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Coup Droit wrote:
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Good win. And Naiktha gets over the line against Neel 6-4 7-6(3). Not particularly impressive or convincing but a wins a win.

Yes, absolutely.

Never been a fan of Naiktha's tennis but lovely to see her get a nice win here.

And a little boost to confidence can do wonders. 

Pleased for her. 

 Has benefited from Katie's misfortune as I doubt she'd have got past Fran. It's an ill wind...



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Is Stosur getting a WC a WTA rule for former Slam champion or did she get picked by the LTA over one of the Brits?

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Is Stosur getting a WC a WTA rule for former Slam champion or did she get picked by the LTA over one of the Brits?

 I think the latter.

But it doesn't seem that unreasonable. She's a grand slam winner, a very well known name, and there are a lot of people in the UK who are Aussies or with Aussie sympathies and connections.

In terms of pleasing the fans, they've done the right thing.  

ADD: But see Red Squirrel below - thanks, RS, for explaining the rule. I still think the tournament will be quite happy about it, though.



-- Edited by Coup Droit on Sunday 13th of June 2021 06:37:47 AM

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LTA didn't have a choice. In a 250 if a player meeting the eligibility criteria for a Top 20 WC, which being a Slam winner does, requests one then she must be given it. The LTA would only have a say if there 3 or more players requesting a Top 20 WC. I'm sure the LTA would have preferred she hadn't so It would have reverted to a normal WC for another Brit.

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Main draw, with rankings from WTA website

R1:- Harriet Dart (GBR) WR143 [WC] v Caroline Garcia (FRA) WR58

R1:- Viktorija Golubic (SUI) WR72 v Heather Watson (GBR) WR71 hmm

R1:- Francesca Jones (GBR) WR187 [WC] v Donna Vekic (CRO) WR36 [3] cry

Of course, rankings will change on Monday.



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Thanks, TA. So she can just keep on requesting forever?

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Hard to see any wins in the main draw but I am open to being surprised!

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flamingowings wrote:

Hard to see any wins in the main draw but I am open to being surprised!

 Can see both Harriet and Heather winning.

A great great shame this tournament has been down graded. It is an ok entry list but nothing more than that and a great shame that anyone who wants to be able to watch the top women players live in the UK now has to trudge down to Eastbourne or hope to get a ticket to Wimbledon.

Also a great pity that Jo has withdrawn though with her knee that is understandable. However, one would have to wonder about the wisdom of her playing Eastbourne the week before Wimbledon if she's not capable of playing two weeks in a row. I guess it is her home tournament but must be a risk to her knee.



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HarryGem wrote:
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Hard to see any wins in the main draw but I am open to being surprised!

 Can see both Harriet and Heather winning.

A great great shame this tournament has been down graded. It is an ok entry list but nothing more than that and a great shame that anyone who wants to be able to watch the top women players live in the UK now has to trudge down to Eastbourne or hope to get a ticket to Wimbledon.

Also a great pity that Jo has withdrawn though with her knee that is understandable. However, one would have to wonder about the wisdom of her playing Eastbourne the week before Wimbledon if she's not capable of playing two weeks in a row. I guess it is her home tournament but must be a risk to her knee.

 I think Jo only withdrew because she has gone further into this tournament plus she entered and played a couple of doubles matches too.  At the moment it looks as though the knee is not causing an issue



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Yes, hopefully it's much more about not playing all of Nottingham, Birmingham, Eastbourne and Wimbledon in a row, especially after such a run at Nottingham, rather than being incapable of playing 2 wesks in a row.

Choosing to now miss Birmingham would have made some sense even with no knee doubts at all, though she may have gone for it. So hopefully at worst a precautionary withdrawal rather than a reactive one.



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A fair few withdrawals mean two our advanced entry pairs (Heather/Harriet, Tara/Eden) have made it into the draw here, meaning a wildcard available for Em and Beth,  and they've all got (compartively) good draws. Naiktha has also sneaked in with Martincova with a second wildcard.

I had expected the cut to be much higher than it has turned out to be, which would have meant some of the girls needing to go back to Nottingham for match play. That might have been the better hunting ground in terms of the field, but a single win here if they can sneak them is worth just above a 100k+H semi final.

Harriet/Heather vs Naiktha/Martincova
Tara/Eden vs Hercog/Riske
Em/Beth vs Lechemia/Neel



-- Edited by PaulM on Sunday 13th of June 2021 12:48:47 PM

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Thanks Paul. Here is a bit more detail..

L16:- H. Dart (GBR) / H. Watson (GBR) CR337 (217+120) v N. Bains (GBR) / T. Martincova (CZE) UNR (263+UNR)

L16:- T. Moore (GBR) / E. Silva (GBR) CR370 (196+174) v P. Hercog (SLO) / A. Riske (USA) CR1394 (1319+75)

L16:- E. Lechemia (FRA) / I. Neel (USA) CR186 (92+94) v S. Grey (GBR) / E. Webley-Smith (GBR) CR421 (231+190)


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Qualifying results
FQR:- Naiktha Bains (GBR) WR520 lost to Vitalia Diatchenko (RUS) WR154 [Q6] (1)6-7 3-6
FQR:- Eden Silva (GBR) WR290 lost to Giulia Gatto-Monticone (ITA) WR172 [9] 0-6 1-6

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Monday order of play is out. All three singles and two of the doubles (not Heather/Harriet) scheduled.

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Nobody qualified from either the men's or women's tournaments.

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