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R1:- Naiktha Bains (GBR) / Maia Lumsden (GBR) CR347 (171+176) [WC] def Anna Danilia (KAZ) / Yifan Xu (CHN) CR51 (24+27) [11] 3-6 7-6(7-3) 7-6 (11-9)

They really looked a good pair. Much much better than their showing at Surbiton just a few weeks ago.

Crispy wrote:

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Thats an amazing win for them! Very pleased, could really make a stab of a career as a pair. Naiktha has had her biggest paycheck of her life this week including quailies Im sure!

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It will be, but probably not by as much over her previous highest as you may think. She got about US$37,500 from the 2019 Australian Open (Q3 singles, R1 doubles)

Jodie and Emily App were pretty poor

It was one of those doubles where one person is always shouting 'yours' 'yours' and doing nothing (not the same one person, either, it was both of them - you'd think they were allergic to the ball at times)

But Jodie's had a good Wimbledon and still has mixed to come

PS Agree with PaulM - Emily App looked the shadow of herself on this court in this pairing 

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Thursday 6th of July 2023 06:55:42 PM

There's a reason Bains/Lumsden won and Appleton/Burrage lost. Teamwork and experience playing together. I understand the principle of not wanting to give wild cards to GB+international doubles pairings, but Appleton's ranking of No. 130 probably merited one. And one win could have lifted her towards the Top 100. Burrage isn't going to be playing much doubles going forward and has the mixed.

9vicman wrote:

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There's a reason Bains/Lumsden won and Appleton/Burrage lost. Teamwork and experience playing together. I understand the principle of not wanting to give wild cards to GB+international doubles pairings, but Appleton's ranking of No. 130 probably merited one. And one win could have lifted her towards the Top 100. Burrage isn't going to be playing much doubles going forward and has the mixed.

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 Agree completely. How are 2 Brits losing worth more than 1 Brit + A.Nother player winning?

Coup Droit wrote:

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Blue_Belle wrote:

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9vicman wrote:

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There's a reason Bains/Lumsden won and Appleton/Burrage lost. Teamwork and experience playing together. I understand the principle of not wanting to give wild cards to GB+international doubles pairings, but Appleton's ranking of No. 130 probably merited one. And one win could have lifted her towards the Top 100. Burrage isn't going to be playing much doubles going forward and has the mixed.

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 Agree completely. How are 2 Brits losing worth more than 1 Brit + A.Nother player winning?

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 Because they probably think 2 Brits losing is worth more than 1 Brit + A.Nother losing.

Emily App and Julia, on paper, would lose. 

Now, I agree, I'd be very happy to give them a chance. 

But I can see the argument the other way, based on the rankings.....

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Wild cards by definition are expected to lose on paper. And there are recent examples in both men's and women's doubles of wild cards being awarded to GB-foreign pairs: Moore/Perrin and Broady/Muhammad. I suspect in this instance the LTA didn't believe enough in this pairing despite their reaching the semifinals in Surbiton. And maybe they are wanting to encourage Brits to play together with an eye on future team competitions.

Yes CD, I had said that I didn't think Emily App & Jofie were a Fed Cup pair in waiting.

Then, unlikely as it may be, I thought Jodie could easily be in on her singles, Emily App could conceivably be for her doubles sometime in the future, and hey it could be at least an emergency pair down the line.

So I deleted. But possibly my first instinct was right