Not sure why Willis didn't stay on in France for Cherbourg and Quimper after an encouraging loss in Marseille quals
I agree. Given that Marcus is the only player (that I know of) who - at of last info on this forum - actually has 25k a year to travel and subsidise his winnings, he seems singularly loathe to travel and to try and up the ante.
I'm going to try and get down to Wirral on the Tuesday as I have never seen Evo play live(I think he will make main draw). If the final has potential interest i.e GB player then I may rearrange plans and go
I would have gone to qualifiers as I would have liked to have seen Evan Hoyt again and a few of the youngsters, but I committed to helping at another sporting occasion.
Lisa W used her protected ranking to enter here, but has had to withdraw due to shoulder problems. Does this count as one of the tournaments or can she use them again.
If she is out for sometime can she still use her original protected ranking or does she get to use her new ranking as protected?
Why would she want to "get" to use her new ranking when its outside the top 1000? If you mean does it reset the answer is no. But regardless you have to be within a certain ranking to have it protected. It might be top 300 actually but id need to double check sorry.
So she will keep her existing pr which is just inside the top 300 and it doesnt count if you enter a tournament and withdraw (so also Laura's entry into Indian Wells doesnt count as she withdrew from that one).
Bit odd to use it for a 10k but maybe she doesn't want to have to go through qualies every week. She could use it to sneak into some WTA qualies but cost will be a major factor in her scheduling once shes fit again
Jonny O'Mara has also withdrawn from Wirral - I don't think he has played for some time ....
He played in the Sutton British Tour event a couple of weeks back, and certainly didn't seem to be injured or anything. Not sure at all what he's doing or his plans are though . . .