Draw is out and some interesting first round matches:

competitions.lta.org.uk/sport/draw.aspx

Lily vs Alicia D rematch - that's twice in a row Alicia has been drawn against the top seed, but she did end up withdrawing last week.
Andre vs Holly
Grace vs Charlotte

Twice in a row Alicia D has withdrawn - hope she's OK, but Arabella Moen has stepped in to face top seed Lily, so that's one less interesting match on the schedule tomorrow, and presumably with commentary as well:

Centre Court from 11am
Lily (1) vs Arabella
Jessica Dawson vs Victoria Allen (2)

Court 5 from 11am
Andre Lukosiute (4) vs Holly Staff
Amelia Rajecki vs Indianna Spink
NB 1.30pm
Emma Wilson vs Anna Popescu (3)

Court 6 from 11am
Danielle Daley vs Annali Olivelle
Grace Piper vs Charlotte Russell
NB 1.30pm
Katherine Barnes vs Sally Pethybridge

Yeah, I must admit I know little about Annali, and said as much last week, but from limited research, and your reply, I was quite surprised when I saw thst too. DDs results have seemed to have gone a little bit South since that encouraging Naomi SGH match, but you'd think she'd have the experience, and a few solid enough ITF results to put her as the pre match fave. Didn't DD get a QWC for Wimbledon in 2018?

Lost 1-6 1-6, probably should have been longer odds, ha. Danielle has went from losing 6-7 5-7 (or the other way round) to Naomi, to this in little over 2 weeks.

I see Lily won 6-3 6-0. Moen was 2-1 up in the early stages, so Lily obviously must have ran away with it just after that. Not just in hindsight, but they should have moved that match from Centre as soon as Alicia D withdrew. 2 commentators, much better camera angles and production, and probably a max of two women's matches a day. Should have had Holly vs Andre or Grace vs Charlotte on ahead of it, and given a better British hope increased exposure. Even Amelia R vs Indianna.

Holly took the first set 7-5 over Andre.

-- Edited by Ace Ventura on Thursday 23rd of July 2020 11:34:02 AM

More events on the way

"The LTA can today confirm three more behind closed doors British Tour events at the National Tennis Centre, as the governing body continues to provide new opportunities for professional players to compete for prize money and ranking points.

The Tier 1 events, scheduled for 21-23 August, 28-30 August and 4-6 September, will provide equal prize money for men and women (£6,300 in total per event), with all players from the first round onwards set to receive prize money.

The events will feature 16 men and 16 women in each draw and are open to players aged 16 or over with an ATP/WTA membership or ITF Pro IPIN, as well as an LTA Membership number."

the addict wrote:

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More events on the way

"The LTA can today confirm three more behind closed doors British Tour events at the National Tennis Centre, as the governing body continues to provide new opportunities for professional players to compete for prize money and ranking points.

The Tier 1 events, scheduled for 21-23 August, 28-30 August and 4-6 September, will provide equal prize money for men and women (£6,300 in total per event), with all players from the first round onwards set to receive prize money.

The events will feature 16 men and 16 women in each draw and are open to players aged 16 or over with an ATP/WTA membership or ITF Pro IPIN, as well as an LTA Membership number."

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Good stuff TA. Presumably Tier 1 because they expect the higher brass to be moving on to bigger and better things by then, but will be a good opportunity for some. Maybe those 500-700 will have limited ITF opportunities, so some might feature.

 

There should be WTA events up and running by then, and maybe be even a slam... but hopefully they still provide streams so that the option to watch is at least there

Come on, Indianna