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PaulM wrote:

With the change in format does making the quarter finals help in any way for qualifying next year?

 No, winner, finalist, host nation and a wild card are the guaranteed places who dont have to go through group stage.

 That's not correct. Under the new format, only the host is guaranteed a spot in the new Final 8 in 2025.



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Rankings of players make Britain the favourites. However I think Fernandez is under-ranked and perhaps Katie is a little over-ranked.

Raducanu should beat whomever she goes up against.

Doubles could be key.

We have a good doubles pair but Canada looks as if they have a better one. So our best bet is to win both singles and the key is beating Leylah. Katie lost easily to her last year.



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When is the next round scheduled?

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That all said, the BBC summarises

In an event where many nations are shorn of their biggest stars, Britain having their best two singles players available is a considerable asset.
Possessing players with the pedigree of Boulter the highest-ranked singles player left in the draw behind Poland's Iga Swiatek and Italy's Jasmine Paolini and former Grand Slam champion Raducanu is why captain Anne Keothavong believes her squad have the talent to go all the way.

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JonH comes home wrote:

That all said, the BBC summarises

In an event where many nations are shorn of their biggest stars, Britain having their best two singles players available is a considerable asset.
Possessing players with the pedigree of Boulter the highest-ranked singles player left in the draw behind Poland's Iga Swiatek and Italy's Jasmine Paolini and former Grand Slam champion Raducanu is why captain Anne Keothavong believes her squad have the talent to go all the way.

 I think it is very open and I don't exclude GB from the mix.



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Peter too wrote:
MrTSymonds wrote:

Rankings of players make Britain the favourites. However I think Fernandez is under-ranked and perhaps Katie is a little over-ranked.

Raducanu should beat whomever she goes up against.

Doubles could be key.

We have a good doubles pair but Canada looks as if they have a better one. So our best bet is to win both singles and the key is beating Leylah. Katie lost easily to her last year.

 That was last year. Katie is looking a better more confident player right now compared to July last year ( as may be Leylah ). Different time and place, I can certainly see Katie vs Leylah going either way. 



-- Edited by indiana on Friday 15th of November 2024 10:53:07 PM



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indiana wrote:
JonH comes home wrote:

That all said, the BBC summarises

In an event where many nations are shorn of their biggest stars, Britain having their best two singles players available is a considerable asset.
Possessing players with the pedigree of Boulter the highest-ranked singles player left in the draw behind Poland's Iga Swiatek and Italy's Jasmine Paolini and former Grand Slam champion Raducanu is why captain Anne Keothavong believes her squad have the talent to go all the way.

 I think it is very open and I don't exclude GB from the mix.

 I agree - we score highly with having a strong second player in Emma. She could easily give us a 1 win start against anyone if she plays like she can, which clearly is an ask but who knows. it then comes down to 1 from 2. I wouldnt count Heather and Liv out in this format against other countries pairs. 



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I'd love Emma to have had a few more matches behind her. Yes to the strong looking #2 and she has come through that important first match well. My pessimistic side thinks she could still have a shocker in her. But she may well not!



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I'd fancy our chances more if Emma was playing Leylah and Katie was up against Marino.

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Heather and Liv are ranked 57 & 39
Gabriela and Leylah are ranked 3 & 32

As good as our pair are, they look likely to be challenged by the Canadian pair.


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OK - official complaint time !

As someone who doesn't give two hoots about BJK Cup, I came here with a cup of tea just to have a quick look at the results - and there's no post of Emma's actual result ! I gather she won? Score? Opponent?

I've now had to go off googling ....

What is the world coming to?



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the addict wrote:

Almost a stumble over the line. 6-4 6-4

A bit rusty but flashes of brilliance

 ...wink



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wolf wrote:
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Almost a stumble over the line. 6-4 6-4

A bit rusty but flashes of brilliance

 ...wink

 But when I do a page search for Emma, that doesn't come up

and who was she playing? Father Christmas? 

You're right - I need to pay attention a bit more - but I'm not withdrawing my complaint ! biggrin 



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Oh Dear ! More attention CD wink

Emma Raducanu WR58 def Julie Neimeier WR92 6-4 6-4
Katie Boulter WR23 def Laura Siegemund WR83 6-1 6-2
Doubles not played



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Oh Dear ! More attention CD wink

Emma Raducanu WR58 def Julie Neimeier WR92 6-4 6-4
Katie Boulter WR23 def Laura Siegemund WR83 6-1 6-2
Doubles not played

 Now we're talking  



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