Nell Miller has the chance of a second Nottingham title, but the opposition should be strengthened by the addition of Eden Richardson to the first week field. Draw should be up soon at http://www.itftennis.com/juniors/tournaments/tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100036302
What's a (16E) entry ? is this a special exempt thing of some sort? Daria Frayman (RUS) has one, never seen it before.
Wildcards go to young Annalli Olivelle (who I believe is one of the LTA supported ones, though I might be out of date); young Holly Staff; 14 year-old Teigan Aitken; 13 year-old Victoria Subev (after her good run at the U14 Notts event last week); Monica Raviraj; Alisha Reayer; Clara Tauson (DEN) and 14 year-old Sonay Kartal (after her good run last week at the ITF 1)
Members of teams who do well in the junior fed and Davis cups get direct entry into a certain no of main draws within the following year.
Also, the highest ranking 16yo (not sure how or at what point in the year this is calculated) within each of the 7 ITF competition regions gets the same.
I've never seen one used in a G4 before. I thought the tournaments they could choose from were all G1, G2 or G3.
-- Edited by The Optimist on Tuesday 19th of April 2016 07:00:56 AM
Members of teams who do well in the junior fed and Davis cups get direct entry into a certain no of main draws within the following year.
Also, the highest ranking 16yo (not sure how or at what point in the year this is calculated) within each of the 7 ITF competition regions gets the same.
I've never seen one used in a G4 before. I thought the tournaments they could choose from were all G1, G2 or G3.
-- Edited by The Optimist on Tuesday 19th of April 2016 07:00:56 AM
I quite often come across 16 Exempts, but like you haven't seen one in a G4 before. Daria Frayman is a very highly rated under 14, who did sufficiently well in TE events last year to finish 5th in the under 16 rankings. That earned her some G3 exempts, but clearly she has opted to use one in a lower level tournament (she has only played one tournament, a G5 which she won last month - after the entry deadline for Nottingham ). Her second round match with Eden could be a highlight of tomorrow.