For the women, Mandy is now easily into the MD in Germany. For Sunderland MD there are no changes yet, with Katy D and Emma being 1st and 3rd on the q list, so expect them both to make the MD without needing WCs. Ali Collins is now in the q draw and Tanysha is 3rd alt, so also likely to get in without needing any qWC.
Gabi is still in the Macon W25 entries, but well down the q list.
... and the ITF calendar has started to play up on me again and tell me there are no tournaments in Feb.. so I can't check any of the other entry lists for the moment.
Jo has withdrawn from Qatar. I wonder when she will get to play again? It just seems to be a series of withdrawls since the US Open.
Yes indeed. It suggests an adverse reaction too to her four matches last week, even if 3 were only doubles matches... And if she can't manage that without suffering a flare up of her knees again... then she does have a significant problem.
Jo has withdrawn from Qatar. I wonder when she will get to play again? It just seems to be a series of withdrawls since the US Open.
Yes indeed. It suggests an adverse reaction too to her four matches last week, even if 3 were only doubles matches... And if she can't manage that without suffering a flare up of her knees again... then she does have a significant problem.
Yes it was reported in the Gulf Times it was a knee injury as with Bianca Andreescu. I do not want to be negative in saying this but one begins to wonder if Jo will finish up retiring soon because of this. It is a problem that started over a year ago and has got worse without seemingly being operable. She wouldn't be the first player who had to pack up because of knee troubles.
I see Heather has made the Acapulco main draw. There have been a few recent withdrawals including 3 would be seeds, so it's not the strongest field in the world (the 8th seed will be in the 80s). I guess no news is good news as far as Katie B is concerned.
I see Heather has made the Acapulco main draw. There have been a few recent withdrawals including 3 would be seeds, so it's not the strongest field in the world (the 8th seed will be in the 80s). I guess no news is good news as far as Katie B is concerned.
Well we are not doing very well with our Fed Cup team from last year.