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JonH comes home wrote:

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Not been following too closely but after a relatively poor week 1 , Eliz Maloney seems to have really stepped up in this event. Anyone know what happened in that first week of the Pro League or how shes turned it around. Or is she now playing at the expected level, as I didnt really know much of her prior to these last few weeks.

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Yes, she did have a poor week 1, but has now really stepped up a level, and looks well under-ranked. Since the first week she has only lost one match (against Emily and she's beaten her since then).  Here are some ranking statistics from the WTA

WR679 Freya Christie 45 points from 13 tournaments

WR728 Emily Appleton 38 points from 21 tournaments

WR1112 Tanysha Dissanake 10 points from 4 tournaments

WR1156 Eliz Maloney 9 points from5 tournaments.

So a few more tournaments for Eliz and I would expect her to climb quite quickly

And happy birthday, Eliz, 20 today

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 Eliz Maloney is already 20, born August 2000. Unless there's another Eliz being referred to here

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 No, I don't know why Lissey has the asterisk and is at the bottom of the table

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 Did she do something wrong for them to take her points away?

cya wrote:

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dodrade wrote:

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Not sure if anyone's noticed but Abigail Johnson not commentating today as being a born again Christian she doesn't work on Sundays. I hope it doesn't hold back her career.

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 I wouldn't have thought so, given there are six other days in the week to commentate 

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 I would have though it well might, given matches are on Sundays and if you've employed one commentator to do the whole week's event, say, you don't want to have to find a new person to fill in just for Sunday.

However, this raises important Equality Act and Human Rights considerations. As one tribunal held:

It is [not open to an employer] to require staff to work on Sunday and thereby cause disadvantage to those who are Christian unless the employer can show the requirement is objectively justified.

There are many factors as to whether it's justified or not. It may well be very easy to find a replacement for one day. And, of course, the Equality Act applies in the hiring process as well as when actually employed so it is not supposed to be factor in the hiring. Although, practically, it is very difficult to prove discrimination during hiring....

However, Abigail will have weighed all this up and being true to one's convictions is obviously very important.  

cya wrote:

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Coup Droit wrote:

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cya wrote:

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dodrade wrote:

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Not sure if anyone's noticed but Abigail Johnson not commentating today as being a born again Christian she doesn't work on Sundays. I hope it doesn't hold back her career.

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 I wouldn't have thought so, given there are six other days in the week to commentate 

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 I would have though it well might, given matches are on Sundays and if you've employed one commentator to do the whole week's event, say, you don't want to have to find a new person to fill in just for Sunday.

However, this raises important Equality Act and Human Rights considerations. As one tribunal held:

It is [not open to an employer] to require staff to work on Sunday and thereby cause disadvantage to those who are Christian unless the employer can show the requirement is objectively justified.

There are many factors as to whether it's justified or not. It may well be very easy to find a replacement for one day. And, of course, the Equality Act applies in the hiring process as well as when actually employed so it is not supposed to be factor in the hiring. Although, practically, it is very difficult to prove discrimination during hiring....

However, Abigail will have weighed all this up and being true to one's convictions is obviously very important.  

 

 

 

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 Your comments above sum up why I said it would not hold back her career. Not working one day in the field of commentating shouldn't impact her career. She'll just to find gigs that don't require her to work on Sunday or organizers that have back up plans or have two or more commentators. Would make sense for tournament organizers in this day and age to have back up plans anyway, so it really shouldn't be a big deal. 

But if we're talking about a tennis player, football player or a F1 racer then most definitely not playing on a Sunday would potentially hold back their career. 

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 Given how many tournament finals are on Sundays surely it's a significant drawback?