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Var · Challenger qualifying

Weeks 9&10 - WTA1000 - Indian Wells, USA Hard

wolf · Tennis legend

https://en14.sportplus.live/tennis/wta-indian-wells-qualifying/7630894/

Var · Challenger qualifying

wolf wrote:
https://en14.sportplus.live/tennis/wta-indian-wells-qualifying/7630894/

Thanks Wolf.

DF · Tennis legend

Peter too wrote:
Q1: Katie Boulter (GBR) [Q1] WR69 (CH=23 2024) v Viktoriya Tomova (BUL) WR151 (CH=46 2024)

They have played 4 times winning two each.

Katie wins 4 and 3

the addict · Tennis legend

A win is a win, but I do think that Katie needed to play qualifying to get settled in. Quite a few errors mixed in with some good play.

Sheddie · administrator

Could definitely help her in the main draw. IW conditions aren't easy so having won a few matches always benefits qualifiers

Peter too · Tennis legend

As a seeded player Emma gets a bye in R1 and meets the winner of Ella Seidel WR83 and a qualifier in R2. If she reaches R3 she will probably play 6th seed Amanda Anisimova.
Sonay gets a qualifier in R1 and plays seed 20 Navarro in R2
Fran gets a qualifier in R1 and gets 2nd seed Swiatek in R2.

-- Edited by Peter too on Tuesday 3rd of March 2026 12:43:43 AM

Blue_Belle · Pro player

Peter too wrote:
As a seeded player Emma gets a bye in R1 and meets the winner of Ella Seidel and a qualifier in R2
Sonay gets a qualifier in R1 and plays seed 20 Navarro in R2
Fran gets a qualifier in R1 and gets 2nd seed Swiatek in R2.

So what I'm reading is, one of our MD GB ladies will get Katie if she qualifies smile

Peter too · Tennis legend

Q1: Katie Boulter (GBR) [Q1] WR69 (CH=23 2024) def Viktoriya Tomova (BUL) WR151 (CH=46 2024) 6-4 6-3

Q2: Katie Boulter (GBR) [Q1] WR69 (CH=23 2024) v Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva (AND) [Q23] WR97 =CH

indiana · Tennis legend

I guess qualies here are a bit like the football promotion play-offs - you'd prefer to progress without having to negotiate them but they can be great if you do come through them.

the addict · Tennis legend

Just to note that Katie is up to WR64 in the latest rankings

indiana · Tennis legend

the addict wrote:
Just to note that Katie is up to WR64 in the latest rankings

I noticed that Katie added 108 points - the full WTA 500 QF points - so last week must have cleared out the WTA 500 mandatory zero which was previously in her counters. Getting rid of 3 mandatory zeros in a few weeks helps.

As does winning big tennis matches

Peter too · Tennis legend

Play starts at 18.00 tonight with a women's match, followed by a men's match and then Katie not before 21.30.

Var · Challenger qualifying

Katies on court now.

DF · Tennis legend

Var wrote:
Katies on court now.

Starting the third set