Week 24 - Wimbledon Wilcard Play-offs - Wimbledon, UK - Grass

verveandsolley · Junior player

RE: Week 24 - Wimbledon Wilcard Play-offs - Wimbledon, UK - Grass

emma · Strong Club Player

I hope Emily has got the quals wild card - don't understand why she had to go through the play-offs

vohor · Grand Slam Champion

verveandsolley wrote:
Judging by twitter conversation, it looks like Em might have got a quals WC

Great news biggrin

vohor · Grand Slam Champion

emma wrote:

I hope Emily has got the quals wild card - don't understand why she had to go through the play-offs

Agreed; although the extra matchcourt time may hold her in good stead; here's hoping smile

indiana · Tennis legend

Good.

So kinda worked out with Cav, Tara and Em getting the Q WCs ( though a pity for Lucy that no more were to be had ).

I would love to have been a fly on the wall at the meeting that didn't give Em a Q WC in the first place thus sending her to the play-offs.

LJR · Junior player

Interesting, I was just about to ask whether Emily might get the last remaining QWC, though I thought it might be wishful thinking.
Good to see that she got it.

Glad Tara and Cav made it through too.

-- Edited by LJR on Saturday 20th of June 2015 09:21:04 AM

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Seems a real shame for Lucy but supposedly she was covered from head to toe in bandages yesterday, so carrying a lot of niggles, and if you have to choose between the two semi-finalists (coz that's the way the numbers work out) then Em has to win, based on far superior current ranking and slightly better grass court results.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

And there's a huge gap in the women's doubles line-up - four wildcard teams to be nominated.

So one for Tara and Nik Slater, that's got to be a slamdunk....

One for Laura R plus another, if she wants one....

One for Venus and Serena if they want one - they'll need a WC, won't they?

and one for...... not sure..... Marion Bartoli and Kim Clijsters ?

LJR · Junior player

Coup Droit wrote:
And there's a huge gap in the women's doubles line-up - four wildcard teams to be nominated.

One for Laura R plus another, if she wants one....

As mentioned in the Robson thread, she's playing doubles with Keys and gets in on her protected ranking.

wimdledont · Challenger level

Interesting contrast between the US and UK approach to deciding these things.

UK= arrange one tiny apology of a tournament, in the fag-end of a week when there are simultaneously 3 other tournaments on the go, by invitation only, the week before the Wimbledon qualies start.

US= 3 months of national competition, open to all, 3 months in advance of the tournament itself.

usta.usopen.org/US-Open/us_open_national_playoffs_information/

The US method is clearly better, imho.

TennisLover · Strong Club Player

wimdledont wrote:
Interesting contrast between the US and UK approach to deciding these things.

UK= arrange one tiny apology of a tournament, in the fag-end of a week when there are simultaneously 3 other tournaments on the go, by invitation only, the week before the Wimbledon qualies start.

US= 3 months of national competition, open to all, 3 months in advance of the tournament itself.

usta.usopen.org/US-Open/us_open_national_playoffs_information/

The US method is clearly better, imho.

Much better. You have to earn your spot. No favouritism/subjectivism, etc. etc.

Strongbow · All-time great

TennisLover wrote:
wimdledont wrote:
Interesting contrast between the US and UK approach to deciding these things.

UK= arrange one tiny apology of a tournament, in the fag-end of a week when there are simultaneously 3 other tournaments on the go, by invitation only, the week before the Wimbledon qualies start.

US= 3 months of national competition, open to all, 3 months in advance of the tournament itself.

usta.usopen.org/US-Open/us_open_national_playoffs_information/

The US method is clearly better, imho.
Much better. You have to earn your spot. No favouritism/subjectivism, etc. etc.

One slight problem might be that nearly all the Brit girls who might benefit are playing most of their tennis overseas, mainly due to the absence of ranking tournaments in GB. If they had to travel back regularly I think that those chasing rankings wouldn't bother.