Week 18 - WTA Premier Mandatory - Madrid, Spain - Clay

wimdledont · Challenger level

RE: Week 18 - WTA Premier Mandatory - Madrid, Spain - Clay

kundalini · Specialist Reporter + Intermediate Club Player

Qualifiers yet to be placed. Siegemund got through qualifying beating Madison Brengle in the final round.

WavenNarsam · Lower Club Player

Oh, I though they were both MD outright. Kasatkina is still in the MD and in a reasonably nice section as well.

WavenNarsam · Lower Club Player

If Siegemund withdraws, Heather will be up against Kuznetsova. I know which place I'd prefer to fill if either is available.

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Heather in as LL
Plays Gavrilova.

-- Edited by AliBlahBlah on Saturday 30th of April 2016 07:07:25 PM

christ · Futures level

... so due to play Laura in the quarter final.

wimdledont · Challenger level

If there's a flu epidemic, a food poisoning outbreak, or these here voodoo dolls actually work this time, Naomi is now LL2, after Brengle in the queue.

Peter too · Tennis legend

R1: KONTA, Johanna (GBR) 22 v GARCIA, Caroline (FRA) 51 CH=25 23/3/15
R1: ROBSON, Laura (GBR) 426 v AZARENKA, Victoria (BLR) 4 5 CH=1 2012
R1: WATSON, Heather (GBR) LL 56 v GAVRILOVA, Daris (AUS) 39 CH=33 1/2/16

tony_orient · ATP qualifying

So Heather plays Gavrilova and if she had won today she would have played Mladenovic. Is she better off as a result of losing?

Ratty · County player

A very strange state of affairs: that Laura - ranked 426 and in no sort of form - gets a pass to the Main Draw; and Heather - ranked 56 and currently much the better player - has to (sort of) qualify.

A131 · Intermediate Club Player

Ratty wrote:
A very strange state of affairs: that Laura - ranked 426 and in no sort of form - gets a pass to the Main Draw; and Heather - ranked 56 and currently much the better player - has to (sort of) qualify.

But you could say the same for probably the majority of the qualifiers - British or otherwise.

wimdledont · Challenger level

Heather v Gav about to start, with the winner to play Svitolina...

murrayman650 · ATP level

4-4

Watson to serve

15-0

15-15

30-15

40-15

5-4

murrayman650 · ATP level

5-5

15-0

30-0

40-0

40-15

40-30

40-40

adv Watson

40-40

adv Gavrilova

40-40

adv Watson

40-40

adv Gavrilova

6-5 Gavrilova

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

That one got away. Had an advantage set point at 5-4* and then multiple game points at *5-5