Yeah, it looks like had she beaten #438 Gervais and then the 3rd seed ranked #282, and then possibly the 5th seeded youngster who dispatched Eden today, ranked #339, she would have probably sneaked in to the US Open quals. All 3 lower ranked, and individually a decent chance in all, although collectively, odds against as Indi says (today's odds were basically 50/50 for a start), and she certainly wouldn't have turned down the opportunity as playing in those events, even if just qualifying is surely what every young players dreams of when picking up a racket, but that said, it did seem ahead of schedule.

Home WCs are pretty fortunate and not every player gets them, but normally you still have to do the hard work and put in a great performance to get a big notable win or go on a good run, but Maia really did hit the jackpot in Nottingham, facing #481 Tara for the equivalent amount of points of another W25 F, so 4 wins, usually all against higher ranked players than Tara, and she even had it indoors, which was in her favour - so that pushed her on probably more than she was ready for and it's easy to forget she herself was outside the top 300 just before the grass season, which is probably why it's not a massive surprise when she does lose routinely today, or drops a set against someone outside the top 700 like yesterday, or loses routinely to Lily last week. She has had some stand out wins in England over the past 12-18 months, but her rise into the mid 200s did seem a bit different to Jodie's who had been dominating solid top 200 players like Grammatikapolou, Shinikova, Kalinskaya etc. whereas I feel Maia still needs to develop and prove herself a bit more at this W25 stage.

So yes, hopefully between now and the end of the 2019 she can continue to win matches at this level, particularly overseas (although the GB double header may be up her street), and then if she happens to be circa 230 by the Aussie Open, good luck to her and give it her best shot.