Weeks 26-27 - Wimbledon women's main draw

steven · Tennis legend

Weeks 26-27 - Wimbledon women's main draw

BeefyDeedz · Pro player

Considering potential draws in GS's, I think the only truly bad draw there is Sam's. Otherwise, I think Hev and Jo have very winnable matches and I wouldn't be surprised to see Naomi win if things went her way.

tony_orient · ATP qualifying

Pretty good draw overall - only one top 50 opponent out of 5.

Heather would probably play Kerber in R2 if she wins.

steven · Tennis legend

Jade: "Sam has just sent me a text message saying Oh god, Ive got Sharapova so Im guessing she is very excited about it."

Well that's one way of interpreting it! (hopefully it is the way Sam meant)

From: http://www.lincolnshireecho.co.uk/Wimbledon-2014-Lincolnshire-s-Jade-sees-doubles/story-21269065-detail/story.html

paulisi · Tennis legend

Naomi must have half a chance against Babos- Katy beat her at Edgbaston, but she then made round 3 as LL....

Ratty · County player

steven wrote:
Jade: "Sam has just sent me a text message saying Oh god, Ive got Sharapova so Im guessing she is very excited about it."

Well that's one way of interpreting it! (hopefully it is the way Sam meant)

From: http://www.lincolnshireecho.co.uk/Wimbledon-2014-Lincolnshire-s-Jade-sees-doubles/story-21269065-detail/story.html

Excited, hardly. I would have thought this would be a wild card's worst nightmare: the prospect of a very public humiliation on Centre Court. Oh well, at least she'll be crying all the way to the bank.

Mervatron · Masters Series Champion

Not bad draws at all i would expect at least 2 wins but would be hopeful of 3.

Good luck girls. Do your best

LordBrownof · Futures level

I'd rather tell the grandkids about the time I played Sharapova on centre court at Wimbledon and lost 6-0, 6-0 then tell them about the time I played Babos on court 234 with 4 people watching and lost in 3 unremarkable sets.

doublebagel · Improver

LordBrownof wrote:
I'd rather tell the grandkids about the time I played Sharapova on centre court at Wimbledon and lost 6-0, 6-0 then tell them about the time I played Babos on court 234 with 4 people watching and lost in 3 unremarkable sets.

Hear, hear! Well said, Sir - what an opportunity, and a dream of a draw, surely?

Jaggy1876 · Grand Slam Champion

I would think it will be a success if Sam can avoid bakery products in both sets anything better than a 6-2 6-1 against Sharapova is a success. I doubt she will avoid it though sadly and I fear Tara may suffer the same treatment too. Heather Jo and Naomi all have great chances though about as good as could be expected for them.

Ratty · County player

Yes, I fear that you're right. We've all seen hopeless mismatches in big events where the lesser player freezes like a rabbit in the headlights, and goes down in a blizzard of double faults with the crowd hushed into an embarrassed silence. Hideous.

But at least Maria will be more gracious than Saint Roger was after defeating Alan Mackin in the Davis Cup in 2005: "I don't remember the last time I played such a low-ranked player, and it wasn't that difficult today".

LordBrownof · Futures level

Heather playing doubles with Genie which would be exciting except they're facing Barty/Dellacqua.

Mervatron · Masters Series Champion

This will be Maria's first match on grass so although I expect her to win easily she'll be a bit rusty at the start so Sam needs to get off to a good start

indiana · Tennis legend

Not too good that Heather has Kerber as a potential R2 opponent after Halep in R2 at the French Open.

While it's nice to get a decent ( but certainly still not at all easy ) R1 draw, Heather is playing well enough to get through a few rounds with a decent draw. So my interest was more on the first seed she could meet, and that could certainly have looked much better.

steven · Tennis legend

Early bookies' odds imply Brits have the following chances of surviving R1:

66% Hev
58% Jo
35% Tara
34% Naomi
4% Sam

That sums to 197%, so they expect about 2 to get through, with Hev and JoKo both favourites in their matches.