Burrage gets in as she is basically number 2/3 if not for injury, and is going to struggle for a auto spot, as she will lose the Nottingham 2nd from her points.
will Burrage not have a protective ranking or has she not been out long enough?
Watson and Dart out in Qualifiers, Boulter not entered (presume injured) Emma decided against trying to qualify and has put her name in for the 500 in a fortnight so might not enter the French qualifiers
Miyazaki 1st round qualifier is tomorrow
Men
Norrie is seeded 27 and will take on winner of Hijikana and Munar Evans plays Fognini in first round winner takes on Fritz Draper starts against Coric with winner to take on Medvedev (could do with a bit of luck in the draws)
i see Skopski and Sailsbury teamed up this week in prep for the Olympics i presume, back to there normal partners for Rome.
with the Olympics in mind Murray is outside of a spot just now (top 56)
In the doubles Sailsbury and Skopski could team up, leaving the prospect of maybe a Murray/Murray team if they are ranked high enough
In the ladies only Boulter is ranked high enough for singles but her singles ranking alongside Watsons doubles ranking could give the an outside chance of partnering up in the doubles
yeah it's quite hard to get into these 1000 events for the doubles as the top single players all want in
a team with both players on 50-60 are unlikely to get in which i think is a major reason a few of the all British teams have stalled just outside then broken up (but i could be wrong)
That is interesting. Assuming Watson is just playing with her as Klugman is more limited than Xu in how much she can play.
Klugman and Watson? Xu and Watson teamed up as ranked 41 and 48 Xu just plays doubles and is 35 Watson nearly 32 and can't even get into the qualifying events with her singles ranking anymore. Both looking for long term partners i think with a ranking that gets them into the main draw.
Missed the Boulter match 6-0 in 2nd set is impressive in doubles
Emma has wildcard into Madrid, Katie is seeded 28 and Dart is in qualifying. Watson's ranking doesn't get her into qualifying not sure about the doubles. Norrie is seeded 30 with Draper and Evans in the main draw.
Bains and Lumsden narrowly lost in the final of the doubles no idea if they are back together long term.
Raducanu 10/1 for this afternoon. Probably going to struggle to watch any of it as at work. Couldn't resist a muggy few quid on her though. Doesn't feel like a 10/1 chance, even if Swiatek is so dominant on clay.
she didn't have it all her own way vrs Mertens yesterday but yeah she didn't look like losing either
great win from Emma tonight against a player just outside the top 30, tomorrows game will be interesting. She could put herself in the wildcard picture with a win tomorrow how ever unlikely that is Yeah can't see the appeal for Evans playing in challenger events and/or qualifying matches unless he finds some form he is GB number 4 now so not even assured a spot on the bench for Davis cup.
In doubles news i see Bains and Lumsden are back together this week neither did anything major during there split