Week 43 - ITF W60 - Glasgow, Great Britain Hard

Var · Pro player

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

telstar · Strong Club Player

the addict wrote:
Tried to edit my previous post three times an it wouldn't post the changed draw. So here it is again !

WTA rankings as at 23/10/23

L16:- Francisca Jorge (POR) / Maia Lumsden (GBR) CR214 (134+80) [1] v Hephzibah Oluwadare (GBR) / Mika Stojsavljevic (GBR) UNR (UNR+UNR) [WC]
L16:- Kajsa Rinaldo Persson (SWE) / Anna Siskova (CZE) CR642 (556+86) v Katarina Stresnakova (SVK) / Emily Webley-Smith (GBR) CR705 (415+290)

L16:- Estelle Cascino (FRA) / Suzan Lamens (NED) CR382 (168+214) [3] v Viktoria Morvayova (SVK) / Radka Zelnickova (SVK) CR875 (536+339)
L16:- Madeleine Brooks (GBR) / Holly Hutchinson (GBR) CR583 (292+291) v Emily Appleton (GBR) / Samantha Murray Sharan (GBR) CR757 (139+618) [WC]

L16:- Elena Malygina (EST) / Adrienn Nagy (HUN) CR627 (277+350) v Mariam Bolkvadze (GEO) / Yuriko Lily Miyazaki (GBR) CR936 (587+349)
L16:- Hannah Klugman (GBR) / Isabelle Lacy (GBR) UNR (UNR+1540) [WC] v Nigina Abduraimova (UZB) / Jasmijn Gimbrere (NED) CR428 (223+205) [4]

L16:- Berfu Cengiz (TUR) / Ali Collins (GBR) CR516 (353+163) v Alexandra Eala (PHI) / Barbora Palicova (CZE) CR740 (435+305)
L16:- Katy Dunne (GBR) / Ella McDonald (GBR) UNR (UNR+526) v Freya Christie (GBR) / Olivia Gadecki (AUS) CR238 (144+94) [2]

I think it is nothing short of a disgrace that Eliz and Nell Miller have not got a place in this draw! Both are established doubles players ranked in the 500's. Nell is recently back from US uni where she will have learned a great deal about dubs play. Places have been given instead to two pairs of juniors who do not play doubles and who, in all likelihood, are not bothered whether they are in the draw at all!

-- Edited by telstar on Monday 23rd of October 2023 05:21:25 PM

the addict · Tennis legend

Main Draw is out
WC's for Hannah, Mimi, Isabelle (all in Gadecki's quarter), Mika and Anna. SE for Marni

Peter too · Tennis legend

Q2: CHRISTIE, Freya (GBR) (12) 565 def DUNNE, Katy (GBR) (1) 343 6-0 7-6(5)

Q2: XU, Mingge (GBR) 1235 def MIDDENDORF, Julia (GER) (2) 356 6-2 6-1

Q2: APPLETON, Emily (GBR) (4) 368 def ZELNICKOVA, Radka (SVK) (13) 583 6-4 1-6 6-3

Q2: HUTCHINSON, Holly (GBR) 1368 def OLUWADARE, Hephzibah (GBR) UNR 6-2 7-5

R1: KLUGMAN, Hannah (GBR) WC 734 =CH {14yo JCH=14} v MALYGINA, Elena (EST) 333 (CH=322 2023)

R1: XU, Mingge (GBR) Q 1228 (CH=1033 2023) {16yo JCH=14} v LACY, Isabelle (GBR) WC 609 (CH=590 2023)

R1: MIYAZAKI, Yuriko Lily (GBR) (4) 191 (CH=154 2023) v CHRISTIE, Freya (GBR) Q 563 (CH=286 2016}

R1: APPLETON, Emily (GBR) Q 385 CH=368 2023) v BENOIT, Marie (BEL) 228 (CH=188 2023)

R1: STOJSAVLJEVIC, Mika (GBR) WC UNR =CH {14yo JCH=62} v RINALDO PERSSON, Kajsa (SWE) 399 (CH=354 2023)

R1: HUTCHINSON, Holly (GBR) Q 1367 (CH=1124 2022) v JORGE, Francesca (POR) 263 (CH=256 2023)

R1: BROGAN, Anna (GBR) WC 344 (CH=303 2023) v KOEVERMANS, Anouk (NED) Q 472 (CH=468 2023)

R1: BANKS, Amarni (GBR) SE 309 =CH v TOPALOVA, Gergana (BUL) 240 (CH=231 2023)

R1: DART, Harriet (GBR) (2) 144 (CH=84 2022) v CENGIZ, Berfu (TUR) 244 (CH=228 2023)

Not sure why they gave Anna a WC she was higher than the top seeds in the Q draw and should have got in without the WC.

-- Edited by Peter too on Monday 23rd of October 2023 06:51:13 PM

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

the addict wrote:
Main Draw is out
WC's for Hannah, Mimi, Isabelle (all in Gadecki's quarter), Mika and Anna. SE for Marni

So Maia's not in singles....

(Mimi qualified, she's not a WC)

And, yes, strange about Anna .....

And my hope for Kat proved ill-founded - which means (presumably) that she must be injured or esle she surely would have made the trip and played qualis (which had empty slots) and would have had a good chance of a third counter.

Jaggy1876 · Grand Slam Champion

Was there not something in the last couple of weeks saying Maia had retired because of her wrist injury?

the addict · Tennis legend

Coup Droit wrote:
the addict wrote:
Main Draw is out
WC's for Hannah, Mimi, Isabelle (all in Gadecki's quarter), Mika and Anna. SE for Marni
So Maia's not in singles....
(Mimi qualified, she's not a WC)
And, yes, strange about Anna .....
And my hope for Kat proved ill-founded - which means (presumably) that she must be injured or esle she surely would have made the trip and played qualis (which had empty slots) and would have had a good chance of a third counter.

Oops, misread it. I was distracted by the cluster of players vying to take on Gadecki !

wolf · Tennis legend

Just because Anna was above the top seed does not mean she would made it directly into the main draw. Now we can see she has a WC we know for sure she would have been the top seed in qualifying without one.

Lambda · Challenger level

As I explained yesterday, Anna was not a direct entry to the main draw if Marni had taken her SE. Anna required a WC or for a WC to go unused to be in the main draw.

I expect Katherine Barnes and a few others did not travel because of the weather and/or the very lengthy delays and cancellations on the trains.

paulisi · Tennis legend

Jaggy1876 wrote:
Was there not something in the last couple of weeks saying Maia had retired because of her wrist injury?

She is playing doubles.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Jaggy1876 wrote:
Was there not something in the last couple of weeks saying Maia had retired because of her wrist injury?

I missed the mention of wrist injury

But I guess it makes sense that she's only doing doubles then, it must be far higher on her priority list now (and rightly so, IMO).

Bit of a shame that Isa Lacy and Mimi are drawn together.

Mika definitely has a playable match though - the Swedish woman hasn't looked majorly impressive to date

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Coup Droit wrote:
Jaggy1876 wrote:
Was there not something in the last couple of weeks saying Maia had retired because of her wrist injury?
I missed the mention of wrist injury
But I guess it makes sense that she's only doing doubles then, it must be far higher on her priority list now (and rightly so, IMO).
Bit of a shame that Isa Lacy and Mimi are drawn together.
Mika definitely has a playable match though - the Swedish woman hasn't looked majorly impressive to date

Person is in the Swedish BJK Cup squad playing Britain in a couple of weeks

Lambda · Challenger level

I hope that Mika has a WC and Mimi went through qualifying was a decision by Mimi's team not to take WC, otherwise l find it a strange choice. This is Mika's 6th WC this year and she's only had 1 win (against Emma Wilson) from the previous 5. I don't see the justification of giving Mika a WC in a 60k when she's not succeeded in getting wins in 25ks. Mimi has only had WCs to Wimbledon qualifying and Ilkley qualifying. She's not had any WCs to British 25ks, partly because of injury earlier in the year. She's also of course, our junior #1. If we're giving WCs to juniors surely Mimi deserves a chance when Mika's had more than her fair share this year?

Matt James · Newbie

Back in the game...

Hopefully can clear a few things up- it's a bit of a minefield when it comes to WCs and events as Mimi only has 12 tournaments and 4 WCs to use up for the next 12 months until she hits 17 years old. However, if a player doesn't pick up a WTA point for an event then it wouldn't count as a WC or event played so you need to be quite tactical. All while juggling two calendars and sets of rankings with Juniors and Seniors.

We requested a Qualifying WC for the event as she would at least have won one match in order to get points and therefore use up an event and WC (was always going to play a seed first round Qs so likely to be a good win). Whereas you could take the MD WC and lose comfortably and get 1 point for the experience and it be a little of a waste of a WC and event. In the end she ended up sneaking into Qualifying on ranking which is great for the WC count for later down the line HOWEVER meant that she couldn't take a WC into the doubles as that would have still counted as one of her WCs. She is entered with a girl ranked about 450 in doubles and fingers crossed they get in as alternates but unlikely as Mimi unranked so I think 3rd ALTs at the moment.

Hope that's cleared it up somewhat

DF · Tennis legend

Thanks for the explanation and good luck in Glasgow smile