Week 28 - ITF ($100K) - Biarritz, France Clay

steven · Tennis legend

RE: Week 28 - ITF ($100K) - Biarritz, France Clay

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Does anyone know if the LTA bonus is paid if you qualify as a LL ? (as opposed to by right)

It would seem that it should be - i.e. the list only says 'qualify' and qualifying as a LL is qualifying.

paulisi · Tennis legend

I would say it shouldn't be paid out, because she lost her final qualifier.

However if Mandy beats Mandy then she should get her £500 assuming Mandy hasn't hit her £5000 cap yet for the year (she may have done)

edit - I've double checked and she has only claimed just over £1000 of her allowance since Sept 30

-- Edited by paulisi on Monday 7th of July 2014 03:50:01 PM

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

I still don't see why the women should be capped on 100k ITFs whereas the guys are not capped on their challengers, even if they're only 35k challengers. Doesn't seem logical but agree that that is what is written.

However, if the rule says £500 for qualifying, I still think, according to the strict wording, you should get it as you have indeed qualified.

And, yes, obviously she should get the round 1 winner £500 if she wins the round 1.

Thinking about it, do you get the round 1 winners bonus if, in fact, you win by w/o ? (same for all other rounds of course).

Again, I can't see anything on the LTA page saying you don't. But that might be a summary page and there's a more detailed rule list somewhere.

Jaffa · Challenger level

I think that only applies to futures events the cap paulisi?

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Jaffa wrote:
I think that only applies to futures events the cap paulisi?

Yes, but the 100k events ARE futures events.

That's why it seems unfair to me - the guys futures only go up to 15k and then they have challengers whereas the women's futures go up to 100k and they aren't any challenger equivalents.

Unless the women's 50k and 100k events are excluded from the Futures limit (despite being futures).

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Doubles:

1st Round

Nicola SLATER (GBR) / Karolina WLODARCZAK (AUS) 6-1 6-1 Tanya NOURY (USA) / Jessika PONCHET (FRA)

PaulM · Tennis legend

Good draw and big points bagged

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Mandy gets the first break :)

4*-3, first set.

PaulM · Tennis legend

Couldn't consolidate, and lost the set

46 *01

Misses a game point and is broken for 02*

-- Edited by PaulM on Tuesday 8th of July 2014 09:27:30 AM

PaulM · Tennis legend

Mandy loses 64 61

steven · Tennis legend

L32: (LL) Amanda Carreras WR 408 lost to (7) Mandy Minella (LUX) WR 126 (CH 66 in 2012) by 4 & 1

PaulM · Tennis legend

A big fightback from Nik and partner to force a MTB from a set and a break down, but a double fault at *5-2 pretty much signals the end of the comeback, and they lose to top seeds Minelle/Thorpe 63 36 10-6

Still, a QF points haul and an encouraging performance against two players hovering around the 100 mark. Steps back in the right direction.

PaulM · Tennis legend

Also worth noting that Denain and Biarritz cover Nik's entire second half of 2013 points haul, which was a solitary win at the Quebec WTA event.

indiana · Tennis legend

I would love to see Nik have a good few months and really get her ranking back up.