Nice little earner for Mika, $9,820 and good experience too. Not that I expect too much from her or Katie either - Badosa appears to be on top form at the moment.

L16: (4) Cristina Bucsa & Monica Niculescu (ESP/ROU) CR 58 (21+37) vs Tereza Mihalikova (SVK) & Olivia Nicholls CR 82 (42+40)

Jajon wrote:

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Badosa retired from her last match so who knows if she will show up or what shape she will be in! And good luck Mika!

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Yes, that was today in the SF in Ningbo. 

Badosa is out. As the highest ranked non-seed, Katie simply moves into her slot at 9th seed, and will be a Q/LL.

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PaulM wrote:

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Badosa is out. As the highest ranked non-seed, Katie simply moves into her slot at 9th seed, and will be a Q/LL.

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 And to think until a couple of days ago she was still in qualifying! 

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 And even better, the potential second round opponent will be another Q/LL

Lambda wrote:

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Her luck is in. Can she tell me the winning lottery numbers?

This is Mika's last WC of her allowance for a 15 year old. In Loughborough she will need to use her merit WC from being a Junior Grand Slam finalist if she doesn't get in to the main draw through withdrawals. She can roll the merit WC over to next year if she doesn't use it.

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 I've missed the fact that Mika exists so far, I can see that she won the girl's USO and I guess that's the merit WC that you are talking about. Not sure what a merit WC is though? Also is the junior WC allowance for the year when she is 15 or the WTA year?

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Lambda wrote:

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Her luck is in. Can she tell me the winning lottery numbers?

This is Mika's last WC of her allowance for a 15 year old. In Loughborough she will need to use her merit WC from being a Junior Grand Slam finalist if she doesn't get in to the main draw through withdrawals. She can roll the merit WC over to next year if she doesn't use it.

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 I've missed the fact that Mika exists so far, I can see that she won the girl's USO and I guess that's the merit WC that you are talking about. Not sure what a merit WC is though? Also is the junior WC allowance for the year when she is 15 or the WTA year?

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A merit WC is just an extra WC juniors receive for reaching the final of a junior Grand Slam or the final of the ITF World Junior Tour Finals. The only difference from a normal WC is that instead of it being restricted to any particular yearly allowance, it can be used at any time they remain a junior and are subject to age-related restrictions on wild cards. Wild card allowances for juniors are between their birthdays.