They are ageist, it's sure. But I don't think that's why with Anna. After all, Lauryn and others have had wildcards and she's a similar age.
I think Anna is out of favour simply because she got a fair bit of attention as a youngster and then chucked it all in
The LTA sulk. They don't like it.
Mind you, i don't rate Anna that highly either so I have no real problem in practice this time
The BJ King cup tie against the Czech Republic reminds one that Anna beat the top seed Marketa Vondrousova in the 1st round of junior Wimbledon 2015. As with Emma beating Vondrousova at Wimbledon it was on grass and not clay.
Emma and Anna look to be our best chance of qualifiers. Although in Anna's section is Wong who beat Jodie in the W25 Pretoria the other week and got to the SF before the tournament was abandoned.