All the ladies going today in Roehampton, but all eyes will be on Sam Murray from the perspective of this race to see if she can overhaul James Ward at the top
So the list updates and great wins for Sam Murray and Gabi Taylor, so we now have Sam putting the pressure on James Ward. Two more wins and she takes this Race outright and 5 wins would beat last years high of 4, so some performance if she can do it, not to mention qualifying for the Big W :
1 J. Ward 4
2 S. Murray 3
3 B. Klein 2
P. Jubb 2
T. Moore 2
6 A. Watson 1
E. Appleton 1
G. Taylor 1
L. Broady 1
N. Bains 1
R. Peniston 1
So big win for Sam today and it draws her top of qualies list. One match, one win and she qualifies for Wimbledon AND tops this table of qualies wins! 1 J. Ward 4 S. Murray 4 3 B. Klein 2
L. Broady 2
P. Jubb 2 T. Moore 2 6 A. Watson 1 E. Appleton 1 G. Taylor 1 N. Bains 1 R. Peniston 1
So big win for Sam today and it draws her top of qualies list. One match, one win and she qualifies for Wimbledon AND tops this table of qualies wins! 1 J. Ward 4 S. Murray 4 3 B. Klein 2
L. Broady 2
P. Jubb 2 T. Moore 2 6 A. Watson 1 E. Appleton 1 G. Taylor 1 N. Bains 1 R. Peniston 1
So with today's close but sad losses, the qualies race ends for 2019 with honours shared between james ward and sam murray. They both get equal shares of the prize of a round of applause and a call out on this board.
the final table for 2019 Qualifying wins on the Grass Court season
1 J. Ward 4
S. Murray 4
3 B. Klein 2
L. Broady 2
P. Jubb 2
T. Moore 2
7 A. Watson 1
E. Appleton 1
G. Taylor 1
N. Bains 1
R. Peniston 1
21 wins versus 54 last season. The reduction in Challenger qualifying can gives its voice to that a little but still a big drop.
Wimbledon with 5 qualifying wins is the biggest event, which is good to see for a change . wins split 12 to men and 9 to women so in actual fact the women possibly underperformed compared to last season.