Eliz has just lost to Alice. Very poor result for her though I guess it's a good one for Alice.
Yeah, I'd say that sums it up. Eliz will be disappointed, they've had some close matches in the UKPL over the past couple of years, but it was 4-2 Eliz H2H heading into it, and Alice was 3.25 or 9/4 at Bet365, so a fairly clear underdog. A couple of tougher (main) draws previously, but Eliz has not had the best time in Nottingham these past 5 weeks or so, just the one win yesterday in her 3 home W25 events.
Might be a tricky one for Eden - Wong has beaten Maia, Anna and Jodie in recent weeks, and taken Lily to 3 tight sets. And if she wins she likely faces the top seed...
Unlucky draw for Maia too as she begins her comeback. 3 wins will be a decent haul here I think.
As an aside, I didn't realise that we have another run of 5x25ks coming up immediately post-Wimbledon! We really are being spoiled. (Although I note they are not yet on the ITF tournament calendar so we'll see...)
Doubles draw Ill add the rankings etc later. I've highlighted the Brits and the almost-Brits
L16:- Na-Lae Han (KOR) / Hong Yi Cody Wong (HKG) [1] v Freya Christie (GBR) / Sonay Kartal (GBR) L16:- Man Ying Maggie Ng (HKG) / Ho Ching Wu (HKG) v Kimberly Birrell (AUS) / Alexandra Osborne (AUS)
L16:- Leonie Kung (SUI) / Diana Marcinkevica (LAT) [3] v Joanna Garland (TPE) / Pei-Chi Lee (TPE) L16:- Rebecca Hill (GBR) / Nadia Rawson (GBR) [WC] v Amy Leather (GBR) / Hannah Smith (GBR) [WC]
L16:- Gabriela Andrea Knutson (CZE) / Katarina Stresnakova (SVK) v Andre Lukosiute (LTU) / Eliz Maloney (GBR) L16:- Mana Ayukawa (JPN) / Alana Parnaby (AUS) v Paige Hourigan (NZL) / Eden Silva (GBR) [4]
L16:- Naiktha Bains (GBR) / Maia Lumsden (GBR) v Abigail Amos (GBR) / Emma Wilson (GBR) [WC] L16:- Lauryn John-Baptiste (GBR) / Alice Robbe (FRA) v Rutuja Bhosale (IND) / Ankita Raina (IND) [2]
Not really. Maia's wild card is a feed up WC for winning the UKPL week 4.
But she would probably have got it anyway given her ranking has suffered due to her lengthy time out because of illness
-- Edited by Lambda on Monday 9th of May 2022 07:31:37 PM
I think it may indeed be the dared to drop out the system for a few years thing with Anna. Even the LTA may have some empathy with being out with long covid.
I certainly don't think that there is any anti Scottish issue nor have I noticed any suggestion of such.
Not really. Maia's wild card is a feed up WC for winning the UKPL week 4. But she would probably have got it anyway given her ranking has suffered due to her lengthy time out because of illness
-- Edited by Lambda on Monday 9th of May 2022 07:31:37 PM
Then I take it back and accusations can fly again !
Thanks, Lambda
(and, yes, Indy - I think it's very much due to the 'we invested so much time and energy in you and then you quit' sour grapes - although (as we've gone through already) I'm not convinced about absolute level either)
Doubles draw Ill add the rankings etc later. I've highlighted the Brits and the almost-Brits
L16:- Na-Lae Han (KOR) / Hong Yi Cody Wong (HKG) [1] v Freya Christie (GBR) / Sonay Kartal (GBR) L16:- Man Ying Maggie Ng (HKG) / Ho Ching Wu (HKG) v Kimberly Birrell (AUS) / Alexandra Osborne (AUS)
L16:- Leonie Kung (SUI) / Diana Marcinkevica (LAT) [3] v Joanna Garland (TPE) / Pei-Chi Lee (TPE) L16:- Rebecca Hill (GBR) / Nadia Rawson (GBR) [WC] v Amy Leather (GBR) / Hannah Smith (GBR) [WC]
L16:- Gabriela Andrea Knutson (CZE) / Katarina Stresnakova (SVK) v Andre Lukosiute (LTU) / Eliz Maloney (GBR) L16:- Mana Ayukawa (JPN) / Alana Parnaby (AUS) v Paige Hourigan (NZL) / Eden Silva (GBR) [4]
L16:- Naiktha Bains (GBR) / Maia Lumsden (GBR) v Abigail Amos (GBR) / Emma Wilson (GBR) [WC] L16:- Lauryn John-Baptiste (GBR) / Alice Robbe (FRA) v Rutuja Bhosale (IND) / Ankita Raina (IND) [2]
I think that Gabby Knutson's two postgraduate years at Durham could also qualify her to be highlighted as an almost-Brit. Should be a great game between two pairs who have won British 25's this year.
I spent ages last night looking up the rankings, and edited the post or so I thought ! So here is the draw again
L16:- Na-Lae Han (KOR) / Hong Yi Cody Wong (HKG) CR369 (152+217) [1] v Freya Christie (GBR) / Sonay Kartal (GBR) CR1528 (367+1161) L16:- Man Ying Maggie Ng (HKG) / Ho Ching Wu (HKG) CR1564 (742+822) v Kimberly Birrell (AUS) / Alexandra Osborne (AUS) CR808 (428+380)
L16:- Leonie Kung (SUI) / Diana Marcinkevica (LAT) CR477 (252+225) [3] v Joanna Garland (TPE) / Pei-Chi Lee (TPE) CR1583 (1003+580) L16:- Rebecca Hill (GBR) / Nadia Rawson (GBR) CR2084 (1157+927) [WC] v Amy Leather (GBR) / Hannah Smith (GBR) UNR (UNR+1131) [WC]
L16:- Gabriela Andrea Knutson (CZE) / Katarina Stresnakova (SVK) CR960 (178+782) v Andre Lukosiute (LTU) / Eliz Maloney (GBR) CR1236 (644+588) L16:- Mana Ayukawa (JPN) / Alana Parnaby (AUS) CR632 (297+335) v Paige Hourigan (NZL) / Eden Silva (GBR) CR498 (347+151) [4] L16:- Naiktha Bains (GBR) / Maia Lumsden (GBR) CR1219 (295+924)v Abigail Amos (GBR) / Emma Wilson (GBR) CR3231 (1603+1628) [WC] L16:- Lauryn John-Baptiste (GBR) / Alice Robbe (FRA) CR1161 (720+441) v Rutuja Bhosale (IND) / Ankita Raina (IND) CR417 (275+142) [2]