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Ace Ventura


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RIP Barb's ranking, she loses almost half of her points (inc 2021 Strasbourg) and will be 12th at most, but possibly a fair bit lower. She probably did come back too soon, and did look to run out of gas, but that's a huge moment for Parry.

I'm not a big fan, but I did feel a bit sorry for Krej - she always goes on about court selection and not feeling the love generally since winning her slam, and yet the crowd were right on her back for that (trademark) lengthy 2nd set extended bathroom break, and got a fair bit of boos.

 

I believe that's also just the 2nd top 100 player Parry has ever beaten, after Haddad Maia. I was shocked to see her in the top 100, thought she was a MDWC, but she seems to have built up her 90 odd ranking under the radar on the clay ITF and 125k scene.



-- Edited by Ace Ventura on Monday 23rd of May 2022 01:52:37 PM

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Would have been nice if Diane had smiled a bit ! But maybe that's me being picky ....

I agree, her ranking is probably generous.

Just for interest, the French wildcards are:

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Tessah ANDRIANJAFITRIMO - Age 23 - WTA ranking (9thMay): No.144

Fiona FERRO - Age 25 - WTA ranking (9thMay): No.139

Elsa JACQUEMOT - Age 19 -WTA ranking (9thMay): No.229

Léolia JEANJEAN - Age 26 - WTA ranking (9thMay): No.223 - "Destination Roland-Garros" wildcard French tour

Chloé PAQUET - Age 27 - WTA ranking (9th May): No.101

Harmony TAN - Age 24 -WTA ranking (9thMay): No.115 - "Destination Roland-Garros" wildcard International tour



-- Edited by Coup Droit on Monday 23rd of May 2022 01:57:36 PM

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What's going on with Ferro CD? This time 14 months ago she and Badosa both lost in the Lyon 250 SF, Ferro ranked 46 and the 2nd seed, Paula ranked 73rd and the 7th seed, but they've obviously had a massively contrasting time since then, they play tomorrow in R1 and Fiona is an average 12.84 which is almost 12/1, and you can get 15/1 - they are both 1997s as well, but Ferro seems to have had a shocking time of late and has played a fair amount of events in that time.

I have seen her get some decent wins, and play well at RG in the past, but those odds would suggest she's almost chopped liver, and Paula hasn't been massively convincing herself in recent weeks.

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Honestly, your guess is as good as mine....

Fiona was always the little blue-eyed girl at the FFT as a teenager/junior - I really don't think it did her any favours.

But I've no idea what's been going on - I'll go and surf a little and see if I can find anything.



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She was injured for a bit after getting her ranking right up wasn't she?

Heather 0-1*

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Jacquemot is delivering precisely the sort of performance I'd be expecting from any of our wildcards against a 30 year old ranked outside the top 100 with their best days behind them (sorry I have huge respect for Hev and always want her to win, but it's true!) at Wimbledon. Credit to her for rising to the occasion.

1-4*

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Heather 1-4 injury break!

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Emma should be starting soon. ES2 building it up now.


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Loses the set 6-3. Had a point to bring it level at *4-4 too..



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Emma fails to secure the double break from 40-15*, then is broken from *40-0

2-2*

Heather worked hard to go up 2-0* but has been pegged back *2-3

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Emma went 2-0 up but then lost two games from 40-0 up. The seventeen year old is going for all her shots and getting a lot of them in.

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Heather clung on for as long as possible in miserable conditions but it was the French girls day. Couldn't escape the *3-4 game despite saving 5 break points, then wasted 2 of her own in the final game to lose 3-6 3-6. The wildcard totally deserved it.

Emma making a total hash of things, she should be miles clear, wasting a lot of chances with bad play.

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A weak tiebreak from Emma, consistently setting up the ball nicely for Noskova to pummell away. The kid is undeniably talented, big easy hitting off both wings, but Emma should have been away and clear early on and has allowed herself to be sucked into this with some poor decision making throughout the set.

6-7(4) *0-0



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Noskova did get better as it went on, but that will definitely feel like a set that got away.

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The 17 year old is at present doing a Raducanu to Raducanu she is hitting winner after winner with her backhand. Emma 6-7(4)

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