Week 26/27 - Wimbledon women's main draw - grass

tony_orient · ATP qualifying

Week 26/27 - Wimbledon women's main draw - grass

tony_orient · ATP qualifying

steven wrote:
The odds on the Brits seem to be going out a bit. Re-doing the calculation today, I get:

Bally 54%
Hev 42%
Laura 31%
Anne 24%
Sam 20%
JoKo 12%
Tara 11%

Total expected: 1.94 (from 2.08 yesterday)

So that's 0.14 of a match lost before Wimbledon has even started cry

Laura's odds were ridiculous when first released, now getting towards realistic for beating a top 10 seed but I still think the odds for Hev and Laura don't reflect the difference in quality between Kirilenko and Keys

-- Edited by tony_orient on Sunday 23rd of June 2013 04:12:56 PM

PaulM · Tennis legend

There is an article in today's Daily Mail on Bally which has made my blood boil. Awful awful paper.

Can't even bring myself to link it its so poor, misleading and factually wrong

Peter too · Tennis legend

PaulM wrote:
There is an article in today's Daily Mail on Bally which has made my blood boil. Awful awful paper.

Can't even bring myself to link it its so poor, misleading and factually wrong

There are very good reasons why it is referred to as the Daily Fail.

DavidC · Tennis legend

Good that Bally is up first, given that she has the best chance of the 4 women playing tomorrow, so could inspire / take pressure off the others with a win. In the past Anne has struggled with the court TBA scenario, but maybe that will suit her this time by giving her a big stage in what could be her last appearance here.

WD40 · Club Coach

tony_orient wrote:
I've never actually seen a British player in the main draw of Wimbledon before. but I've got Court 3 tickets for tomorrow so hoping JoKo or Bally get scheduled there (along with Stephens v Hampton), or alternatively first up on an outside court.

Shedule comes out around lunchtime so we shall see.

Edit: Schedule out:
Bally first on court 3, followed by Kyle Edmund
Konta 2nd on Ct 12
Sam Muuray second on Ct 10
Anne court TBA

With the BBC showing 10 live meatches this year, even Sam Murray's ct 10 match will probably be televised

-- Edited by tony_orient on Sunday 23rd of June 2013 11:25:12 AM

You might also be able to catch the Stephens v Hampton match as I notice as they are on 4th on court 18 smile

WD40 · Club Coach

Just read the article by Stu Fraser about Bally on the Wimbledon site. Good read, and if there is anyone in British women's tennis that will push Laura and Heather it is definitely Bally smile .

blob · All-time great

PaulM wrote:
There is an article in today's Daily Mail on Bally which has made my blood boil. Awful awful paper.

Can't even bring myself to link it its so poor, misleading and factually wrong

I tried several times to post a very polite comment on the piece asking if Mike Dickson was the author, as it seemed not up to his usual standards regarding accuracy and balance.

Every time the comment was redacted (despite a disclaimer saying the comments are un-moderated) - I tried asking under what part of their terms and conditions they did this, so that I might avoid causing such offence in future; but, of course, answer came there none.

steven · Tennis legend

I was shocked at this too. Just reading through the tweets I missed this morning, Paul asked Mike if he had anything to do it and he said he has nothing to do with the Fail on Sunday, which I believe. It can't have been Stu (even if he's been 'forced' to write an article like this, there is no way he'd have made that basic factual error in the very first sentence) and I doubt it was Alex Kay either - the fact that there is no name on the article suggests it wasn't a tennis reporter, perhaps even an intern or someone who isn't a Mail regular ... though I rather hope it just implies that whoever wrote it was too ashamed of themselves to put their name to it!

The last thing the players should have to worry about is stuff like this (particularly factually incorrect stuff) appearing a day or two before they are due to play.

steven · Tennis legend

I've edited the new rankings into the first post in the thread. Keys and Muguruza have both risen to new career highs today, but Pennetta is now just one place ahead of Bally.

RJA · Hall of fame

steven wrote:
I was shocked at this too. Just reading through the tweets I missed this morning, Paul asked Mike if he had anything to do it and he said he has nothing to do with the Fail on Sunday, which I believe. It can't have been Stu (even if he's been 'forced' to write an article like this, there is no way he'd have made that basic factual error in the very first sentence) and I doubt it was Alex Kay either - the fact that there is no name on the article suggests it wasn't a tennis reporter, perhaps even an intern or someone who isn't a Mail regular ... though I rather hope it just implies that whoever wrote it was too ashamed of themselves to put their name to it!

The last thing the players should have to worry about is stuff like this (particularly factually incorrect stuff) appearing a day or two before they are due to play.

It's bound to be by a "non-tennis reporter" as I can't for the life of me imagine anyone who follows British tennis writing such a mean spirited article about Bally. Stuff like this makes me all the more annoyed that the LTA worry so much about the perception that giving out wild cards create. Even when they limit the number and apply a set criteria you sill get these kind of bitchy articles.

steven · Tennis legend

The odds on the Brits seem to be going out a bit. Re-doing the calculation today, I get:

Bally 54%
Hev 42%
Laura 31%
Anne 24%
Sam 20%
JoKo 12%
Tara 11%

Total expected: 1.94 (from 2.08 yesterday)

wolf · Tennis legend

Sam's court not streamed based on the listings on livescorehunter, but apparently there are 10 streamed courts and they've only listed 9?

PaulM · Tennis legend

Court 10 is covered by the BBC I heard

Mervatron · Masters Series Champion

So which are the televisec courts

CC,C1,C2,C3,C12,C18,C14,C17 and Court 10. WHich one is missing?