jamatthews
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Keen def Cavaday 7-6(5) 7-6(3)  |
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arka
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Oh no! This was a great week for her. If we go by rankings, she should have gone out in the first round. |
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If she was to win the title I think she'd be around 62 points away from Aussie Open qualifying (taking into account her India points will come off before the cutoff point). Might be a bit more or less, depending on how many people decide to take the trip to Australia.
Aussie qualies seems to be a really tough ask at this moment, but it is much better to set yourself difficult targets and fail than achieve easy targets with little effort. And she can do it - there are two 25Ks and two 10Ks in Britain between now and the AO entry deadline. And she should be great on indoors with the serve of hers that can scare many Tour players. She can always opt for a few foreign tournaments in the meanwhile. |
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jamatthews
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Well I thought Melanie South's chance of making US Open Qualifying was slim and then she beat Schiavone.  But she really could have done with a final or a title here. Now it's very unlikely. Now the main goal will probably be Top 300 (which was around where I thought she'd might get at the start of the year). |
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arka
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Well I thought Melanie South's chance of making US Open Qualifying was slim and then she beat Schiavone. Ha! I still don't know how Mel actually pulled that one off. It's such a pity that she is going through a bad patch at this moment. She hasn't won a main draw match since her 25K title in China.  But she really could have done with a final or a title here. Now it's very unlikely. Now the main goal will probably be Top 300 (which was around where I thought she'd might get at the start of the year).
I doubt that she will do it, but top 300 is not bad either when you consider where she was at the beginning of the year. I think that she will be attempting to play Wimbledon by right next year, which will be another difficult ask. |
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davidB
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if she is 410 right after this tourney... according to arka's calculations... then top 300 sounds not tooooo hard... but it willl be a struggle.
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Yeah.... top 300 is pretty achievable from here on.
She will need to gain something like 35 more points I believe and the points that will drop off. She should get there if she plays like she did this week.
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davidB
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although seeing as how there aren't very many points floating around at challenger level (way less than at tour level anyway) she'll have to work hard.
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Naomi's ranking goes up to 493. She will make that big jump the coming Monday.
She got her wild card for the 25K in Jersey.
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Naomi won her first round match in three sets. Stoop won in straight sets. And at last... Mel South got a win.  |
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jamatthews
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She should enter the top 400 with this win I think. Still about a month before her Pune points (6.75) come off too.
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jamatthews
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Anne Keothavong (Gbr) bt Katie O'Brien (Gbr) 6-2 6-2
Naomi Cavaday (Gbr) bt Giulia Gabba (Ita) 7-6 (7-0) 6-3
Melanie South (Gbr) bt Andrea Petkovic (Ger) 6-4 7-6 (7-3)
Georgie Stoop (Gbr) bt Veronika Chvojkova (Cze) 6-2 6-4
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jamatthews
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Naomi got thrashed by Pichet... But she's qualified for Glasgow and faces Emily Webley-Smith in the 1st round. |
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arka
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I missed a lot during the last week. Naomi did get thrashed but a very good performance from Stoop.  |
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arka
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jamatthews, how many points does Naomi need to get into the Australian Open qualies?
What do you think of her chances of getting there?
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