Entries Week 25 - 17/06/19

seagull · Hall of fame

Entries Week 25 - 17/06/19

Michael D · All-time great

Yes, I know oc there will be WCs, but when you first look at those Ilkley lists... you wouldn't think this is a UK based tournament.

indiana · Tennis legend

Yep, Harriet is currently the only GB player on the Ilkley MD or Q lists. Our next player is Naiktha, 29th alt.

JonH · All-time great

Queens and Halle entries for doubles:

London
Pavic/Soares
Cabal/Farah
Mahut/Roger-Vasselin
Bryan/Bryan
Kontinen/Peers
J.MURRAY/N.SKUPSKI
Cilic/Dodig
Ram/SALISBURY
Auger-Aliassime/De Minaur
A.MURRAY/F.Lopez
ALTS
Del Potro/Dimitrov
Bopanna/Shapovalov
Marach/J.Melzer
Cecchinato/Fucsovics
Kyrgios/Tiafoe
EDMUND/K.SKUPSKI

Halle
Mektic/Skugor
Klaasen/Venus
Goffin/Herbert
Rojer/Tecau
Albot/Khachanov
Pella/Sousa
INGLOT/Krajicek
Martin/Nishikori
Koolhof/Middelkoop
Haase/Nielsen
ALTS
McLachlan/Struff
Marach/J.Melzer
Zverev/Zverev
Paire/Sitak
BAMBRIDGE/O'MARA
Demoliner/Sharan

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

Is Emma due to finish her GCSEs in time to play some grass tennis?

RedSquirrel · Satellite level

Helen40 wrote:

Is Emma due to finish her GCSEs in time to play some grass tennis?

She's entered in the 3 grass junior tournaments (Nottingham, Roehampton and Wimbledon)

JonH · All-time great

I know she isnt British, but...I thought Sharapova had a several year deal to support Birmingham after they gave her a wild card on her return from her ban? Doesnt feel like that relationship ended up being particularly productive then if she is now playing Mallorca. Not that I would miss her much, but still.

Ben Rothenberg Retweeted

Carole Bouchard
@carole_bouchard
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1h
After a week of training in Mallorca, Maria Sharapova has accepted a WC into the tournament (officially announced by the event).

-- Edited by JonH on Monday 10th of June 2019 11:01:46 AM

flamingowings · All-time great

JonH wrote:
I know she isnt British, but...I thought Sharapova had a several year deal to support Birmingham after they gave her a wild card on her return from her ban? Doesnt feel like that relationship ended up being particularly productive then if she is now playing Mallorca. Not that I would miss her much, but still.

Ben Rothenberg Retweeted

Carole Bouchard
@carole_bouchard
·
1h
After a week of training in Mallorca, Maria Sharapova has accepted a WC into the tournament (officially announced by the event).

-- Edited by JonH on Monday 10th of June 2019 11:01:46 AM

It was for 2 years so ran out. They have Venus instead. Muguruza has withdrawn

seagull · Hall of fame

Keys out of Birmingham so Konta in main draw.

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Since the US Open 2017, Keys has played 68 matches, and amazingly, 36 of those have been at the Grand Slams and she's only 24, so not as if she's a Serena or Venus and just concentrating on the slams. She's had her fair share of injuries in her career, but there's not really been a prolonged period absence in that spell either, it's mainly been early WTA exits or skipping the odd event as a precaution.

Good news that Jo is in directly as that should free up a GB WC.

RedSquirrel · Satellite level

Jo should be 7th seed in Birmingham, which is quite a feat considering she hadn't made it in on the original entry list. Heather and Swan are not entered in Ilkley, so barring a surprise return for Boulter should have the MDWCs for Birmingham. Naomi is also not entered in Ilkley so it seems like she has a QWC for Birmingham. But she is still in singles and doubles in Manchester and being the top seed in doubles could reach the final which is not scheduled until Sunday, so she may have to take a WC in Ilkley. I had expected Katy and Jodie to have QWC for Birmingham, but it looks like Katy may have joined Jodie on the injury list. Gabi hasn't had a WTA WC this grass season yet, so I think may get one for Birmingham qualifying if she is not still in Manchester at the end of tomorrow. Maia and Naiktha will probably get WCs to Ilkley to support Harriet in carrying British hope's there, so I'm not sure who the other Birmingham QWCs will go to. They went to Sam and Tara last year, so perhaps the same again?

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

There were a batch of general Ilkley withdrawals yesterday, including Harriet, so I'd imagine she will be one of the 2 Birmingham MDWCs and a QWC for Swan.

RedSquirrel · Satellite level

Oh dear. So Ilkley is going to a non event from a British women's POV then.

-- Edited by RedSquirrel on Thursday 13th of June 2019 08:25:37 AM

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Yeah, it's a bit of a shame when someone is already in a main draw (or very likely would have been in Harriet's case) and then pull out to get a WC elsewhere because it just means one less GB player in action, and also less chance of general success - Harriet might have been able to do OK in that Ilkley field. However, from her POV, if she got another relatively kind draw in Birmingham, someone just sneaking in, or not great on grass, or a qualifier, like she did in Eastbourne last year with the lesser Pliskova, then it's far better and she'll probably be on TV as well - of course if she draws a top player then it's different, but she could still consider it good prep for Wimbledon.

Ilkley is going to worse than Surbiton from a GB perspective. The field is similar, but not quite as strong, there'll be no Heather in directly and the WCs will be on a similar level to Manchester, but in a much tougher field, e.g. Asia Muhammed, who Sam beat, isn't even in qualifying currently, yet she was main draw in Manchester.

-- Edited by Ace Ventura on Thursday 13th of June 2019 08:56:09 AM

JonH · All-time great

Ace Ventura wrote:
Yeah, it's a bit of a shame when someone is already in a main draw (or very likely would have been in Harriet's case) and then pull out to get a WC elsewhere because it just means one less GB player in action, and also less chance of general success - Harriet might have been able to do OK in that Ilkley field. However, from her POV, if she got another relatively kind draw in Birmingham, someone just sneaking in, or not great on grass, or a qualifier, like she did in Eastbourne last year with the lesser Pliskova, then it's far better and she'll probably be on TV as well - of course if she draws a top player then it's different, but she could still consider it good prep for Wimbledon.

Ilkley is going to worse than Surbiton from a GB perspective. The field is similar, but not quite as strong, there'll be no Heather in directly and the WCs will be on a similar level to Manchester, but in a much tougher field, e.g. Asia Muhammed, who Sam beat, isn't even in qualifying currently, yet she was main draw in Manchester.

-- Edited by Ace Ventura on Thursday 13th of June 2019 08:56:09 AM

From both mens and womens perspectives, we dont have any direct entry Brits, so all will come from wild cards or anyone that manages to qualify.

At the top of the womens draw, Mladenovic has now got into Birmingham due to withdrawals there and, as such, withdrawn from Ilkley which is sad - I am taking my Dad (or more accurately he is taking me) and id whats apped him the other day to say that the French mixed doubles finalist Mladenovic was playing - and now she isnt.

We are going on Sunday, finals day, so dont really expect any Brits anyway to be frank!