Week 23 - WTA250 - Nottingham, UK Grass

Peter too · Tennis legend

Week 23 - WTA250 - Nottingham, UK Grass

tennischamp · Intermediate Club Player

Lily also in draw but still under Japan on drawsheet... faces q10 Gabriela Lee of Romania.

Emma, Heather, Harriet in main draw alongside Jodie and Sonay who receive mdwc's.

Peter too · Tennis legend

Lily is shown in the draw with a Japanese flag but if you click it it shows her with a GB flag. The WTA site really is bonkers.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Peter too wrote:
Q1:GREY, Sarah Beth (GBR) 314 (CH=304 2022) v MARINO, Rebecca (CAN) (1) 115 (CH=38 2011)
Q1: SILVA, Eden (GBR) 349 =CH v MUHAMMAD, A (USA) (9) 146 (CH=124 2017)
Q1: MIYAZAKI, Yuriko Lily (GBR) 244 (CH=199 2022) v LEE, Gabriela (ROM (10) 149 =CH
Q1: MCDONALD, Ella (GBR) UNR =CH {16yo JCH=73} v INGLIS, Maddison (AUS) (3) 125 (CH=112 2020)
Q1: BOULTER, Katie (GBR) (7) 139 (CH=82 2019) v LIANG, En-Shuo (TPE) 289 (CH=150 2019)
Q1: CHRISTIE, Freya (GBR) 558 (CH=286 2016) v SNIGUR, Daria ((UKR) 5) 132 (CH=131 2022)
Q1: BAINS, Naiktha (GBR) 363 (CH=199 2020) v BUCSA, Cristina (ESP) (6) 134 (CH=125 2022)
Q1: OLUWADARE, Hephzibah UNR =CH (GBR) v ANDRIANJAFITRIMO, Tessah (FRA) (8) 141 =CH

Lily now added.

Just to add the Hephzibah is only 14

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Disappointingly, (I was going to go to watch her in qualies) Jeanjean got a main draw wild card in s-Hertogenbosch, but great for her.

Lambda · Challenger level

1 qWC unused. Surely, they must have been someone who wanted to play?

-- Edited by Lambda on Friday 3rd of June 2022 06:38:46 PM

the addict · Tennis legend

Lambda wrote:
1 qWC unused. Surely, they must have been someone who wanted to play?

-- Edited by Lambda on Friday 3rd of June 2022 06:38:46 PM

According to Darts, Freya Hep and Ella took the three QWC's available.

Lambda · Challenger level

Yes, 3 WCs used out of 4 available for a 24 qualifying draw

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Sakkari has swooped in as top seed on a wild card. Thats good, takes the pressure of being top seed off Emma and Sakkari is good to watch also.

PaulM · Tennis legend

Reason for not awarding the 4th wildcard I think was that the first person out at sign-in close was Eden, so by not awarding a wildcard (to her) she gets in as a direct acceptance. Makes no real difference but in theory Eden avoids using up one of her WTA wildcard allowance.

SuperT · Futures level

I'm really surprised Katie B didn't get a MDWC here given her Nottingham, connections. I can only assume that she thinks playing quails will give her more match player which she probably needs given how little she's played of late.

Miriambee · Futures level

SuperT wrote:
I'm really surprised Katie B didn't get a MDWC here given her Nottingham, connections. I can only assume that she thinks playing quails will give her more match player which she probably needs given how little she's played of late.

Just glad to see her back on a list, hope she can string 2 or more tournaments together especially as it's the grass season.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

So, from the drawsheet, each player in QR1 who loses gets 1 WTA point and $1200?

That's a lot of money, and will certainly be a welcome point for the two youngsters.

ADD: But, as per Indy below, I'm not sure it's really warranted (the point, that is)

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Friday 3rd of June 2022 09:34:20 PM

indiana · Tennis legend

I do much prefer the ATP rankings way here, in that apart from direct entries to mandatory MDs ( as opposed to WCs ) players actually have to win at least one match to get any points.

Barefoot · Lower Club Player

SuperT wrote:
I'm really surprised Katie B didn't get a MDWC here given her Nottingham, connections. I can only assume that she thinks playing quails will give her more match player which she probably needs given how little she's played of late.

And the potential for more points - she cant replace her 70 off from Wimby last year.