Liv here probably a smart decision. Surprised Casey isn't playing, she's not showing any signs of winning matches at a higher level so if I were her I'd be back here for sure.
Nice list for Cairns, some new players that usually don't go to AUS
Chani Simmonds, Diana Marcinkevica, Sandra Zahlavova, Gabriela Paz, Maria Abramovic and 10k whore, Zuzana Zlochova.
It will be interesting how well this goes, but I expect as usual the fields to weaken as the tournaments go on.
i can't remember what the lists looked like at the start of last year's season but it looks like there's a bit more depth and strength, especially with the girls in qualifying at the moment. there's still a lot of priority 2s and 3s though so they should weaken up to hopefully let Bains, Hives, Wallace etc in.
i'm happy that Bella's on the list! if she was going to chuck it in she surely wouldn't bother touring australia, i wonder if we'll see any improvement in her results. winning a match would be good!
i haven't seen Belinda Woolcock for a while, not sure if she was playing any AMT lately but she didn't play any ITFs at the start of the year.
no Sletcher is a bit of a surprise too, maybe she'll make an appearence later in the year.
I don't think the Sema sisters play together anymore :lol: /travel to. They are always playing in a different country at the same time now. I can't remember the last time they played doubles, and the last time they played doubles they kept losing R1 after that Sema v Sema incident
Ashley Keir and Nives Baric had some good results in Thailand a couple months back. I think they also have a big AMT in Cairns before this tournament - that might influence WC decisions.
Okay so yeah the entry list for Cairns is now very weak. There will hardly be any internationals in the qualifying draw. Bring on the bloated Aussie ranking! :lol:
The Rockhampton entry list is out too. One interesting name: Alexandra Stevenson and she's there as Priority 1. Surely she won't be playing in Rocky. Would be cool though
So Rogowska will be out of Cairns now which leaves us with Jones, Adamczak, Bobusic, Holland, Peers (all should be in the seedings) and Tammi Patterson scraping into the MD Direct + Wildcards TBA tonight/tomorrow...
Shame to see Steph Bengson, Teiwa Casey, Vicky Rajicic, Abbie Myers, Marisa Gianotti all on the withdrawals list....
Great chance four our girls ranked 7-1200 to qualify and pick up some easy points...
WCs have gone to Hadzic, Wallace, Bains and Cabrera. i'm pretty happy with that, no complete randoms, and a few new names (i think Hadzic is the only one who has been given WCs before)
and really Sanders, Keir and maybe Baric should qualify so i'm not too fussed they missed out this time
Simonds could be a withdrawal also if she keeps winning in the US Open quallies.
Ive seen Larriere play in Australia earlier this year and I was quite impressed.Therefore I expect she would take down likes of Peers, Holland and Monique if their form is average.
ummm Issy went from bad to worse...she lost to a player in r2 of cairns amt that i have never heard of...and i semi regularly keep an eye on amt circuit...
storm also lost early which wasnt good but it was too... cabrera who beat panoho ....wallace beat woolcock in the other of the semis...