Should add the nottm tournaments not strictly nationals, but grade 6 matchplay tournaments (hence inverted commas above) so no points awarded, but aimed at national level u18, there are also u16 versions at nottm, lower age groups elsewhere.

Spireman wrote:

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For weeks 2, 3 and 4 one of the wc is awarded to the winner of the u18 'national' tournaments which are starting in nottm on monday, but there are only 3 weeks of those tournaments so no feed up wc for this first week of brit tour tier 1. (wc has to meet requirements for brit tour which means must be 16 and have ipin itf registration).

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 I think this Brit Tour run only has 3 events as well , doesn't it? 

Alicia Barnett has now withdrawn from the British Tour event next week Other than that, entry holding up at this stage

docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1D1eTpGYNnUsd9a9m_3mjyaWxAqQ69EMl/edit

Ace Ventura wrote:

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Presumably injured after pulling out of SGH week 5, and could also tie in with cya's Classic WC hunch.

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 If that is the case, hope it's nothing too serious and it's just a niggle that a few weeks of R&R would sort out. There has been a lot of tennis played since early July so probably all catching up 

-- Edited by cya on Monday 10th of August 2020 02:02:13 PM

w.c. 24th list is also out now not quite as strong as w.c. 17th but decent

Miyazaki, Lily DA 351
Lumsden, Maia DA 368
Grey, Beth DA 607
Christie, Freya DA 643
Appleton, Emily DA 675
Arbuthnott, Emily DA 954
Dissanayake, Tanysha DA 1065
Maloney, Eliz DA 1109
Lukosiute, Andre DA 1292
Kartal, Sonay DA
Banks, Marni DA
Piper, Grace DA
Staff, Holly DA
Rawson, Nadia DA
Wild Card WC
Wild Card WC

Hmm, still strong as it stands, but still plenty of time for additional withdrawals, and it'll probably end up being a much more realistic list for the prize money on offer.

I wonder if the likes of Freya and Eliz's WD is just down to resting up after a busy schedule, the latter in particular, or if it's possibly due to ITF event reasons.

Spireman wrote:

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Millie Bissett won the u18 tournament in nottm yesterday, 6-2 2-6 10-5 against Eva Shaw in final so won wc into next weeks brit tour but I see she has withdrawn from list, also she would have got in anyway I think with the other withdrawals.

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Thanks Spireman, do you know who else was in the field?

 

If Millie isn't playing then hopefully they give it to Eva instead, or just give her one of the 2 WCs anyway, regardless of coming via an official channel. I think she's probably the most interesting GB player, who has played an ITF event, that hasn't featured in any of the streamed Summer domestic events thus far, and good to see she had a good showing here.

 

That's assuming she is eligible to play of course.

-- Edited by Ace Ventura on Wednesday 12th of August 2020 12:18:41 PM