Borris
Feb 20th, 2006, 12:48 PM
I think that, with the disappearing of the quality points, they don't give enough points for wins in qualifying for WTA-tournaments.
example:
Auckland Hard IV 5.50p Jan 8 06
1 Jill Craybas - Harkleroad-Q 2-6 6-1 7-64
Qual 3 Harkleroad(6) - Jelena Kostanic(1) 6-0 4-6 6-3
Qual 2 Harkleroad(6) - Claudine Schaul 6-1 6-3
Qual 1 Harkleroad(6) - Agnes Szavay 6-2 7-5
Pittsburgh (Hard - $75k - PA - 7p) Nov 13 05
2 Lilia Osterloh-Q - Harkleroad 6-2 6-2
1 Harkleroad - Ahsha Rolle 6-2 6-3
Harkleroad got 5,5 points for three wins, among them one against Kostanic, in a Tier 4, whereas she gets 7 points for one win against Asha Rolle. It doesn't seem logical to me.
Fot the quallies of the bigger tiers it is even worse. I think they should encourage players ranked 50-150 to play (the bigger) WTA tournaments by increasing the points. If not, players ranked 50-90 will stick to lower Tiers and players 90-150 will stick to the ITF-circuit. Quallies at Tier 1 and 2 will become a big joke.
example:
Auckland Hard IV 5.50p Jan 8 06
1 Jill Craybas - Harkleroad-Q 2-6 6-1 7-64
Qual 3 Harkleroad(6) - Jelena Kostanic(1) 6-0 4-6 6-3
Qual 2 Harkleroad(6) - Claudine Schaul 6-1 6-3
Qual 1 Harkleroad(6) - Agnes Szavay 6-2 7-5
Pittsburgh (Hard - $75k - PA - 7p) Nov 13 05
2 Lilia Osterloh-Q - Harkleroad 6-2 6-2
1 Harkleroad - Ahsha Rolle 6-2 6-3
Harkleroad got 5,5 points for three wins, among them one against Kostanic, in a Tier 4, whereas she gets 7 points for one win against Asha Rolle. It doesn't seem logical to me.
Fot the quallies of the bigger tiers it is even worse. I think they should encourage players ranked 50-150 to play (the bigger) WTA tournaments by increasing the points. If not, players ranked 50-90 will stick to lower Tiers and players 90-150 will stick to the ITF-circuit. Quallies at Tier 1 and 2 will become a big joke.