Jodie Burrage

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Jodie Burrage

Strongbow · All-time great

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Did you have one of your 10Ps on her ?

-- Edited by Strongbow on Monday 17th of July 2023 11:21:08 PM

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Strongbow wrote:
Did you have one of your 10Ps on her ?

Nah, even better, a £5-£2-£1 on being top 500-200-100

I have a special fund for this as it is quite costly for me. But when it pays out, it pays out big because it's done when they're 17 or so and the odds are really wide. (There's also a smaller stake version of the same which I sometimes use - £1-20p-10p - if I'm not so sure, it's a REAL longshot or funds are getting low). So I've lost £8 on Ryan Storrie (so far, who knows....), and Freya has only clicked the first rung (which is still fine), but Harriet and Katie B were stellar and Jodie's amazing efforts will now support LOTS more flutters - which is great biggrin

Lambda · Challenger level

Well, CD is off Jodie's Christmas card list, making her older than she actually is. hmm

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Lambda wrote:
Well, CD is off Jodie's Christmas card list, making her older than she actually is.

You're abolutely right - I meant 24

And, what's more, only just turned 24

And that sort of proves my point - I have a tendency to think of her as older - even my fingers tapping fast think of her as older - because she's been playing adult events since 2014 and 2015 when she was a mere tiddler

indiana · Tennis legend

Yes, almost 3 years separates Jodie and Katie S from Katie B and Harriet.

Harriet : July1996
Katie B : August 1996

Katie S : March 1999
Jodie : May 1999

Lambda · Challenger level

Congratulations to Jodie as being confirmed as having her first ever direct acceptance to the main draw of a Grand Slam (US Open).

Nix · Futures level

Well done Jodie. Great effort.

GAMEOVER · Satellite level

Jodie is not playing Andorra. Her current live ranking of 98 may mean she has to qualify for Aussie Open . The number of returning players who will get into the main draw has increased by one with the return of Sevastova.

MrTSymonds · Junior player

I raised this a fortnight ago. Unless she is injured this feels like a potentially catastrophic career move.

the addict · Tennis legend

GAMEOVER wrote:
Jodie is not playing Andorra. Her current live ranking of 98 may mean she has to qualify for Aussie Open . The number of returning players who will get into the main draw has increased by one with the return of Sevastova.

OER suggests that there are 6 players either in Andorra or Buenos Aires that could overtake Jodie (although obviously only one or two can gain enough points - I'm not going to check the points for each one). There are also a handful of players that might be playing one of the few ITF's that would count in the next rankings run.

It is going to be close either way and she may miss out.

GAMEOVER · Satellite level

Jodie might find that loss to Korpatsch in Cluj prevents her getting into the main AO direct. However looking at the rankings of players below her those playing this week have some ground to make up if they are going to catch Jodie's points total. The main problem is the ever increasing number of returning players using PR'S/SR'S. Sevastova is the latest. In some cases they seem to come back for one Grand Slam and then disappear again. Not really fair on players playing all year . Jodie has 30 points to defend from the 2023 AO as she reached the final round of qualifying.

RJH1962 · Intermediate Club Player

MrTSymonds wrote:
I raised this a fortnight ago. Unless she is injured this feels like a potentially catastrophic career move.

Seems astonishing as she would have been one of the top seeds and had a good chance to go deep into the event. Doesn't seem injured as she's training. Whats the usual cut off for AO main draw?

dodrade · Futures qualifying

GAMEOVER wrote:
Jodie might find that loss to Korpatsch in Cluj prevents her getting into the main AO direct. However looking at the rankings of players below her those playing this week have some ground to make up if they are going to catch Jodie's points total. The main problem is the ever increasing number of returning players using PR'S/SR'S. Sevastova is the latest. In some cases they seem to come back for one Grand Slam and then disappear again. Not really fair on players playing all year . Jodie has 30 points to defend from the 2023 AO as she reached the final round of qualifying.

Presumably she expects withdrawals will offset this. I'd hardly think she'd skip Andorra if she thought doing so would mean missing out on a place in the Australian Open MD.

Brendan F · Lower Club Player

dodrade wrote:
GAMEOVER wrote:
Jodie might find that loss to Korpatsch in Cluj prevents her getting into the main AO direct. However looking at the rankings of players below her those playing this week have some ground to make up if they are going to catch Jodie's points total. The main problem is the ever increasing number of returning players using PR'S/SR'S. Sevastova is the latest. In some cases they seem to come back for one Grand Slam and then disappear again. Not really fair on players playing all year . Jodie has 30 points to defend from the 2023 AO as she reached the final round of qualifying.
Presumably she expects withdrawals will offset this. I'd hardly think she'd skip Andorra if she thought doing so would mean missing out on a place in the Australian Open MD.

I'd hardly think that one bad shot/call could cause a complete collapse of one's game but the mind is a strange thing.