.

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steven wrote:

Should we have a sweepstake on the number of games the Brits in qualifying will win between them? I'll be pleasantly surprised if the total ends up in double figures ...

Seriously though, given how strong qualifying is, I'm not surprised those for whom a single guaranteed ranking point doesn't mean that much any more have opted to stay in Nottingham instead.

 1 game for Danieka

2 for Eden

1 for Jessica

0 for Sabrina

4games my bet



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3 games for Danieka

2 games for Eden

4 games for Jess

0 games for Sabrina

Total - 9 games

(I think I am actually being quite generous lol)

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steven wrote:

Should we have a sweepstake on the number of games the Brits in qualifying will win between them? I'll be pleasantly surprised if the total ends up in double figures ...

Seriously though, given how strong qualifying is, I'm not surprised those for whom a single guaranteed ranking point doesn't mean that much any more have opted to stay in Nottingham instead.

 Maybe the British tour event is also a reason for staying but then yet again Wimbledon qualifying playoff starts Thursday so maybe not 



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Thought there'd be more British interest than this, I should have stayed in Nottingham too! Not going to bother and I've wasted money on a hotel.

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Is anyone going to Birmingham on Thursday. I'm planning on going (weather permitting) and would love to meet up with forumites.

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No one else to give wildcards too. Everyone trying Notts or, in the case of our juniors who are keeping up with school, doing exams this week.

The fact you are guaranteed to play a seed makes it unattractive compared to the prospect of winning a couple of matches and coming through qualies in Notts if you are Naomi, Emily or Mel for example.


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Helen40 wrote:

Is anyone going to Birmingham on Thursday. I'm planning on going (weather permitting) and would love to meet up with forumites.

 See Edgbaston thread - there are a few people around, but I'm not sure who is around Thursday. 



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