Weeks 27 & 28 - The Championships, Wimbledon, Great Britain - Grass

Michael D · All-time great

Weeks 27 & 28 - The Championships, Wimbledon, Great Britain - Grass

the addict · Tennis legend

Follows the latest rankings exactly, so no controversy this year !

Michael D · All-time great

I don't think I'm going to post a separate thread for the doubles, unless someone else wishes. I'm not sure we shall have doubles interest long enough to warrant it. And I'm still pissed off EWS has not been awarded a WC! yawn

flamingowings · All-time great

A reminder that the draw is Friday at 10.

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

twitter.com/denniksme/status/1143975869976727554

Slovakian reports saying Cibulkova is out. Presumably she'll collect her £22.5k (which she's entitled to), and a LL spot will definitely open up, although that won't affect Sam.

Grachka · County player

[WC] Harriet Dart GBR vs [LL] Christina McHale USA

Laura Siegemund GER vs [WC] Katie Swan GBR

[Q] Ana Bogdan ROM vs [19] Johanna Konta GBR

[Q] Catherine McNally USA vs [WC] Heather Watson GBR

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

It was Rodina and Zvonareva the 2 mystery withdrawals.

On paper, I don't think the 1st round draws could have realistically gone much better collectively. You have 2 quals, a LL, and a 31 year old, who just secured her place before the cut off and hasn't played a grass match since losing 3 and 1 at Wimbledon 2016. Not saying there'll be 4 wins, but none of them have little chance.

Dart vs McHale (LL)
Konta vs Bogdan (Q)
Swan vs Siegemund
Watson vs McNally (Q)

McNally has had some impressive grass court results so far, so that's not easy. Konta and Bogdan did have a good battle in Morocco the other week, but that's a nice draw. Swan is outside the top 200 so will be one of the lowest ranked, certainly in the last 11 and a half months anyway as her current ranking has 60 extra points here which need to be defended. Most draws would be tough, but that's very fair. Dart can't complain with a lucky loser either.

You could individually pick a couple of more favourable opponents, but imagine all the seeds that 3 of them could have faced, or players like Ostapenko, Yastremska, Venus, Azarenka etc. that Jo could have faced.

I'll go for 2 wins, but hopefully we can sneak 3.

-- Edited by Ace Ventura on Friday 28th of June 2019 10:18:03 AM

goldfish · Futures qualifying

Hooray - a chance for them all although Katie's match will be tough.

flamingowings · All-time great

Cori Gauff vs Venus.

SuperT · Futures level

flamingowings wrote:
Cori Gauff vs Venus.

Yes I noticed that too. Got to be the pick of the first round matches.

flamingowings · All-time great

Stuart Fraser
@stu_fraser

Brits in action at #Wimbledon

Monday - Edmund, Watson
Tuesday - Jubb, Evans, Ward, Norrie, Clarke, Konta, Dart, Swan

10:40 am · 28 Jun 2019 · TweetDeck

goldfish · Futures qualifying

Planning to queue on Tuesday - looks like a good day although i expect most of those matches to be on show courts.

flamingowings · All-time great

goldfish wrote:
Planning to queue on Tuesday - looks like a good day although i expect most of those matches to be on show courts.

Good luck- Fed, Serena, Nadal, Barty and Sharapova will also play Tuesday...

flamingowings · All-time great

The doubles draw hasn't been particularly kind. No GB vs GB though.
Drawn against 2nd, 16th and 9th seeds.

telstar · Strong Club Player

flamingowings wrote:
The doubles draw hasn't been particularly kind. No GB vs GB though.
Drawn against 2nd, 16th and 9th seeds.

Best draw is for Beth and Eden.

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