Qualifying spots don't look too bad. Subject to making it into MD and Katie staying fit I'd give our 3 slightly better than evens to progress to R2 in most of those matches.
To be fair our girls have done a pretty good job of getting as bad draws as they could have got.
L128: (11) Emma Raducanu WR 13 (CH=12 Feb 2022) vs BYE - plays the winner of Yastremska vs Garcia.
L128: Ana Konjuh (CRO) WR 48 (CH=20 July 2017) vs (Q) Harriet Dart WR 122 (CH=120 Nov 2021) H2h 0-1, Cherbourg-En-Cotentin, R32 in 2020
L128: (Q) Heather Watson WR 113 (CH=38 2015) vs Tereza Martincova (CZE) WR 42 (CH=40 Feb 2022)
L128: (Q) Katie Boulter WR 127 (CH =82 Feb 2019) vs Jasmine Paolini (ITA) WR 46 (CH = 44 Feb 2022) H2h 1-0, Imola QF in 2014.
In a 96 player main draw, getting players in the mid 40s is sort of smack on average- could have been better , could have been worse. Hopefully 1 of the girls will turn in a good result
L128: (11) Emma Raducanu WR 13 (CH=12 Feb 2022) vs BYE - plays the winner of Yastremska vs Garcia.
L128: Ana Konjuh (CRO) WR 48 (CH=20 July 2017) vs (Q) Harriet Dart WR 122 (CH=120 Nov 2021) H2h 0-1, Cherbourg-En-Cotentin, R32 in 2020
L128: (Q) Heather Watson WR 113 (CH=38 2015) vs Tereza Martincova (CZE) WR 42 (CH=40 Feb 2022)
L128: (Q) Katie Boulter WR 127 (CH =82 Feb 2019) vs Jasmine Paolini (ITA) WR 46 (CH = 44 Feb 2022) H2h 1-0, Imola QF in 2014.
I like Jasmine P but ever since I saw her live at Wimbly Q, when Eden Silva should have beaten her (well, slightly unfair but it was Eden;s first set which she blew, overall a 50:50 match) I've never rated her as a real top contender.
So, go Katie. She's been playing extremely well, these last few weeks. Definitely top-60 tennis.
Ana Konjuh was absolutely creaming the ball against Katie B last week. But couldn't sustain it. And then sort of fell apart. Harriet is nothing if not tenacious. If she could manage to survive the onslaught and drag out the match, she's in with a chance. But only if. Not 'likely'
Don't really know about Martincova - but she seems to be on quite good form of late
-- Edited by Coup Droit on Wednesday 9th of March 2022 07:56:19 AM