I know it's maybe not the same, and maybe the women will really go south, but the excellent results in the men's (and the very close scores even in three who lost) are the reason (or one of them) that leaving the three spaces in the wildcard allocations here so annoys me.

We are very lucky to have a grand slam. Grass is a funny surface. Those wildcards should have been used (for Kylie, for Mimi Xu, for Emily App, for Freya, for some other country's youngster if need be). The experience and the possibility to rise to the occasion are part of what tennis is all about. And there's no excuse for not fostering it at quali level.