Week 43 - ITF W60 - Glasgow, Great Britain Hard

Peter too · Tennis legend

Week 43 - ITF W60 - Glasgow, Great Britain Hard

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Week 42 - ITF W60 - Glasgow, Great Britain Hard

DF · Tennis legend

Mimi does not need a wild card. She is in qualifying on merit.

Lambda · Challenger level

As mentioned in the entries thread, Katie Swan withdrew earlier today.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

DF wrote:
Mimi does not need a wild card. She is in qualifying on merit.

So sorry - I missed her name ....

Peter too · Tennis legend

Brooke Black is a 15 year old with a JCH=329 so she might get one. I haven't seen Sonay's name recently is she injured?

paulisi · Tennis legend

Marni has a SE
Anna Brogan seems certain to have a wildcard alongside Isabelle Lacy and Hannah Klugman.
The last one - Heather Watson, Sonay Kartel, Fran Jones or Ranah Stoiber

-- Edited by paulisi on Saturday 21st of October 2023 09:59:41 PM

Peter too · Tennis legend

RE: Week 43 - ITF W60 - Glasgow, Great Britain Hard

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Yes, Isa is certain for a wc.

And, as you say, Peter, Anna doesn't need one.

Given Hannah's junior schedule, and success last week, it's possible she won't be here.

So there's still quite a few up fro grabs.

Paulisi has a point but Ranah, Sonay and Fran all withdrew a while ago - although I guess it's possible that they've changed their minds.

So I'm still going for someone less likely - like Kat, or some youngster, maybe with Scottish connection

Still upsetting that there are two vacant slots....

DF · Tennis legend

16 year old Aimee Jayne Knowles seems to have been thrown into the deep end. Has she any experience in playing any tennis ?

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

DF wrote:
16 year old Aimee Jayne Knowles seems to have been thrown into the deep end. Has she any experience in playing any tennis ?

Presumably she has played tennis before biggrin

the addict · Tennis legend

JonH comes home wrote:
DF wrote:
16 year old Aimee Jayne Knowles seems to have been thrown into the deep end. Has she any experience in playing any tennis ?
Presumably she has played tennis before

She's played a number of junior tournaments in this country this year and won a few rounds, including reaching a SF in the J30 in Edinburgh in July.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

the addict wrote:
JonH comes home wrote:
DF wrote:
16 year old Aimee Jayne Knowles seems to have been thrown into the deep end. Has she any experience in playing any tennis ?
Presumably she has played tennis before
She's played a number of junior tournaments in this country this year and won a few rounds, including reaching a SF in the J30 in Edinburgh in July.

its ok I was just joking about the any tennis comment. as in taking it literally you had to be on my wavelength !

Lambda · Challenger level

Heather arrived in Tampico on Thursday. They're making a big deal of her being there, more than any other player. Anyway, even if she had withdrawn from Tampico as she was on the acceptance list there she isn't eligible for a WC here.

Fran withdrew from her next 2 weeks of tournaments on Friday. Sonay is a possibility if her rehab from whatever her injury was has gone better than expected, but given the tribulations of Katie and Fran last week I'd caution her against returning too soon.

Would they really give Katherine Barnes a WC to a 60k ahead of Mimi? A WC for Barnes would give her a 3rd counter and a WTA ranking.

Anna would only be directly in if Marni hasn't taken her SE, otherwise Anna needs a WC. But as next in, they can just not use that WC and Anna would then be in directly. Either way, it looks though she's in the main draw.

A WC for Isabelle, as seems certain, would be using 1 of the 2 merit WCs she's earned for winning a match with a WC as she used the last of her standard 3 ITF MD WCs last week. It would actually be her 5th ITF MD WC this year but 1 in Roehampton doesn't count as she didn't get a counter from it.

I'm struggling to identify who the last WC could be. Everyone I'd give a WC to ahead of Mimi is in qualifying, withdrawn in the last week, committed elsewhere or injured.

Aimee won the Scottish National Indoor Championships, a British/Scottish Tour event in Stirling in February and often gets to the latter stages of the British Tour events she enters (which being from Tyneside tend to be the Scottish and Northern ones).

DF · Tennis legend

Lambda wrote:
Heather arrived in Tampico on Thursday. They're making a big deal of her being there, more than any other player. Anyway, even if she had withdrawn from Tampico as she was on the acceptance list there she isn't eligible for a WC here.

Fran withdrew from her next 2 weeks of tournaments on Friday. Sonay is a possibility if her rehab from whatever her injury was has gone better than expected, but given the tribulations of Katie and Fran last week I'd caution her against returning too soon.

Would they really give Katherine Barnes a WC to a 60k ahead of Mimi? A WC for Barnes would give her a 3rd counter and a WTA ranking.

Anna would only be directly in if Marni hasn't taken her SE, otherwise Anna needs a WC. But as next in, they can just not use that WC and Anna would then be in directly. Either way, it looks though she's in the main draw.

A WC for Isabelle, as seems certain, would be using 1 of the 2 merit WCs she's earned for winning a match with a WC as she used the last of her standard 3 ITF MD WCs last week. It would actually be her 5th ITF MD WC this year but 1 in Roehampton doesn't count as she didn't get a counter from it.

I'm struggling to identify who the last WC could be. Everyone I'd give a WC to ahead of Mimi is in qualifying, withdrawn in the last week, committed elsewhere or injured.

Aimee won the Scottish National Indoor Championships, a British/Scottish Tour event in Stirling in February and often gets to the latter stages of the British Tour events she enters (which being from Tyneside tend to be the Scottish and Northern ones).

Thank you