Ranah Stoiber is a direct entrant while Ella McDonald may have sneaked in if there was a late withdrawal. Possible wildcard recipients apart from Ella are Isabelle Lacy, Mingge Xu, Hephzibah Oluwadare, Talia Neilson-Gatenby, Hannah Klugman, Sarah Tatu and Jasmine Conway. Qualifying starts tomorrow at Roehampton
QR1
(q1) Yu-Yun Li (TPE) v (qWC) Jaquelyn Ogunwale
(q2) Aruzhan Sagandikova (KAZ) v (qWC) Sofia Johnson
(qWC) Daniela Piani v (q10) Panna Bertha (HUN)
(q5) Weronjika Ewald (POL) v (qWC) Millie Skelton
(qWC) Ruby Cooling v (q9) Sandugash Kenzhibayeva (KAZ)
Some good results for Sophia Johnson, Daniela Piani and Given Roach who all won against higher ranked players. Excellent effort from Ruby Cooling who only lost on a match tie break.
But Sofia J is still the stand-out 'unknown' player - unranked in juniors a week ago - obviously playing US tennis of some description - and puts out the Q2 seed, ranked 73 or so, with absolute ease
-- Edited by Coup Droit on Thursday 30th of June 2022 04:28:40 PM
Just as in the boys main draw Brits draw the top 2 seeds. However the draw is weaker than usual with several top girls opting out, presumably because of the lack of ranking points (the boys draw by comparison is about as strong as usual with a cut of 61 against the girls 74)
R1 (L64)
(1) Liv Hovde (USA) v Ranah Akua Stoiber
(Q) v (WC) Hannah Klugman
(WC) Mingge Xu v Carolina Kuhl (GER)
Julie Struplova (CZE) v (WC) Ella McDonald
Talia Neilson Gatenby v Nina Vargova (SVK)
(Q) v (WC) Hephzibah Oluwadare
Renata Jamrichova (SVK) v (WC) Jasmine Conway
Joelle Lilly Sophie Steur (GER) v (WC) Isabelle Lacy
(WC) Sarah Tatu v (2) Celine Naef (SUI)
5 matches tomorrow - should be available via the BBC website
R1 (L64)
(1) Liv Hovde (USA) v Ranah Akua Stoiber (Q) Yu-Yun Li (TPE) v (WC) Hannah Klugman (WC) Mingge Xu v Carolina Kuhl (GER) Julie Struplova (CZE) v (WC) Ella McDonald Ct 5 match 4
(Q) Sofia Johnson v (5) Victoria Mboko (CAN) (7) Luca Udvardy (HUN) v (Q) Daniela Piani Talia Neilson Gatenby v Nina Vargova (SVK) Ct 6 match 5 (Q) Weronika Ewald (POL) v (WC) Hephzibah Oluwadare Renata Jamrichova (SVK) v (WC) Jasmine Conway Ct 7 match 3 Joelle Lilly Sophie Steur (GER) v (WC) Isabelle Lacy Ct 7 match 4 (WC) Sarah Tatu v (2) Celine Naef (SUI) Ct 6 match 3