RedSquirrel wrote:

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You're list hasn't been updated. Katie is playing Rome 25K w/c 6 May. .

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So she is.

I checked that 80k list and thought it had been fully updated because pretty much everyone had it P1 or P2. I then checked the US 100k list (her P2) and Monzon (her P3) and saw she had withdrawn from those, so just assumed she'd be playing there, but yes, in the last 10 mins she has withdrawn from France and will be playing her original P4 in Rome where she should be seeded. MUCH better choice (assuming it was intentional and she wasn't automatically withdrawn from France for not being in the main draw) - still gets to start on clay and the seeding should be able to protect her in the early rounds. Pleased about that.

I think many of the women pretty randomly declare their P1, P2 etc. Though they need to be careful that they don't end up somewhere they'd prefer not to be. 

Ace Ventura wrote:

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After Great Britains promotion to the Fed Cups elite World Group level for the first time since 1993, captain Anne Keothavong made clear her hopes that such a significant achievement will spur her players on to better individual results on the tour. Times Sport looks at what lies ahead for each member of the team over the coming months.

Johanna Konta
Age: 27
Ranking: 45
Since reaching the Wimbledon semi-finals in 2017 and attaining a career-high world ranking of No 4, Konta has struggled for consistency. She also has a poor record when going a set down, losing 21 of her last 22 matches in this position. Kontas two comeback wins at the weekend against Kazakhstans Yulia Putintseva and Zarina Diyas will provide a timely confidence boost heading into the clay-court season, which will begin for her in Rabat next week. But there is little expectation on what is her worst surface: she has never won a main-draw match at the French Open. If Konta can utilise her powerful serve to good effect, then the grass season could bring success. She has finished runner-up at the Nottingham Open in the last two years.
Target: Win a match at the French Open, a tournament on the grass and move into the top-32 to guarantee a seeding at Wimbledon.

Katie Boulter
Age: 22
Ranking: 85
The fighting spirit of Boulter has impressed in her debut year in Fed Cup singles. The pressure was on yesterday to deliver the winning point against Diyas in front of a passionate home crowd at the Copper Box in Londons Olympic Park. Boulter now needs to replicate those battling performances on the tour. Hopefully she will recover from the back issues she suffered during the weekend to compete at a second-tier event on hard courts in Les Franqueses del Valles, Spain, next week. Her ranking guarantees her a place in the main draw of the French Open next month for the first time, but she has never played a tour-level match on clay before. Grass better suits her big-hitting game, and she will look to feed off the home support as she has done in Fed Cup.
Target: Push up the rankings towards the top-50 by the end of Wimbledon. With a favourable draw, she is capable of reaching the third round at the All England Club.

Heather Watson
Age: 26
Ranking: 118
One could sense from the low-key demeanour of Watson at the post-tie press conference yesterday that she would have loved to have contributed on the court in helping Britain achieve promotion. Watson is in the midst of a dreadful slump in form. She has lost seven consecutive singles matches her last victory was in qualifying for the Hobart International on January 6. Perhaps the opportunity to play in the elite World Group next year will encourage her to reclaim her status as British No 2. Watson has decided to play a second-tier event on hard courts in Gifu, Japan, next week, before switching to clay before French Open qualifying. If her ranking is not high enough to gain direct entry for Wimbledon, she will be given a wild card.
Target: End her losing streak and move back into the top-100 by the end of Wimbledon to ensure a place in the main draw of the US Open.

Harriet Dart
Age: 22
Ranking: 126
Dart made a fine start to the season, reaching the last-16 of the Brisbane International and qualifying for the Australian Open, although she was left in tears when she departed Melbourne Park after failing to win a single game against Maria Sharapova in the first round. A string of wins at lower-level events have seen Dart come close to making the transition to playing regularly on the main tour. She will play French Open qualifying for the first time next month. Darts progress will likely see her receive several main draw wild cards during the grass season. It is a surface on which she is comfortable, as was evident when she pushed Karolina Pliskova, the former world No 1, to three sets at Wimbledon last year.
Target: Enter the top-100 for the first time by the end of Wimbledon to secure a US Open spot.


Katie Swan
Age: 20
Ranking: 168
Swan has been beset by injuries and illness this year. She was shrieking in pain on court in Melbourne after back problems forced her to retire from her Australian Open qualifier against Bianca Andreescu, the 18-year-old Canadian who won the prestigious Indian Wells title last month. Swans schedule for the coming months will be decided with her coach, Diego Veronelli, this week. Her ranking is high enough to gain a place in French Open qualifying for the first time, but it is possible she may decide to play lower-level events on hard courts rather than clay. Last year, Swan won her first main draw match at Wimbledon, and she will receive a wild card again this year. One intriguing possibility is that she could play mixed doubles at SW19 with her mentor Andy Murray she is part of his 77 Sports Management stable if he decided he was fit enough to return this summer.
Target: Surpass her career-high ranking of No 163 and reach the top 150.

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 As it was assumed that Jo was not going to be successful on clay I couldn't see how Jo was going to get back to the top 32 particularly as Eastbourne 2019 would not count towards a Wimbledon seeding. Did not anticipate the successful clay court run as nothing in the past suggested this would happen. But the clay court season has made the seedings possible.