Presumably Bally ended up getting into the main draw without needing a wild card and her wild card went to Jade. So that's two lower-ranked Brits Amanda was passed over for ... (edit: ah yes, I see she hasn't played on grass before in ITF seniors or juniors!)
-- Edited by steven on Saturday 8th of June 2013 07:20:12 PM
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GB on a shirt, Davis Cup still gleaming, 79 years of hurt, never stopped us dreaming ... 29/11/2015 that dream came true!
(1)Arina Rodionova (RUS) v Katie Boulter (GBR) Laura Deigman (GBR) v Anna Smith (GBR) Jazzamay Drew (GBR) v Lauren McMinn (GBR) (7)Emily Webley-Smith (GBR) v Vimbai Patience Ugaro (ZIM)
(2)Yi-Fan Xu (CHN) v (wc)Isabelle Wallace (GBR) Nicole Peterson (GBR) v Kyria Dunford (GBR) Francesca Stephenson (GBR) v Danielle Konotoptseva (GBR) (5)Sara Sorribes Tormo (ESP) v (wc)Anneka Watts (GBR)
(3)Noppawan Lertcheewakarn (THA) v Brigit Folland (GBR) Harriet Dart (GBR) v (wc)Ceire Mullins (GBR) Grace Dixon (GBR) v (wc)Lana Rush (GBR) (8)Lucy Brown (GBR) v Anna Fitzpatrick (GBR)
(4)Amanda Carreras (GBR) v Alannah Griffin (GBR) Sophie Watts (GBR) v Fiona Codino (FRA) (wc)Maia Lumsden (GBR) v Freya Christie (GBR) (6)Miki Miyamura (JPN) v Dominique Covington (GBR)
It will be very interesting to see how Amanda gets on in her first outing on a British grass court. Amanda looked as if she enjoyed carrying the olympic torch, I hope she enjoys herself as much here. A good result might encourage more visits so we get more chances to see her play.
Either the left hand (LTA) doesn't know what the right hand (Nottingham) is doing or Jade has mysteriously disappeared, because this article published this evening (it includes details of the men's qualifying results today) suggests that Elena still needs her wild card:
QR1: (wc) Isabelle Wallace UNR lost to (q2) Xu Yi-Fan (CHN) WR 265 by 7-6(3) 6-1 QR1: Nicole Peterson UNR beat Kyria Dunford UNR by 3 & 2 QR1: Francesca Stephenson WR 927 beat Danielle Konotoptseva WR 943 by 5-7 6-1 6-3 QR1: (wc) Anneka Watts UNR lost to (q5) Sara Sorribes Tormo (ESP) WR 355 by 1 & 3
QR2: Nicole Peterson UNR v (q2) Xu Yi-Fan (CHN) WR 265 QR2: Francesca Stephenson WR 927 v (q5) Sara Sorribes Tormo (ESP) WR 355
Nicole's QR1 win gets her a third counting score and hence a WTA ranking for the first time She now has 6 points and has got all of them by winning (i.e. none from WCs)
-- Edited by steven on Sunday 9th of June 2013 12:55:10 PM
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I stuck with the Pauffley vs Coupland stream (that has disappeared from the menu on Bet365) but that is now showing the match...
Alannah is playing much better now than she was at the start. Much more control over her big groundstrokes, but Amanda is tenacious - very quick, mixes in sliced forehands etc.
-- Edited by PockyTastic on Sunday 9th of June 2013 01:51:48 PM