Points Defences This Week:

Mens:

100 - Norrie
50 - Draper
12 - Crawford
10 - Evans
8 - McHugh, Parker
7 - Choinski
6 - Fery, Searle
4 - Jubb
3 - Hussey
2 - Edmund

Womens:

108 - Raducanu
15 - Jones
7 - Grey
6 - Kartal
4 - Daley
3 - Appleton
2 - Banks

Blue_Belle wrote:

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Katie not racing to play on clay this year either.

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 She's been training on clay at the LTA this week, as have a few of the men.

Blue_Belle wrote:

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the addict wrote:

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Blue_Belle wrote:

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Katie not racing to play on clay this year either.

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 She's been training on clay at the LTA this week, as have a few of the men.

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 Ah nice! Hopefully she will pop up on clay soon. 

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 This is the picture I saw on Instagram

I think we all know Katie's never gonna be a "dirt rat" but I'm interested to see how she does on the clay these next couple of months.

There's been a few good examples of British players who haven't exactly relished the dirt, but found a way to adapt their game and get some of the 'specialists' out of their comfort zone. I'm of course thinking of Tiger back in the day, who kept plugging away at his clay game for many years - made a Masters semifinal in Monte Carlo and of course managed that famous run at Roland Garros 2004 - which bizarrely in my opinion, was perhaps his best chance of all to win a slam.

Even Rusedski, who definitely couldn't wait to see the back of the clay court swing, managed to find a way to have a few results - made the second week at Roland Garros one time, and had a famous Davis Cup win on the dirt against Lapentti, who was top 10 at the time.

And more recently, Dan Evans has actually played some of his best ever tennis on the clay. Beat Djokovic on the way to the semis in Monte Carlo and had another great run in Barcelona. Indeed, given his results at the some of the other clay-court stops, Evo has arguably underperformed at Roland Garros where he's only ever made round 2 once.

Can Katie do similar and turn her poor slam record around at the major where she feels least pressure, and has the least expectations to do well? Although it didn't materialise in the results, I actually felt there were some encouraging signs last year. She won a couple of rounds at a 125K in Paris to build some confidence, and then actually played a good match against Badosa at RG and should really have won.

Good to see Beth listed for the France W75. Not seen her in action since Portugal last November.

Does anyone know what the issue has been? Sorry if I've missed previous info.

seagull wrote:

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Billy into Munich qualifying

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 excellent, good to see