Really think 4 wins is very possible.
Can't see Dart losing to Parry who has been mainly woeful this year.
Katie S has a real chance against Bencic who may not be fit to play. She's hardly played for weeks.
Burrage could easily win too. I don't rate McNally that highly.
Kaitie B also has a good chance.

Heather and Sonay have much tougher matches but Heather will be on a show court with the crowd behind her so anything is possible.

I'd be a bit disappointed with fewer than 4 going through and actually justifying their wildcards.

emmsie69 wrote:

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So is it usually the opposite half of the draw to the Men so 1st day will be Mens bottom half courtesy of Djokovic and Ladies Top half? or does the Women's champion and her half of the draw play Tuesday?

-- Edited by emmsie69 on Friday 30th of June 2023 08:15:31 PM

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 The latter isnt it- mens champ Monday, womens Tuesday and respective halves ?

Excellent draws for Katie B and Harriet, both in the first round and in likely second round matches, if they can come through - can't see either losing in the first round, but I feel Sonay and Heather are very unlucky with their draws. If either Katie B or Harriet made the third round, it would be a major boost to their rankings.

It will be interesting to see how Katie S and Jodie perform: both have some chance I think - not only has Benicic had injury problems, but Katie S hasn't played for a couple of weeks from when she retired from a match through injury, so will be intriguing to see if they both make it on to court and in what shape.

I feel we will definitely get at least 2 wins from the first round - I think Katie S, if fit, is capable of raising her game if she is put on a big show court, so fingers crossed that the scheduling is kind to her - on the big courts, in close matches, home advantage really helps. I'll stick my neck out and say 3 out of 6 wins.

JonH comes home wrote:

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Monday OOP out

Katie S court 2
Jodie Court 3
Harriet court 12

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 Approximate timings - play on these courts starts at 11am

Katie S court 2 - third match - after Pegula/Davis and Ruud/Lokoli - and followed by Dan Evans
Jodie Court 3 - third match - after Rublev/Purcell and Garcia/Volynets
Harriet court 12 - first match

PaulM wrote:

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I am keeping with my theory that the British women win and lose at Wimbledon in clusters - so if Harriet wins it will set the tone for another few wins, and if she loses, I'll be expecting none to get through.

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That's a very very nice theory, PaulM, if I'm not mistaken it's an example of one of the classic theory groups in science : Alternating Over-Reaction Hypotheses.

Heather is appearing in her 13th  consecutive Wimbledon singles tournament   starting in 2010.

Alize Cornet is appearing in her 66th consecutive Grand Slam singles starting from the Australian in 2007. That record for a woman is not in immediate danger. 

Some of these special rankings or protected rankings are certainly beneficial to some players . Margarita Betova(nee Gasparyan ) has lost her last 13  WTA singles matches. She last won a match in March 2021 but had time out for a baby. But she is in the main draw. You wonder how many former players returning after pregnancy the game can sustain when for Grand Slam qualification it is done at the expense of players ranking roughly 96 to 105. 

-- Edited by GAMEOVER on Sunday 2nd of July 2023 06:18:49 PM