Olympic tennis

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Olympic tennis

GAMEOVER · Satellite level

Oh dear

PaulM · Tennis legend

Jamie's ranked high enough to take Dan's doubles spot which is good news.

Kerber out on the women's side. Looking at the rankings, I don't actually think Harriet would have ended up a million miles away (I mean she's still way out on 14 June rankings, but closer than you might expect). But any withdraw after today go to the doubles only players.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

PaulM wrote:
Jamie's ranked high enough to take Dan's doubles spot which is good news.

Kerber out on the women's side. Looking at the rankings, I don't actually think Harriet would have ended up a million miles away (I mean she's still way out on 14 June rankings, but closer than you might expect). But any withdraw after today go to the doubles only players.

question - could Joe, Jamie and or Neal end up with a surprise singles spot if lots of players fall away between tomorrow and the event?!

the addict · Tennis legend

JonH comes home wrote:
PaulM wrote:
Jamie's ranked high enough to take Dan's doubles spot which is good news.

Kerber out on the women's side. Looking at the rankings, I don't actually think Harriet would have ended up a million miles away (I mean she's still way out on 14 June rankings, but closer than you might expect). But any withdraw after today go to the doubles only players.

question - could Joe, Jamie and or Neal end up with a surprise singles spot if lots of players fall away between tomorrow and the event?!

Question is - would they want to play ?

Jamie hasn't played singles at ITF or above since 2012

Joe last played in 2018, and Neal in 2016

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

the addict wrote:
JonH comes home wrote:
PaulM wrote:
Jamie's ranked high enough to take Dan's doubles spot which is good news.

Kerber out on the women's side. Looking at the rankings, I don't actually think Harriet would have ended up a million miles away (I mean she's still way out on 14 June rankings, but closer than you might expect). But any withdraw after today go to the doubles only players.

question - could Joe, Jamie and or Neal end up with a surprise singles spot if lots of players fall away between tomorrow and the event?!
Question is - would they want to play ?
Jamie hasn't played singles at ITF or above since 2012
Joe last played in 2018, and Neal in 2016

You could be right, I just wondered about the theory !

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Kerber, Azarenka and Pospisil all pulled out today

dodrade · Satellite level

Alex de Minaur out after testing positive for Covid, let's hope he hasn't been playing tonsil hockey with Katie B recently.

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9793743/Tokyo-Olympics-Australian-athlete-tests-positive-Covid.html

Madadman · Top national player

Is there somewhere that you can see the current list of entries for the Olympics?

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Madadman wrote:
Is there somewhere that you can see the current list of entries for the Olympics?

Wiki has all the entry lists in the same place and seems pretty much up to date as far as I can tell eg AdM is taken out of their listing now

Mens is down to 127 ranking for entry now, womens is at 108. Mens has 4 open spaces as well, womens has 1

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennis_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Qualification

-- Edited by JonH comes home on Friday 16th of July 2021 11:01:59 AM

PaulM · Tennis legend

Gosh, if the LTA had reserve nominations on the ladies side they would have made it. Hseih (not Su-Wei, her sister) and Hsu have just been accepted into the doubles, and both are ranked around 190.

So using best of rankings, Heather and Harriet (and various other combos) would have been higher than that. Wonder if LTA have been caught napping here and just never assumed it would go this low (a silly mistake).

-- Edited by PaulM on Friday 16th of July 2021 04:05:37 PM

Armchair · County player

I'm not a big follower or fan of Olympic tennis at any time I should say.

But I'm finding it hard to see why if protocols and bubbles were followed at Wimbledon players are testing positive now. So either protocols weren't followed or it's not really possible to control the spread.

Anyway round the possibility of catching and spreading Covid at the Olympics seems enormous when you look at the size of the event and the logistics involved.

It does seem that either the vaccines aren't as effective with top level athletes or they've been reluctant to engage with the vaccine program. All that aside it means we have a somewhat unbalanced competition and while I admire those who travel to participate I can't say I think it makes any sense unless you're Djokovic seeking the golden slam.

Armchair · County player

I've just seen an absolutely superb ident for Paralympians on C4 just to remind me there is a very good reason for the Olympics to go ahead full steam.

flamingowings · All-time great

Tokyo Olympics: Covid case found at athletes village, raising infection fears - The Guardian

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

I have a feeling this Olympics will be one where a lot of participants pull out during events as Covid hits in the village.

Not saying that it will prove dangerous, these are young and fit athletes, but it could prove very disruptive. That aligned with no crowds watching gives me a feeling of an event that wont capture the public imagination.

Anyone out there really care about how many medals Team GB brings home?!