Andy Parker wrote:

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Poor Fran - she definitely deserves a wildcard, based on what she has done over the last 12 months. I'd have only put Harriet ahead of her in the queue for one.

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 I agree.

HarryGem wrote:

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Ace Ventura wrote:

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So Nottm WCs should be announced this week, maybe even tomorrow. What are we expecting? Is it 3 WCs and up to 2 top 20 WCs, possibly becoming normal WCs if not taken?

The likes of Andreescu, maybe Bertens should probably consider requesting one.

QWCs as well - will Freya get one with it being her local event, probably shouldn't really on current form.

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 Would be amazing but can't see it happening. Both are entered for Berlin the week after aren't they? Can't see Anreescu risking her body for a 250 in Nottingham. Bertens is a mess right now. She doesn't seem to be able to get it together at all. Maybe Martic? or possibly Rogers.

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Yeah, fair point if they are playing in Germany the week after, probably not too much point. I've kind of forgotten the full top 20 WC criteria to be honest - it's previous slam winner (Andreescu), previous PM winner (Bertens), former world #1 I think, and then there's something to do with top 10 and top 20, but don't know the exact, like current, year end etc.

Martic might just about qualify based on a top 20 ranking, but Shelby certainly wouldn't, and she would be relying on a very generous LTA normal one if she were to get one, which I can't really see, and would personally prefer going to a Brit, whereas a Top 20 one doesn't really take that away from them.

A few other big names out already, Muguruza, Ostapenko, Kerber (although she has big commitments to the German grass swing), even Kuznetsova I guess, although she doesn't really come across as a big name anymore to me personally, and I wouldn't really consider a 'draw' to the event, more like a fairly standard mid ranked player in the field.

 

I thought the Nott'm WCs would have been announced by now with the event starting in 3 days, or at least the safe options anyway (if they are waiting for any higher profile Top 20 ones). I know it's Wiki, but further to RedS's post on the previous page, Wiki is now showing Harriet, along with Katie B and Fran, so hopefully those are the normal ones.

I thought Konjuh might have been an option for a non top 20 WC as a former champ, but she is seemingly playing the clay 125k event in her home country next week (as a WC).

Well, assuming it is someone in the know editing Wiki, Venus has a WC to Birmingham.

Posted this in the Mens section thought Id copy over here.

Was just trying to find out if the WC play-offs were happening this year. Don't appear to be on going by the following at the below link. I assume this is so the LTA/AELTC can give them out to whom they want this year. As can't see why they can't play a tournament as plenty of tennis being played.

www.lta.org.uk/globalassets/play/professional-development/documents/wimbledon-wild-card-policy.pdf

Please note for 2021 the Wild Card Play-off event will not take place due to the on-going
Covid-19 pandemic so all Qualifying Wild cards will be awarded by the AELTC and the LTA
recommendations will be as per outlined in this document.

So then let's assume Harriet, Katie, and Fran will get MDWCs for now, and anything else is a bonus, how would you rank the QWC candidates in order of how likely you see them getting one? I assume it'll be 8 recommendations, and then the 9th being the U18 winner?

My list would be:
WC: Harriet, Katie B, Fran, Matilda and Katie S
QWC: Emma, Sam, Jodie, Naiktha and Tara,

By rankings though, I believe we have some players automatically in qualies - such as Sam.

I think though that the wildcard committee will probably give only a qualifying wildcard to Katie S and may put Emma into the main draw. I think that Matilda, Katie S and Emma will be the ones that are most close cut - a lot depends on which non-British players they also think deserve a main draw wildcard, but on the last occasion that they gave the wildcards, hardly anyone actually got main draw wildcards. Tara never gets any favours from the committee, so I expect she will get nothing.

Does anyone know when the decision is likely to be made? I am assuming in about a week's time, so any performances influencing them have to be this week at the latest, which probably only therefore affects Tara

-- Edited by Andy Parker on Tuesday 8th of June 2021 10:23:02 PM