Tennisdad_101 wrote:

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the addict wrote:

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If you could view the draw online I'd have posted it by now. But as it is I can't even read what's been posted on my small tablet.

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 Apologies I wasnt clear, I meant  view the matches online not the draw. 

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 NP. I meant I couldn't read the names in the image posted. And the LTA website often takes hours to update with draws and order of play.

the addict wrote:

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Jaggy1876 wrote:

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Anna and Alicia to come through Ill go for.

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 I'd go along with that, although I think Lissey has some tough matches.

Emily could also have a tough time, but Anna and Freya should make it to the final round easily enough.

(And now the girls will prove me wrong !)

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I think it's so hard to call with all these promising juniors in the mix. Personally I'd love for Freya and Emily to make it through; they're both low on morale and both played well at Bham qualies. But then there's Hep and Isabelle...

Only 8 of the field actually have a WTA ranking. I hope no-one gave it a miss purely because they thought they were ranked too low to go for it. 

Of our 43 ranked players :

3 are MD DEs
5 are MD WCs
1 is a Q DE ( Maia by her SR )
1 would have been at least a Q DE but is evidently injured ( Fran )
4 are Q WCs ( Ranah isn't yet ranked )
8 are in the Q WC play-offs

And 21 (!) others are not involved ( provisionally suspended, injured, retired, competing elsewhere or some other reason )

So actually if you add Fran to that number then over half of our ranked players are not involved in any way when just having a WTA ranking gave at least a play-offs DE.

Tennisdad_101 wrote:

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indiana wrote:

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Only 8 of the field actually have a WTA ranking. I hope no-one gave it a miss purely because they thought they were ranked too low to go for it. 

Of our 43 ranked players :

3 are MD DEs
5 are MD WCs
1 is a Q DE ( Maia by her SR )
1 would have been at least a Q DE but is evidently injured ( Fran )
4 are Q WCs ( Ranah isn't yet ranked )
8 are in the Q WC play-offs

And 21 (!) others are not involved ( provisionally suspended, injured, retired, competing elsewhere or some other reason )

So actually if you add Fran to that number then over half of our ranked players are not involved in any way when just having a WTA ranking gave at least a play-offs DE.

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 It does look as though some assumed they wouldnt get in to the event, which is a shame to miss it. The mens draw is much tougher.  Maybe if the lta put it on the tournament software players could have seen the entry list and would have known their chance of getting in. It looks as though calls were made late yesterday to fill the 16 places. 

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 I dont know how it works but Id hope the lta have someone with a list of all the players ranked in order and their mobiles and at around 4 pm start ringing down the list to encourage them or sign them up. In reality i suspect nothing like this happens and its left as a big fat void! 

Still no updates on the LTA site with the draw, matches or players, so I guess we'll have to rely on our Google sleuths for results !

For what it is worth I have added the WTA and ITF rankings to the list posted by Lambda

Anna Brogan WR508/2 [1] v Esther Adeshina
Hephzibah Oluwadare UNR/1299 v Ruby Cooling
Alicia Dudeney v Lauryn John-Baptiste UNR/585
Erin Richardson v Emily Appleton WR965/380 [4]

Freya Christie WR542/21 [2] v Ella Mcdonald
Sofia Johnson v Francesca Davis UNR/1809
Holly Hutchinson WR1400/585 v Emma Wilson WR1100/143
Isabelle Lacey WR1177/1478 v Alicia Barnett WR591/120 [3]

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However what do they gain by being here if they believe that they will not be in the final? Confidence is lacking.

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 Looking down the ranking list, and ignoring those that are playing elsewhere, the ones that are missing appear to be Naiktha, Eliz Ali and Dani. Some higher ranked playerss are either concentrating on doubles or are inactive.