Yup very decent first round draws across the board. Anna will be hard pushed against Jimenez, and Isabelle has a big job against Ruse, but otherwise you can't complain.
Agree with Paul that Hannah must be a favourite against Jani, who is perennial GS early round qualifying fodder. I would also fancy Emily to come through against Zhao, and Eden has a good draw (on grass) too.
Decent first round draws, but it will get tough after that.
Mimi and Hannah are in the section with Avanesyan the Q1 seed.
Emily could meet Rus Q2 in the second round.
Isabelle could face Wickmayer in the second round.
I'm going tomorrow, so if anyone else is going to be there and fancies a chat drop me a message.
I'm there Wednesday and Thursday (only because the Thursday tickets sold out so I went for Wednesday and then a Thursday ticket came up, I am not popular at work)
I'm going tomorrow, so if anyone else is going to be there and fancies a chat drop me a message.
I'm there Wednesday and Thursday (only because the Thursday tickets sold out so I went for Wednesday and then a Thursday ticket came up, I am not popular at work)
I think you may be very grateful for the Wednesday ticket.
Looks like weather is going to be a major problem for Thursday. But - touch wood - should be just fine until then
For those us us that cant go its really disappointing that only Lily is on the televised court. Surely they must realise fans would rather watch Hannah, Mimi, Isabelle etc rather than the likes of Genie Bouchard and Jacquemot!
Do you think it was possibly a bit of a 'sop' to Lily?
Because she hadn't been given a MD WC?
At least we give you the show court?
Or is that overthinking it?
Mind you, you could have had Lily AND the match of Isabelle, say ....
I personally wouldn't put Hannah or Mimi on the show court - I think it's a little initimidating, maybe, and best to be on a lower court. So I think that's right. Mind you, I don't like that Hannah is on last - again, I don't think that's helpful to her and better to play early, easier for timing, you don't get so nervous, etc etc.
But Isa has been high profile so far this summer, she's our U18 champion, she would be the perfect youngster to go on the show court
Yes, I think having Mirra's match on the Stadium court is a perfect choice for international audiences.
And an American player makes sense
I don't see that Bouchard v Minnen is very high quality but I guess Bouchard still has name recognition value, which is more than a lot of them
Tauson v Bektas would have been a better US match, I reckon
Or Krueger's match, given she's just won a title