Week 24 - WTA250 - Nottingham, Great Britain Grass (2024)

Q1: RAJECKI, Amelia (GBR) 788 (CH=703 2023) v FRUHVIRTOVA, Linda (CZE) (1) 144 (CH=49 2023)

Q1: MURRAY SHARAN, Samantha (GBR) UNR (CH=165 2013) v ZHAO, Carol (CAN) (10) 221 (CH=131 2018)

Q1: GREY, Sarah Beth (GBR) 363 (CH=277 2022) v EALA, Alexandra (PHI) (2) 157 =CH

Q1: KARTAL, Sonay (GBR) (12) 262 (CH=195 2023) v DUNNE, Katy (GBR) 330 (CH=212 2018)

Q1: BANKS, Amarni (GBR) 271 (CH=250 2024) v STEFANINI, Lucrezia (ITA) (5) 169 (CH=99 2023)

Q1: BAINS, Naiktha (GBR) 581 (CH=199 2020) v KAWA, Katarzyna (POL) (6) 178 (CH=112 2020)

They met in Jurmala in 2019 with Katarzyna winning 1 & 2

Q1: APPLETON, Emily (GBR) 399 (CH=368 2023) v MA, Ye-Xin (CHN) (9) 193 (CH=177 2024)

Emily and Naiktha could clash FQR.

Sonay and Katy an interesting opening round match

And Millie against the top seed is a good challenge

JonH comes home wrote:

And Millie against the top seed is a good challenge

For the second week runnung

the addict wrote:

JonH comes home wrote:

And Millie against the top seed is a good challenge

For the second week runnung

Yes, waa just about to say another challenge after taking the Surbiton top Q seed and MD semi finalist, Olivia Gadecki, to 3 sets.

She is defending 12 ranking points from reaching QR2 here last year so in the short term these challenges may be a bit unhelpful. Go, Millie!

-- Edited by indiana on Friday 7th of June 2024 04:37:31 PM

Maybe this week!

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Friday 7th of June 2024 04:38:44 PM

Both Sonay and Beth needed wild cards which suggests they, very bizarrely, had not entered on the original qualifying lists, as Emily is in on her own ranking.

Sam is not showing as being a wildcard either, so she must still have a singles PR?

PaulM wrote:

Both Sonay and Beth needed wild cards which suggests they, very bizarrely, had not entered on the original qualifying lists, as Emily is in on her own ranking.

Sam is not showing as being a wildcard either, so she must still have a singles PR?

Have they not filled out the draw with a few onsite doubles players? Looks like one or two others may have got in as well although I dont know their ranking status !

None of our promising youngest in qualifying? Thought we might see them here, or is there a junior event/ITF event also going on in the country this week?

PaulM wrote:

Both Sonay and Beth needed wild cards which suggests they, very bizarrely, had not entered on the original qualifying lists, as Emily is in on her own ranking.

Sam is not showing as being a wildcard either, so she must still have a singles PR?

Naiktha and Millie are the other two wild cards.

thegingerlightbulb wrote:

None of our promising youngest in qualifying? Thought we might see them here, or is there a junior event/ITF event also going on in the country this week?

Not that Im aware. Bit of a shame.

JonH comes home wrote:

PaulM wrote:

Both Sonay and Beth needed wild cards which suggests they, very bizarrely, had not entered on the original qualifying lists, as Emily is in on her own ranking.

Sam is not showing as being a wildcard either, so she must still have a singles PR?

Have they not filled out the draw with a few onsite doubles players? Looks like one or two others may have got in as well although I dont know their ranking status !

Diatchenko appears to have no ranking, but she did retire from a match just over a year ago when she was ranked 250. Diyas is another one who appears to have been out for a year - she was 128 then. Until a full draw is posted by the WTA or LTA it won't be clear if they have SR or are on-site entries.

Var wrote:

thegingerlightbulb wrote:

None of our promising youngest in qualifying? Thought we might see them here, or is there a junior event/ITF event also going on in the country this week?

Not that Im aware. Bit of a shame.

But who?

Hannah and Mimi and Mika couldn't play as they would have been expecting to be in Roland Garros - and they nearly were in the doubles, all three of them

It would have been daft to hottail it back to the UK, from clay, and be given a wildcard to a grass event a day later

And after those three, and with Hep seemingly injured, I'm not sure there's another player quite at the level, and better than Naiktha and Millie

Coup Droit wrote:

Var wrote:

thegingerlightbulb wrote:

None of our promising youngest in qualifying? Thought we might see them here, or is there a junior event/ITF event also going on in the country this week?

Not that Im aware. Bit of a shame.

But who?

Hannah and Mimi and Mika couldn't play as they would have been expecting to be in Roland Garros - and they nearly were in the doubles, all three of them

It would have been daft to hottail it back to the UK, from clay, and be given a wildcard to a grass event a day later

And after those three, and with Hep seemingly injured, I'm not sure there's another player quite at the level, and better than Naiktha and Millie

I understand they couldnt play due to FO commitments. I am sure we will see them eventually..add a bit of sparkle to events. However there is always Emma to shine. Hopefully.