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seagull


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Boulter gets Carole Monnet who was a wild card into qualifying and won through.

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seagull wrote:

Boulter gets Carole Monnet who was a wild card into qualifying and won through.

 Well, Katie will get a good crowd and a lot of noise, especially if Carole has a bit of a chance smile

Carole is a very likeable natural young woman, with a bit of the underdog story going on, which people like

She's had huge noise in the stands for her matches - especially today which she had in hand, and then had a nervous moment in the second as Friedsam came back at her 

A pretty clay court style of play - very dynamic and athletic 



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But aside from the crowd support (which will be great - althugh possibly quieter than qualies), it's not a bad first round draw for Katie in a Slam.

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9vicman wrote:

But aside from the crowd support (which will be great - althugh possibly quieter than qualies), it's not a bad first round draw for Katie in a Slam.

 Absolutely 



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Joanna Garland who was born in England but represnts Chinese Taipei has made it through qualifying  and plays in a Grand Singles for the first time.

 



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Big improvement for Joanna this year, lovely to see. If only she'd switch! ;)

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First dropout through injury is Belinda Bencic.She was in Emma's section of the draw. This section of the  draw also includes Rybakina ,Ostapenko,Kostyuk, with Emma and Swiatek.

 

 



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GAMEOVER wrote:

Joanna Garland who was born in England but represnts Chinese Taipei has made it through qualifying  and plays in a Grand Singles for the first time.

 

 There's some posts today about Joanna in the thread on qualifying.



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LordBrownof wrote:

Big improvement for Joanna this year, lovely to see. If only she'd switch! ;)

Not a chance. In a documentary on her on YouTube earlier this year, she was talking of being very proud of her Taiwanese heritage and having ambitions post playing to work with the kids over there and grow tennis in Taiwan. One of her goals is to represent Taiwan at the Olympics.

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Peter too wrote:

R1: Jodie Burrage (GBR) WR169 v Danielle Collins (USA) WR46

R1: Emma Raducanu (GBR) WR43 v Xinyu Wang ( CHN) WR42
They met in Linz in 2021 with Xinyu winning in three.

R1: Katie Boulter (GBR) WR38 v Carole Monnet (FRA) WR227 [Q]

R1: Sonay Kartal (GBR) WR53 v Erika Andreeva (***) WR101
They met in Wimbledon in 2024 with Sonay winning 3 & 1.

 Updated with Katie's opponent



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Sorry to spam! If you want to enter our competition to predict British French Open wins, today is the last day to enter - the link is here

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Doubles

R1:- Hanyu Guo (CHN) / Ena Shibahara (JPN) CR98 (43+55) v Jodie Burrage (GBR) / Sonay Kartal (GBR) UNR (241+UNR)

R1:- Kimberly Birrell (AUS) / Harriet Dart (GBR) CR381 (317+64) v Elina Avanesyan (ARM) / Elisabetta Cocciaretto (ITA) CR569 (425+144)

R1:- Linda Noskova (CZE) / Clara Tauson (DEN) CR189 (63+126) v Tereza Mihalikova (SVK) / Olivia Nicholls (GBR) CR66 (34+32) [12]
They met in Miami with Liv and Tereza winning 2 & 4

R1:- Sarah Iliev (FRA) / Emma Lene (FRA) CR1038 (489+549) [W] v Maia Lumsden (GBR) / Sabrina Santamaria (USA) CR139 (72+67)

Doubles rankings as at 24/05/25 (will update when the new list comes out). Pretty obvious who has entered on their singles rankings.



-- Edited by the addict on Saturday 24th of May 2025 11:14:45 AM

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Interesting small interview with Emma in case anyone interested

www.flashscore.com/news/tennis-french-open-wta-singles-beating-fear-of-needles-helps-raducanu-manage-back-injury-ahead-of-french-open/bZKiaJK5/

Sounds like she has been dry needling since Strasbourg. I do hope these back spasms can be controlled or they will greatly impede her season.

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Emma is first on court 8 tomorrow at 10am. She is followed on the same court by Jodie. Katie is third on Simonne-Mathieu. Sonay plays on Tuesday.

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Emma is playing well, but the medical time out is a major concern.

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