Week 23 - WTA International ($250K) - Nottingham, UK - Grass

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Week 23 - WTA International ($250K) - Nottingham, UK - Grass

paulisi · Tennis legend

Freya, Naomi, Heather, JoKo, Laura all in the main draw.

indiana · Tennis legend

Taking to the court will give Eden her third counter and so she'll be ranked again.

Jasmine Asghar and Savannah Sills lose their ranking on Monday thus if Eden adds we will then have at least 32 ranked women a week on Monday. With a number of others currently on two counters maybe Surbiton will add to the count.

Peter too · Tennis legend

Has Katy Dunne withdrawn? She was No. 5 on the Alts list to Tara No. 4 and she has a higher ranking than Dabrowski.

indiana · Tennis legend

Peter too wrote:
Has Katy Dunne withdrawn? She was No. 5 on the Alts list to Tara No. 4 and she has a higher ranking than Dabrowski.

I would imagine she's playing Surbiton - still on the latest updated list.

paulisi · Tennis legend

Katy made main draw at Surbiton.

PaulM · Tennis legend

Whats happened to jasmine?

Pleased to see a solid brit contingent here this year

The Optimist · ATP qualifying

PaulM wrote:
Whats happened to jasmine?

Pleased to see a solid brit contingent here this year

Asghar?? She's been playing for her club in Aegon team tennis so not injured. Can only assume she has moved on to other things.

scottie1 · Futures level

Can someone tell me the qualifying points on offer is it higher than a 50K

indiana · Tennis legend

scottie1 wrote:
Can someone tell me the qualifying points on offer is it higher than a 50K

Yes quite a lot higher.

Compete in QR1 : 1

Reach QR2 : 10

Reach QR3/FQR : 14

Qualify : 18

wimdledont · Challenger level

Play is underway, with no Brits yet on court.

The Beeb has an interview with Freya...

www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/36442940

Withdrawal carnage in the main draw means that Heather will be seeded as well as Jo...

www.tennisforum.com/3114-aegon-open-nottingham/1088745-nottingham-md-q-lists.html

Shame to see two byes given in the Qdraw.

Pretty good draws for all of ours in Q1. Good luck all.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Two byes in the Q draw?

So that's a ranking point that effectively could have been 'bought' for the entry fee?

Makes a bit of a mockery of the idea that there's nowhere for the girls to play (although I guess, unless you're based nearby,, you're not going to go there and hang out, on the off-chance, if you're lowly ranked, but all the same.....)

wimdledont · Challenger level

Yeah, and enough cash for turning up to get you a flight to Sharm. Perplexing.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

What i don't understand is why the organisers didn't call up Notts Tennis club (or whatever it's called) and say 'is anyone sitting around and wants a WTA match?'

Anna Loughlan is there, isn't she? And there must be others.

It gets the tournament two extra entry fees, makes the tournament look more subscribed, gives two other players a chance, a point, (cash? I didn't realise) and an experience....

As you say, perplexing.....

wimdledont · Challenger level

Just checked: Sarah Beth got US$530 for losing in Q1 last year; whereas an ITF 10k SF only pays US$490.

Should be an interesting doubles draw; probables Hev+Naomi, Jossanna, Freya + Lisa, Taco; possibles from Jo+, Laura+, Sam+...