Week 15 - ITF W25 - Nottingham, GB Hard

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Week 15 - ITF W25 - Nottingham, GB Hard

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Will be very interesting to see Ranah match up to Jodie.....

Jana Fett is second seed but has barely won a match this year so, allez Lauryn !

Anna plays Dani

Overall, some nice draws there....

sliced backhand · Lower Club Player

Tennisdad_101 wrote:
there have been some very good results with junior wildcards, Ella, Mimi, Isabelle all getting a maindraw win and Talia getting to a final all in 25k and in their 1st or 2nd events. Disagree also at this level that these 16 year olds may only be playing because their parents want them to. Youve clearly not been around enough of these events or met these players to know how driven they are.

I have, in fact, been to many of these events. The younger players may well be 'driven' but I see no good reason why their progress should be artificially accelerated at the expense of older players. If the juniors are good enough let them make their way through qualis-an excellent learning school.

the addict · Tennis legend

Doubles draw

L16:- Mona Barthel (GER) / Fanni Stollar(HUN) CR297 (148+149) [1] v Abigail Amos (GBR) / Rebecca Hill (GBR) UNR (1668+UNR) [WC]
L16:- Mana Kawamura (JPN) / Funa Kozaki (JPN) CR563 (317+246) v Lauryn John-Baptiste (GBR) / Nadia Rawson (GBR) CR2273 (972+1301) [WC]

L16:- Weronika Baszak (POL) / Angelica Moratelli (ITA) CR1123 (837+286) v Freya Christie (GBR) / Adrienn Nagy (HUN) CR648 (364+284)

L16:- Danielle Daley (GBR) / Eliz Maloney (GBR) CR1930 (1341+589) v Lara Salden (BEL) / Eden Silva (GBR) CR393 (248+145)

Tennisdad_101 · Lower Club Player

We will have time agree to disagree, their progress is not artificially accelerated, they still had to win the matches they played.

Peter too · Tennis legend

R1: BURRAGE, Jodie Anna (GBR) (1) 262 (CH=204 2022) v STOIBER, Ranch Aqua (GBR) WC UNR =CH {16yo JCH=34)

R1: DALEY, Danielle (GBR) Q 1341 =CH v BROGAN, Anna (GBR) Q 825 (CH=564 2015)

R1: SILVA, Eden (GBR) 454 (CH=408 2021)v KAWAMURA, Mana (JPN) 569 (CH=537 2021)

R1: GATENBY, Talia Neilson (GBR) WC 827 =CH {16yo JCH=158} v CHONG, Eudice (HKG) 391 (CH=366 2020)

R1: MALONEY, Eliz (GBR) WC 633 =CH v BARTHEL, Mona (GER) (7) 368 (CH=23 2013)

R1: CONWAY, Jasmine (GBR) Q 860 =CH {17yo JCH=80} v STRESNAKOVA, Katarina (SVK) Q 1236 (CH=939 2015)

R1: WILSON, Emma (GBR) Q 1342 =CH v VECIC, Alexandra (GER) 495 (CH=490 2022)

R1: GILLAN, Alice (GBR) Q 855 (CH=685 2019) v GARLAND, Joanna (TPE) 457 =CH

R1: JOHN-BAPTISTE, Lauryn (GBR) WC 1000 =CH v FETT, Jana (CRO) (2) 255 (CH=97 2017)

-- Edited by Peter too on Monday 11th of April 2022 07:26:38 PM

Jaggy1876 · Grand Slam Champion

Good chance that Anna will beat Jodie should they make it through.

Jaggy1876 · Grand Slam Champion

Looking at the field Id say that if we get 2 quarter finalists then that is a start here.

paulisi · Tennis legend

Top 4 names are all GB, so guaranteed QF

Anna Brogan should beat Danielle
Decent draw for Jasmine

How Mona Barthel has fallen, down to 25k...

indiana · Tennis legend

Jaggy1876 wrote:
Good chance that Anna will beat Jodie should they make it through.

I hope Anna progresses well over this year but I don't see that one. Even with Jodie's indifferent form that would be a bit of a shocker.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

sliced backhand wrote:
Tennisdad_101 wrote:
there have been some very good results with junior wildcards, Ella, Mimi, Isabelle all getting a maindraw win and Talia getting to a final all in 25k and in their 1st or 2nd events. Disagree also at this level that these 16 year olds may only be playing because their parents want them to. Youve clearly not been around enough of these events or met these players to know how driven they are.
I have, in fact, been to many of these events. The younger players may well be 'driven' but I see no good reason why their progress should be artificially accelerated at the expense of older players. If the juniors are good enough let them make their way through qualis-an excellent learning school.

I think you make some good points, sliced backhand.

I don't completely disagree with tennisdad - some of the youngsters have obviously done very well with their wildcards - but the problem to my mind is the lack of 15ks.

By just having 25ks, the number of applicants for the wildcards is automatically miles bigger than it would be otherwise. There are many worthy players.

But elite youngsters, being put forward by the LTA junior bods who have a big vested interest in their youngsters doing well, will obviously take precedence.

If we had some 15ks, we would have space to provide a leg up for other players, and a far wider range.

sliced backhand · Lower Club Player

Coup Droit wrote:
sliced backhand wrote:
Tennisdad_101 wrote:
there have been some very good results with junior wildcards, Ella, Mimi, Isabelle all getting a maindraw win and Talia getting to a final all in 25k and in their 1st or 2nd events. Disagree also at this level that these 16 year olds may only be playing because their parents want them to. Youve clearly not been around enough of these events or met these players to know how driven they are.
I have, in fact, been to many of these events. The younger players may well be 'driven' but I see no good reason why their progress should be artificially accelerated at the expense of older players. If the juniors are good enough let them make their way through qualis-an excellent learning school.
I think you make some good points, sliced backhand.
I don't completely disagree with tennisdad - some of the youngsters have obviously done very well with their wildcards - but the problem to my mind is the lack of 15ks.
By just having 25ks, the number of applicants for the wildcards is automatically miles bigger than it would be otherwise. There are many worthy players.
But elite youngsters, being put forward by the LTA junior bods who have a big vested interest in their youngsters doing well, will obviously take precedence.
If we had some 15ks, we would have space to provide a leg up for other players, and a far wider range.

My view is that MDWC's should (irrespective of age) be given only to those whose ranking entitles them to a qualis place. QWC's should be given primarily to younger players.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Does anyone have any inkling as to why Sonay is not playing here?

I know she has a very invidualistic tournament planning schedule

And that she's on the list for next week

But why not here?

flamingowings · All-time great

Coup Droit wrote:
Does anyone have any inkling as to why Sonay is not playing here?

I know she has a very invidualistic tournament planning schedule

And that she's on the list for next week

But why not here?

Ummmm the Sonay who is playing the BJK tie in a few days, that Sonay?

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

flamingowings wrote:
Coup Droit wrote:
Does anyone have any inkling as to why Sonay is not playing here?

I know she has a very invidualistic tournament planning schedule

And that she's on the list for next week

But why not here?
Ummmm the Sonay who is playing the BJK tie in a few days, that Sonay?

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