Week 2 - Australian Open - women's qualifying (hard) (in Dubai)

ROSAMUND · Futures level

RE: Week 2 - Australian Open - women's qualifying (hard) (in Dubai)

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

DF wrote:
Fran ready to attack Niculescu's serve for the match at 6-3 5-1

-- Edited by DF on Monday 11th of January 2021 07:15:33 AM

Always felt Fran could win, over on another thread. Shame Harriet isnt quite doing it.

DF · Tennis legend

Fran with a chance to serve for the match at 5-2 in the second set

DF · Tennis legend

Yey! Well done Fran. She does it.

Tennis Saltire · Junior player

Thats a HUGE win for Fran!

-- Edited by Tennis Saltire on Monday 11th of January 2021 07:23:54 AM

ROSAMUND · Futures level

Well done Fran over an opponent who has proved tricky in the past.

DF · Tennis legend

Harriet lost 5-7 2-6

-- Edited by DF on Monday 11th of January 2021 07:44:18 AM

Andy Parker · Club Coach

Very nice win for Fran that will encourage her for 2021 - she looked sharp and Nicolescu didn't. Just finished watching the conclusion to Harriet's match afterwards - Min through, which is a shame. Having watched Fran's match, it would be unfair to say too much about the five games I saw of Harriet's match, but Min looked in control and fairly comfortable.

ROSAMUND · Futures level

Harriet will lose her ranking points from last years AO. A big fall down the rankings.

PaulM · Tennis legend

They are doing best of 20/21 for tournaments through to end of March I believe, so she won't.

Disappointing result though, that was a good draw she had. Hopefully the injury that interrupted her right at the end of the year has cleared up.

Super from Fran. Her section is very open.

-- Edited by PaulM on Monday 11th of January 2021 08:03:04 AM

seagull · Hall of fame

ROSAMUND wrote:
Harriet will lose her ranking points from last years AO. A big fall down the rankings.

Will she? I thought points were not coming of in Q1 of is that just Mens?

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Set my alarm for 7 hoping to catch the 2nd set of either match, but managed to sleep in and miss both.

Fantastic win for Fran. One match at a time of course, but she may well be slight favourite to progress from the section now, especially with #2 seed Dodin crashing out yesterday. Another former top 100 player up next in Jana Fett, who Fran beat a couple of months ago in an indoor W25 (after recovering from a bagel),

Shame about Harriet, but I would have taken one win from the two matches.

indiana · Tennis legend

seagull wrote:
ROSAMUND wrote:
Harriet will lose her ranking points from last years AO. A big fall down the rankings.
Will she? I thought points were not coming of in Q1 of is that just Mens?

I thought that it was only the ATP that had announced an extension of 'best of' until March.

But in fact 2020 week 1 points have not come off in either the ATP or WTA 11/01 rankings. So looks like the WTA are similarly extending 'best of' into 2021 and not taking points off for now.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Ace Ventura wrote:
Set my alarm for 7 hoping to catch the 2nd set of either match, but managed to sleep in and miss both.

Fantastic win for Fran. One match at a time of course, but she may well be slight favourite to progress from the section now, especially with #2 seed Dodin crashing out yesterday. Another former top 100 player up next in Jana Fett, who Fran beat a couple of months ago in an indoor W25 (after recovering from a bagel),

Shame about Harriet, but I would have taken one win from the two matches.

Sleeping in is good biggrin

My theory is to hibernate until Easter

So, glad to wake up and see a super win for Fran.

And glad to have missed Harriet's disappointing score.

ROSAMUND · Futures level

indiana wrote:
seagull wrote:
ROSAMUND wrote:
Harriet will lose her ranking points from last years AO. A big fall down the rankings.
Will she? I thought points were not coming of in Q1 of is that just Mens?
I thought that it was only the ATP that had announced an extension of 'best of' until March.
But in fact 2020 week 1 points have not come off in either the ATP or WTA 11/01 rankings. So looks like the WTA are similarly extending 'best of' into 2021 and not taking points off for now.

To be honest was just guessing. But what happens in AO if Kenin loses in the 1St round in 2021 will she still keep her winners ranking points from 2020?