Roland Garros wildcards

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Roland Garros wildcards

Spectator · All-time great

Naomi Broady's section is pretty grim.

skibbarriz · Strong Club Player

Coup Droit wrote:
As she was a Brit, just to mention that Izzy Wallace made the final of the Australian RG wildcard play-off.

However,, she lost to junior, Jamiee Flouriss (who, as mentioned here, was amazingly impressive at Surbiton last year, especially for her age, even though she lost)

Nice, well done to Izzy.

Makes me think how we could be having our own R-G (like the hyphen?) WC play-off. And the LTA could livestream it, like the USTA do with theirs.

Jan · Hall of fame

skibbarriz wrote:
Coup Droit wrote:
As she was a Brit, just to mention that Izzy Wallace made the final of the Australian RG wildcard play-off.

However,, she lost to junior, Jamiee Flouriss (who, as mentioned here, was amazingly impressive at Surbiton last year, especially for her age, even though she lost)
Nice, well done to Izzy.
Makes me think how we could be having our own R-G (like the hyphen?) WC play-off. And the LTA could livestream it, like the USTA do with theirs.

Indeed - it's the latest must-have accessory!

Strongbow · All-time great

Rue-de-remarqes wink

skibbarriz · Strong Club Player

Jan wrote:
skibbarriz wrote:
Coup Droit wrote:
As she was a Brit, just to mention that Izzy Wallace made the final of the Australian RG wildcard play-off.

However,, she lost to junior, Jamiee Flouriss (who, as mentioned here, was amazingly impressive at Surbiton last year, especially for her age, even though she lost)
Nice, well done to Izzy.
Makes me think how we could be having our own R-G (like the hyphen?) WC play-off. And the LTA could livestream it, like the USTA do with theirs.
Indeed - it's the latest must-have accessory!

Th-anks. smile

PaulM · Tennis legend

Tough draws. Both girls playing on a streamed court tomorrow.

Tara starts Wednesday.

tony_orient · ATP qualifying

Eurosport showing the matches as well, which I don't remember happening for qualifying before. 3rd and 4th on, so probably early afternoon.

philwrig · Hall of fame

Teichmann just got to the final of the 100k in Cagnes-sur-mer, so that looks particularly tough, whereas the Russian girl has done alot of losing in WTA qualifying so maybe a good bit easier.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Always nice to have an good under-dog story (the joy of wildcards)

Well done to Jessika Ponchet, age 20, ranked about 440 in the world, who took out Galfi, ranked about WTA 150, in the QR1 round.

She thanks her family for how much they have had to shell out, and the costs, etc. etc. And the FFT for the wildcard. Can make a big difference in a career, so well done to her for making the most of it.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Just for the records (and comparison if desired), using this week's rankings:

MD wildcards:

Women:

Tessah Andrianjafitrimo - WTA 264, age 18
Fiona Ferro - WTA 201, age 20
Myrtille Georges - WTA 207, age 26
Amandine Hesse - WTA 223, age 24
Alizé Lim - WTA 256, age 26
Chloé Paquet - WTA 257, age 22
Amanda Anisimova (USA) - playoff winner
Jaimee Fourliss (AUS) - playoff winner

Men:

Julien Benneteau - ATP 98, age 35
Benjamin Bonzi - ATP 260, age 20
Mathias Bourgue - ATP 156, age 23
Quentin Halys - ATP 126, age 20
Laurent Lokoli - ATP 281, age 22
Alexandre Muller - ATP 327, age 20
Tennys Sandgren (USA)
La dernière wild-card entre dans le cadre d'un partenariat avec Tennis Australia.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

The Paul-Henri Mathieu 'scandal', mentioned above, finished exactly as the movie-script would want, with him winning the three quali rounds.

The NOISE from the court when he won was deafening !

(wasn't there, but from the video clips)

And Kudla was totally OK with it:

NY Times :The fans favored Mathieu with loud chants, and Kudla, a 24-year-old American, felt no ill will toward the spectators.

It was probably the best atmosphere Ive ever played in, he said. It was like Davis Cup. I think there were like 10 people cheering for me. The rest were for him, and that was O.K. I totally understand it. Hey, its better than no one being there.

He gets Goffin in the main draw.....

tennischamp · Intermediate Club Player

I am too, like the spectators happy that Mathieu has qualified... disappointing he wasn't already placed in the MD via WC.

Spectator · All-time great

Saw that and thought it would be a crowd-pleaser. And I'm rather glad he got Goffin. If you're in your last RG, might as well have a top player to start off. Should get a decent court ...

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Just to note that the doubles wildcards for the women have been used to help the lower French players, as expected, sharing the spoils around a bit.

And there's even a doubles wildcard for the real youngsters, Guilia Morlet (born Jan 2002) and Diane Parry (born Sept. 2002).

That'd be like the AELTC giving one to Holly and Emma !

(OK, bit of a stretch - but Ali and Fran?)