6-1 6-0 

2nd set actually looked a little more competitive, despite not dropping a game. Good stuff.

Fingers crossed for Mandy, she really does need more points. The last qualifier on the acceptance list was WR766, and this tournament isn't particularly strong, so any extra points will make a big difference.

wimdledont wrote:

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Mandy wins 6-1, 6-0, and gets a third WTA counter.

I hope she will play at least one more 15k, using nher new WTA ranking to improve her seeding. From where she is in the WTA rankings, she will struggle to get into 25k qualifiers, and never get into MDs. To pretty much guarantee 25k MD acceptance, she'd need another 150 or so WTA points - 3 25k titles - which would take her up to around WTA ranking 300.

OTOH, while her current ITF ranking of 46, from 322 points, rarely gets her into 25kMDs, another ITF 15k title, and 100 more points = 422 ITF points, and ITF ranking 26. ITF ranking 26 would almost always be good enough for one of the 5 ITF reserved places at any and every 25k tournament.

Win one more ITF15k title, and she could save herself from playing a whole heap of 25k qualifying matches. She could realistically hope to consistently make the cut for most 25k MDs from now until November.

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 Yes, I agree that makes sense wimdledont, but don't think it's the route that Mandy is going to go down immediately. She is not in lists next week, and the following week she was in several entry lists, including the Portuguese 15k scheduled that week, where she would have been in the MD, but today she has withdrawn from all entry lists this week, except for the Spanish 25k scheduled. There she is still well down the alt lists, and gaining the WTA ranking, as you say would only move her up about 6 places. I agree if her ITF ranking rose from its current 48 to around even 25-30, she would be guaranteed many more MD W25 entries. It will be interesting to see how she does proceed now, both in terms of what and where she plays.