Week 26 - Wimbledon Ladies Qualifying, Great Britain Grass

the addict · Tennis legend

RE: Week 26 - Wimbledon Ladies Qualifying, Great Britain Grass

GAMEOVER · Satellite level

the addict wrote:
markymc1983 wrote:
I think 2 LL have got in so far, Korspatch and Hbino
Yes, those two are in the bottom half of the draw. By my reckoning Tauson is next in, followed by Townsend.

Hibino is very lucky in the lucky loser category. Initially she has failed to qualify in her last 6 qualifying Grand Slam tournaments but on 3 occasions she has been a lucky loser. She has yet to win as a lucky loser on the previous 2 occasions. She plays Alize Cornet this time. She is the only Japanese player in the ladies singles draw.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

June Player of the month votes are here

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JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Final vote is up

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Lee · Lower Club Player

wales1994 wrote:
GAMEOVER wrote:
Nix wrote:
dodrade wrote:
I really wanted Hannah to win at least one match in Qualifying but hopefully will do better at Junior Wimbledon. Naiktha's win a pleasant surprise. Eden probably the most disappointing, her singles form has tailed off badly since her Nottingham win last year.

-- Edited by dodrade on Tuesday 27th of June 2023 11:53:13 PM

-- Edited by dodrade on Wednesday 28th of June 2023 01:23:00 AM
I don't know. In some ways it's not a bad thing that she's not even more high profile than she is at the moment. She's only 14 and I can just imagine the press she would have got if she'd won. Not helped by the fact she's pretty like Emma. I think it's probably been an excellent experience for her. She'll have learnt so much from playing a much more experienced player with a lot of fan interest in a home tournament. The thing is they give you all this positive press at first and then all the negativity in the media and social media kicks in. I don't know how a 14 year old is supposed to deal with this. Even on here people are saying that Emma is distracted by sponsorship, should retire etc. I'd be happy for her to have another year of relative anonymity. One good thing is that the GB girls seem quite supportive of each other, you often see them watching each other's matches, for instance Isa watched Hannah's match yesterday.

Hopefully doing well at junior Wimbledon wouldn't bring quite such a lot of attention. More back pages than front page of newspapers etc.

-- Edited by Nix on Wednesday 28th of June 2023 02:03:00 AM
Laura won Junior Wimbledon in 2018 at 14 and it brought a lot of attention.
Can we not talk about a 14 year olds looks? It seems very problematic.

Is this an example of woke culture? Is it likely to lead to cancel culture? Its nice to be on trend for once. :)