Ah yes, I looked at official rankings, not rankings at entry cut-off.

indiana wrote:

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Tennisforum last shows Fran 241 as in then 12th alt Katie Swan 254 (SR), 16th alt Maia Lumsden 258 (SR) and 20th alt Jodie Burrage 262. No sign of Naiktha Bains on the list.

tennisforum.com/threads/australian-open-entry-lists.1377782/

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 Naiktha already in qualifying using an SR of 223

emmsie69 wrote:

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indiana wrote:

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Tennisforum last shows Fran 241 as in then 12th alt Katie Swan 254 (SR), 16th alt Maia Lumsden 258 (SR) and 20th alt Jodie Burrage 262. No sign of Naiktha Bains on the list.

tennisforum.com/threads/australian-open-entry-lists.1377782/

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 Naiktha already in qualifying using an SR of 223

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Is an SR in wta terms like a PR in atp terms? What does the S stand for?

thanks ! 

JonH comes home wrote:

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Surprised no qwc places going to Qatari or emirates player? For helping AO out of a hole, at least

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 It would help if they had any ATP or WTA ranked singles players. Apparently they don't so I'd say too much of a stretch for singles at least. 

-- Edited by indiana on Monday 28th of December 2020 01:03:32 PM

Out of interest if cut off ends up being more than Naikthas current official ranking can she opt to save her SR. Her SR is only 20 odd places higher than her current ranking

junior wrote:

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I'm sure we can get Johnny Mac a main draw wc if entertainment and crowd pleasing/nostalgia is what its all about, remember a time I think when Tomic went to the AO injured and with no intention of playing because the prize money was high, that took opportunity away from another player, for me is not that dissimilar

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 Complete tosh. Andy is serious about his return and plans a full return. Nothing like Tomic , who is a waster anyway, or giving someone like Mac a place. 

more akin to goran , who got the Wimbledon wild card and won the whole event 

junior wrote:

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I'm sure we can get Johnny Mac a main draw wc if entertainment and crowd pleasing/nostalgia is what its all about, remember a time I think when Tomic went to the AO injured and with no intention of playing because the prize money was high, that took opportunity away from another player, for me is not that dissimilar

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Some people feel that wildcards and qualis should be abandoned for exactly that reason - that pure merit should be rewarded - 128 places means 128 top ranked players. 

Some others think wildcards should be abandoned but qualis kept. Some top 112, say, and 16 based on best quali players. Of course, that can be argued to be unfair to the 113 player and takes a merited opportunity away from him/her but it's a valid system.

And some, like, me, like 8 wildcards to throw something else into the mix - very young players, some ringer who's just had an amazing result, a crowd favourite, whatever..... they are 'joker' players - and should by definition encompass a broad range of other considerations, of which entertainment and crowd pleasing are big ones - if tennis doesn't please its audience, it dies. And nostalgia can be part of that too.