Week 35 - US Open Main Draw Hard

Peter too · Tennis legend

Week 35 - US Open Main Draw Hard

Julia Carrot · All-time great

I still have to almost 'rub my eyes' when I see we have a (GBR) 13 !!!! So exciting

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tony_orient · ATP qualifying

Whenever I see Bethanie Mattek-Sands play she always looks like a dangerous opponent but her ranking never reflects that. Maybe she is a player who performs well on the big stage and then is quietly ineffective for the rest of the year. Though she only has 7 wins in singles all year, I expect Jo will be given a tough match.

Heather continues to get lucky with Grand Slam draws and it's about time she took advantage, though I feel she might have a bit of a mental barrier regarding the US Open having still failed to get a win. A Grand Slam win would here would be big for Naomi too and would be a potential turning point for both Heather and Naomi.

-- Edited by tony_orient on Friday 26th of August 2016 06:39:23 PM

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

tony_orient wrote:
[Whenever] I see Bethanie Mattek-Sands play she always looks like a dangerous opponent [...] though she only has 7 wins in singles all year, I expect Jo will be given a tough match.

WTA's draw analysis is of the opinion that Jo's match is one of the top 5 potential matches for an upset.

brendan · Strong Club Player

Ellen Perez? - these wildcards are getting stupid now

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

brendan wrote:
Ellen Perez? - these wildcards are getting stupid now

The USTA & Tennis Australia have a reciprocal arrangement where each Association gets one Main Draw WC in the others Grand Slam.
Tennis Australia held an Australian Playoff, in Florida last week, to determine their recipient, which Ms. Perez won (James Duckworth won the men's WC) and that is how she got her WC.

I am strongly opposed to the arrangements in place between the other three Slams of this nature.

Mervatron · Masters Series Champion

If Laura qualifies. What price on Hev vs Laura 1st round LOL

brendan · Strong Club Player

AliBlahBlah wrote:
brendan wrote:
Ellen Perez? - these wildcards are getting stupid now
The USTA & Tennis Australia have a reciprocal arrangement where each Association gets one Main Draw WC in the others Grand Slam.
Tennis Australia held an Australian Playoff, in Florida last week, to determine their recipient, which Ms. Perez won (James Duckworth won the men's WC) and that is how she got her WC.
I am strongly opposed to the arrangements in place between the other three Slams of this nature.

me too - there should be more merit for a main draw entry than just winning a few matches in a domestic competition - she shouldn't have got anything more than an entry into the qualifiers as ours did at Wimbledon - Australia doesn't have enough depth to justify maintaining such an arrangement

-- Edited by brendan on Friday 26th of August 2016 08:10:17 PM

indiana · Tennis legend

You know there is a way of ending debates / arguments about who gets Slam MD WCs apart from some thinking that it would be a good arrangement in itself

I know though that this way would not be liked by many.

-- Edited by indiana on Friday 26th of August 2016 08:24:31 PM

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

Please, not the WC discussion again.

Jaffa · Challenger level

Agree with the above. There is a thread for that somewhere.

Jaffa · Challenger level

Laura gets Naomi

the addict · Tennis legend

Watson-Hogenkamp

philwrig · Hall of fame

Hev can't really ask for a better draw, just got to do the biz now.

Peter too · Tennis legend

R1: WATSON, Heather (GBR) 75 v HOGENKAMP, Richel (NED) 165 CH=115 13/7/15
R1: BROADY, Naomi (GBR) 83 v ROBSON, Laura (GBR) Q 247
R1:KONTA, Johanna (GBR) 13 14 v MATTEK-SANDS, Bethanie (USA) WC 109 CH=30 2011