Priesty wrote:

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Tennisdad_101 wrote:

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JonH comes home wrote:

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Ruby Cooling has started very well and is a break up at 4-2 first set - shes playing a player just outside the top 300.

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 Saw one of Rubys coaches at Ilkley with her, shes a grass court specialist and a previous Junior Wimbledon champion Noppawan Lertcheewakarn. Good to see them taking the grass court season seriously. Her opponent may be on the back foot for a while here. 

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 Did Lertcheewakarn win Junior Wimbledon one year? I remember her being runner-up to Robbo in 2008.

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 Runner up in 2008 to Robson , winner in 2009 Beating mladenovic. Was also ranked world junior number 1. Now thats some pedigree. 

Q2: STOIBER, Ranah Akua (GBR) UNR def BAINS, Naiktha (GBR) (13) 361 6-7(1) 6-4 [10-6]
Q2: LUMSDEN, Maia (GBR) 700 def RADWANSKA, Urszula (POL) (12) 326 4-6 6-2 [10-7]
Q2: BROGAN, Anna (GBR) (16) 511 def KALIEVA, Elvina (USA) (7) 257 6-4 2-6 [10-8]

Our girls seem to have got the hang of third set tie breaks. 

R1: XU, Mingge (GBR) WC 1177 (CH=1176 2022) {14yo JCH=123} v WICKMAYER, Yanina (BEL) SR 670 (CH=12 2010)
R1: BROGAN, Anna (GBR) Q 508 =CH v VOLYNETS, Katie (USA) (3) 121 (CH=112 2022)
R1: BURRAGE, Jodie Anna (GBR) WC 216 v RODIONOVA, Arina (AUS) 149 (CH=116 2017)
R1: STOIBER, Ranah Akua (GBR) Q UNR =CH {17yo JCH=34} v LOEB, Jamie (USA) 209 (CH=120 2018)
R1: LUMSDEN, Maia (GBR) Q 702 (CH=250 2019) v WALTERT, Simona (SUI) 205 (CH=202 2022)
R1: KARTAL, Sonay (GBR) WC 268 =CH v HARTONO, Arianne (NED) 163 (CH=161 2022)
R1: MIYAZAKI, Yuriko Lily (GBR) WC 206 (CH=199 2022) v MLADENOVIC, Kristina (FRA) (2) 115 (CH=10 2017)

-- Edited by Peter too on Monday 13th of June 2022 05:00:28 PM

I think the draws are fine. Most of our players aren't at $100K level, so they'd be underdogs against almost anyone.

Wickmayer is a bit of a mystery as her best days are well behind her, but was a quality player in her day.

Volynets is a good player, but maybe isn't too comfortable on grass, at least judging by her results.

Rodionova is a tough draw, but Jodie seems to be playing herself back into form on the grass.

Loeb is another good player, but Ranah's already exceeded expectations here.

Waltert has had some good results on clay in the past few months, but Maia must be happy playing someone yet to break the top 200 in the first round of a $100K.

Hartono may be higher ranked, but Sonay seems addicted to winning this year and has home-court advantage. Sonay should be considered favourite.

Mladenovic is obviously a talented player who, like Wickmayer, seems to have left her best tennis in the past. She did just win a $60K last week, albeit on clay. Could take her a while to adjust to the grass, and Yuriko could be just the person to take advantage of that.

Good to see Nell Miller taking part. She is one half of the #1 ranked doubles pairs in the NCAA Division 1 at the nd of the 2021-2022 season and won the Doubles Championship. One to look out for (along with the much-younger Mimi and Ranah)

I'd have thought only Anna might be heading to Aorangi - I wouldn't expect the others to be in the play-offs (for various reasons)

Grachka wrote:

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Do we know why Centre Court hasn't started while Courts 2 and 3 are midway through their second matches? Problem with live scores or problem with the surface?

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It's coz there's two men's matches on Centre Court first, before the women

Aidan v Pospisil are in the second set - the women's starts after that finishes 

 

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Tuesday 14th of June 2022 12:26:57 PM

PS weather is decent enough , breezy but nice. I am still testing positive for Covid so sadly cant go but it would have been nice watching today