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#2 ·
Interesting, wonder who we will expect.

Barty, Rogowska, Cabrera, Bai, Wolfe and Arina should be confirmed I think. Wonder if any of the other girls will make the trip to Florida just for a play-off...

I think Perez could be back in the States now. Maybe they'll give the last spot to a college girl like Woolcock or someone cause I don't see anyone else coming all the way from Oz to play one or two matches.

Sanders unlikely as she said she will be preparing for the AU ITF circuit.

I feel like TA is probably just going to pick 4 though and omit others, like at FO. Do we have a QWC as well?
 
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I'm thinking it will be 4 players. Arina, Ash and Jarka if fit and after that it is a bit of a raffle. I would love to see Cabrera get one just by recent form, but they'll probably slide down the rankings and see who's available to avoid any controversy.


I don't think there is a quallie w/c available unless a deal is being cooked up. Without checking I don't think we 'owe' the US one.
 
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Kəv.;72903458 said:
Interesting, wonder who we will expect.

Barty, Rogowska, Cabrera, Bai, Wolfe and Arina should be confirmed I think. Wonder if any of the other girls will make the trip to Florida just for a play-off...

I think Perez could be back in the States now. Maybe they'll give the last spot to a college girl like Woolcock or someone cause I don't see anyone else coming all the way from Oz to play one or two matches.

Sanders unlikely as she said she will be preparing for the AU ITF circuit.

I feel like TA is probably just going to pick 4 though and omit others, like at FO. Do we have a QWC as well?
Don't know about QWC but may be do they have one for not using last year MDWC like at the French Open ?
 
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Looks like Lizette did not get a spot as she's on her way home now.

This would mean that it's a 4 player playoff like the RG. Also like the RG one, we will probably get 0 coverage and will have to rely on Nicole Pratt again on twitter.

Guessing they are just going to go down the rankings again like the RG, meaning that the playoff will probably be with Arina, Barty, Bai and Wolfe. Unless one of Sanders, Birrell, Hon or Moore are making the trip (I doubt it). Looks like Rogowska will probably be a reserve too.
 
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These things never seem transparent. Ellen's selection is bizarre considering a bunch of players are ranked ahead of her and she hasn't even been playing in the States recently anyway.


And why have so many players either not got a spot or have decided to skip it. The competition isn't fierce (even though play-off queen Arina will be hard to beat), and a couple of wins gets you a spot in a foreign grand slam and 35K.


PS - Never quite worked out why Jess never got the FO quallie w/c after reaching the final at the playoff either.
 
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I don't think I'll be able to deal with Arina receiving three grand slam wild cards in one year.
Three? Arina didn't get a MDWC into the AO after losing the playoff to Inglis, though she did reach QR3 as a WC there, if that's what you mean.

I don't mind the idea of having a playoff to determine who gets the RG and USO reciprocal wildcards, but TA show no rigour in determining who the participants will be, which is the problem.

Arina actually does deserve this particular wildcard anyway, I think, given her making the final of a $50k on American hard courts - but certainly Lizette Cabrera and Olivia Rogowska should be there competing for it too.
 
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^Ah yes you're right, I must have been thinking of the Australian Open last year when she got mauled as a wildcard. Of all the participants she is the most deserving, especially with the 50k run, but I'm still not sure how I feel about her scoring another grand slam main draw appearance
 
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Thanks guichard, was wondering why subscribed threads were so quiet. :D

Yes, TA should make it more important and should be flying players over there if they can't make up numbers.
 
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