Week 7 - (ITF W60) - Shrewsbury, GB Hard

Strongbow · All-time great

RE: Week 7 - (ITF W60) - Shrewsbury, GB Hard

telstar · Strong Club Player

Alicia Barnett has made consistent progress since starting to play full-time after US Uni. Sadly, however, Alicia has not been the recipient of LTA wildcards which are consistently given to others with no more talent than her.

the addict · Tennis legend

Strongbow wrote:
Jaggy1876 wrote:
Has Alicia Barnett retired from tennis? She only appears to be playing doubles or have I missed something.
Her WTA ranking (475) is probably not high enough to get into a 25k. Has very few ITF points.

Look at the Macon entry list for 25 Feb. Main draw cutoff is 194, qualfying is 255. On the main alt list, Jodie is 65, Beth is 77 and Lissey is 92. Obviously there will be a lot of withdrawals tomorrow, but the problem of getting in to a W25 is huge right now.

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

telstar wrote:
Alicia Barnett has made consistent progress since starting to play full-time after US Uni. Sadly, however, Alicia has not been the recipient of LTA wildcards which are consistently given to others with no more talent than her.

She was given 2 MDWCs and 2 QWCs last year, so it's not as if she i completely overlooked and with the 2 extra 25k events this year (well hopefully they are extra and not just placed earlier in the calendar), she'll get opportunities this year as well. Not really sure any obvious recipients she should have got one over for Shrewsbury:

MDWC

Naomi - familiar name, especially with all the withdrawals. Would have been in Qs anyway

Maia - former champ

Freya - similarly ranked, but Freya has obviously been in top 300 and is more than 4 years younger

Fran - much younger and slightly higher ranked

QWC

Laura - speaks for itself

Eden - younger, higher ranked, fresh off a good week in France

Emily - I suspect this may be the main one if there was a gripe here. Obviously age is the main differentiator here. I suspect Emily's will dry up if she is ranked where she is in 18-24 months time

Victoria - Was a bit out of the blue, but they obviously see potential in her. Very young, good week in Melbourne and had one or two good grass wins last year and more than justified her wildcard today.

She'll likely get something in Glasgow net week or might well sneak into quals herself when over wildcards and withdrawals occur.

Peter too · Tennis legend

R1: LUMSDEN, Maia (GBR) WC 344 v GRYMALSKA, Anastasia (ITA) 229 CH=213 2014
R1: ROBSON, Laura (GBR) LL 511 v VON DEICHMANN, Kathinka (LIE) 8 162 CH=153 8/10/18
R1: BURRAGE, Jodie Anna (GBR) Q 369 v GRAMMATIKOPOULOU, Valentini (GRE) 171 CH=158 19/11/18
R1: JONES, Francesca (GBR) WC 477 v BOLSOVA ZADOINOV, Aliona (ESP) 5 152 =CH
R1: BROADY, Naomi (GBR) WC 266 v SERBAN, Raluca Georgiana (CYP) 226 CH=214 17/12/18
R1: CHRISTIE, Freya (GBR) WC 490 v LISICKI, Sabine (GER) 271 CH=12 2012

the addict · Tennis legend

All of today's matches are scheduled to be streamed. The first five are all on court one, the order is Maia, Naomi, Fran, Laura, Jodie.
Freya is second up on court three.

Miriambee · Futures level

Lisicki out replaced by lucky loser myrtle George

the addict · Tennis legend

Miriambee wrote:
Lisicki out replaced by lucky loser myrtle George

That's a real pity for Lisicki, she's had so many problems. Lucky for Freya - maybe !

Myrtle Georges was the Q3 seed, WR236

-- Edited by the addict on Tuesday 12th of February 2019 09:33:28 AM

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Apparently Sabine pulled out last week.

twitter.com/TeamLisickiITA/status/1095213154043379712

www.instagram.com/p/BtwSulPA_Es/
teamlisickiita
Bad news: I was wrong.
Good news: I was wrong about Sabine withdrawing from the Shrewsbury 60k ITF, I promise that Ill stop with fake news !!!
@sabinelisicki will play tomorrow her R1 against WC Christie Freya ()!!!
AUF GEHTS SABINE !!!
#TeamLisicki #TeamLisickiItaly #TeamLisicki #Always
sabinelisicki
Im sorry to say it but I have no idea why Im in the draw. I pulled out last week already because I was sick

That last sentence is Lisicki's official Instagram confirming she pulled out last week. Strange.

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Maia underway and they've exchanged early breaks. 1-1*

I see Jodie is 1/2 to beat the Greek girl who took Katie 3, all the others' odds are quite even bar Fran who is 12/5 to beat her seed. Freya was a betting outsider against Sabine, but no updated odds for her match with Georges.

telstar · Strong Club Player

TAce Ventura wrote:
telstar wrote:
Alicia Barnett has made consistent progress since starting to play full-time after US Uni. Sadly, however, Alicia has not been the recipient of LTA wildcards which are consistently given to others with no more talent than her.
She was given 2 MDWCs and 2 QWCs last year, so it's not as if she i completely overlooked and with the 2 extra 25k events this year (well hopefully they are extra and not just placed earlier in the calendar), she'll get opportunities this year as well. Not really sure any obvious recipients she should have got one over for Shrewsbury:
MDWC
Naomi - familiar name, especially with all the withdrawals. Would have been in Qs anyway
Maia - former champ
Freya - similarly ranked, but Freya has obviously been in top 300 and is more than 4 years younger
Fran - much younger and slightly higher ranked

QWC
Laura - speaks for itself
Eden - younger, higher ranked, fresh off a good week in France
Emily - I suspect this may be the main one if there was a gripe here. Obviously age is the main differentiator here. I suspect Emily's will dry up if she is ranked where she is in 18-24 months time
Victoria - Was a bit out of the blue, but they obviously see potential in her. Very young, good week in Melbourne and had one or two good grass wins last year and more than justified her wildcard today.

She'll likely get something in Glasgow net week or might well sneak into quals herself when over wildcards and withdrawals occur.

Thanks Ace. I'd be interested to know how Alicia's wild cards compare with those given to Jodie and Freya.

seagull · Hall of fame

Maia having a real tussle first up. Was 5-3 down but it's now 5 all.

seagull · Hall of fame

And completes the comeback! Takes the first set 7-5

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

telstar wrote:
TAce Ventura wrote:
telstar wrote:
Alicia Barnett has made consistent progress since starting to play full-time after US Uni. Sadly, however, Alicia has not been the recipient of LTA wildcards which are consistently given to others with no more talent than her.
She was given 2 MDWCs and 2 QWCs last year, so it's not as if she i completely overlooked and with the 2 extra 25k events this year (well hopefully they are extra and not just placed earlier in the calendar), she'll get opportunities this year as well. Not really sure any obvious recipients she should have got one over for Shrewsbury:
MDWC
Naomi - familiar name, especially with all the withdrawals. Would have been in Qs anyway
Maia - former champ
Freya - similarly ranked, but Freya has obviously been in top 300 and is more than 4 years younger
Fran - much younger and slightly higher ranked

QWC
Laura - speaks for itself
Eden - younger, higher ranked, fresh off a good week in France
Emily - I suspect this may be the main one if there was a gripe here. Obviously age is the main differentiator here. I suspect Emily's will dry up if she is ranked where she is in 18-24 months time
Victoria - Was a bit out of the blue, but they obviously see potential in her. Very young, good week in Melbourne and had one or two good grass wins last year and more than justified her wildcard today.

She'll likely get something in Glasgow net week or might well sneak into quals herself when over wildcards and withdrawals occur.
Thanks Ace. I'd be interested to know how Alicia's wild cards compare with those given to Jodie and Freya.

Yeah, I've not got the info in front of me - I manually went through the British ITFs to workout Alicia's - not sure if anyone knows a good site to get that info first hand?

A quick check on OpenEraRankings does suggest they got more, looks like Freya got her 4 full ITF MDWCs + others and Jodie got a fair few as well, certainly more than Alicia, but in Jodie's case at least, I personally don't blame them for putting more eggs into her basket.

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

seagull wrote:
And completes the comeback! Takes the first set 7-5

Class.