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paulisi


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Good to see Freya and Katy back on the winning trail. There are no seeds left in their half of the draw, so who knows. One more upset for each of the GB girls and we are guaranteed a finalist.......

Freya is one of the few GB girls outside the top 500 that has the potential to make a decent living from tennis. Katy should be ranked a lot higher, but has had a very disappointing season.

 

So in your opinion Paulisi, who else outside the top 500 might make a decent living from tennis? Always interested in hearing about who it is worth following more closely (of the less known girls.)

 Well - there aren't many ranked girls outside the top 500 with decent prospects. If you exclude Katie Swan and Laura Robson, then there is only really Katie Boulter, Freya Christie, Lisa Whybourn and maybe Jodie Burrage who could break into the top 250. Mirabelle Njoze, I know little about, but results show potential.  After that you are looking at the likes of Eleanor Dean, Sam Murray and Emily Arbuthnott and then you would have to go through the junior ranks and US college players to try and dig out more names, but they might be a couple of years away.



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Actually from folk's combined thoughts I'd say that's not too bad

We currently have 9 players in the top 500. Then of the 8 players "in running" ranked from 501 to 700, 6 have got some sort of a mention - Robbo, Katies Swan and Boulter, Anna, Mirabelle and Freya. The only 2 of the GB top 17 / top 700 players not mentioned are Fran and Laura D ( and I think that reasonable, but girls prove otherwise ).

And yes if recently or still injured players like Lisa, Sam and Eleanor ( and Eden ? - who was just beginning to blossom more ) then that's actually quite a goodly number of possible at least top 500 players.

That's 9 in the top 500 plus 6 of these 501 to 700 plus 4 others, making 19. One more for 20 in the top 500 Actually Jodie and Emily Arbutton were also mentioned by paulisi. There, that's 21, including my chucking in of Eden, 20 and a spare !  ( with apologies to any I missed there ).


Of course they won't all come together, especially with some relying on medical intervention, but then maybe one or two more of the unmentioned youngsters could really push on.

The cupboard's not that bare re potential top 500ers. The more important question and I think more difficult to get a feel for is who amongst them could be top 250, 200 or beyond.



-- Edited by indiana on Thursday 27th of August 2015 08:40:01 PM

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Freya seems to me to be very hot and cold, but she's got alot of potential, not really produced at Junior level, but her game is suited to the adult game, and certainly top 200 is realistic.

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Coup Droit wrote:

.... Add: in the second singles of the day, play seems to have stopped with Katy losing 3-6 1-0

and Freya 3*-4 on serve



-- Edited by Coup Droit on Thursday 27th of August 2015 04:54:27 PM

 

Those are the overnight scores. These QFs are due to recommence at 11am with the winners playing each other in the SF after suitable rest.

The top half SF has been decided and the number 1 seed Vrljic is out. This SF, featuring the two remaining seeds, will be : (7) Ozgen vs (4) Golubic



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Freya's match did not re-start well.....

Lost the first set 6-3

katy on serve in the second

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Katy has taken the second set 7-5

Not looking god for Freya

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Freya has lost 6-3 6-2 and live scores seems to be playing up

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Katy won 6-3 in the third

She is still in the doubles as well - it will be a long day....

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Good news for Katy win. Well done to her. Not to be for Freya but a good week nonetheless.



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Ms Dunne seems quite similar to Mr Edmund in the sense of winning when she ought to win (and sometimes more than she ought, by rankings, to win). Would be lovely to see her really move ahead.

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Really good win for Katy

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Delighted that Katy seems to be turning her season around. She is a very talented player and hopefully someone at the LTA will realise and provide her with the funding to help her progress. I know she wants a travelling coach to work with her.

She plays the Latvian next, who has been having a torrid season until this week and has suddenly found some form.

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QF: CHRISTIE, Freya (GBR) WC 788 lost to MARCINKEVICA, Diana (LAT) 346 3-6 2-6
QF: DUNNE, Katy (GBR) 326 def GIOVINE, Claudia (ITA) 380 3-6 7-5 6-3

SF: DUNNE, Katy (GBR) 326 v MARCINKEVICA, Diana (LAT) 346


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Very winnable semi as well...

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The doubles schedule is becoming a bit of a mess.

With both the singles and doubles finals due to be played tomorrow

We have a doubles QF for Diana still to play and she is currently playing her singles semi final. There is no way she will play 4 matches today.

With Katy, Diana and Viktorija still in singles and doubles - it could be a long day tomorrow....


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