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guichard · Jan 21st, 2013, 07:27 PM

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Originally Posted by louloubelle

None of them are questionable in that we aren't blessed with that much depth. And she will no doubt get a stack more over the next three years, which is my concern. Does she need the next French w/c or TA to beg Wimbledon to give her one for the main draw this year? No, make her qualify and to battle players that are not as talented but probably more desperate at this stage.

Well, she earned her Wimbledon WC last year. As for the French in 2013, the alternative will be Rogowskwa which is not really a better choice. I will really be stunned if she is not in top 100 by Dec 2014.

guichard · Jan 21st, 2013, 07:30 PM

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Originally Posted by JarkaFish

Looks like she (so did Dellacqua) pulled out of Pattaya.

No, only Barty withdrew. Dellacqua is in the main draw now

Dorien. · Jan 21st, 2013, 07:31 PM

Great she is having this nice experience

Dund · Jan 22nd, 2013, 08:40 AM

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Originally Posted by guichard

Well, she earned her Wimbledon WC last year. As for the French in 2013, the alternative will be Rogowskwa which is not really a better choice. I will really be stunned if she is not in top 100 by Dec 2014.

I think she will easily be top 100 by then. There's a decent chance she will be top 50. She's only a bit more experience and a bit more strength and fitness away from beating top 50 players right now.

louloubelle · Jan 22nd, 2013, 09:26 AM

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Originally Posted by guichard

Well, she earned her Wimbledon WC last year. As for the French in 2013, the alternative will be Rogowskwa which is not really a better choice. I will really be stunned if she is not in top 100 by Dec 2014.

Yes, through winning the junior tournie in 2011, won't be the case for this year, so if she gets one it will be discretionary. As we discussed previously. it can't hurt her development by playing quallies in a slam or two so I hope TA don't lobby the Wimbledon committee for one.

As for the French, its not as clear cut was we may think. Jarka and Casey both are sitting outside the cut-off now and have till May to rectify this.... if not they are in the running. And if Bobusic continues to impress she may be in the picture too.

Its a pity that TA have ditched the play-off for the non-AO wildcards that they run a couple of years ago. A playoff with Ash, Jarka, Casey, Rodionova's x 2, Liv, Jones, Mon, Bojana would be great preparation for the French for these girls.

5tatRacket · Jan 22nd, 2013, 11:20 AM

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Originally Posted by 5tatRacket

Yes, and getting tough draws hinders her in this regard. A win or two in big events will give her lots of ranking points and get her into bigger events and hence more valuable experience.

Going back to small Australian tournaments to stop her ranking sliding depresses me but I don't know her intended schedule.

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How do you know that?

According to sources here, she has entered a couple of WTA tournaments in February.

Doubles semi-final (with Dellacqua) tomorrow night on Rod Laver Arena after Federer and Tsonga!

TS · Jan 22nd, 2013, 11:40 AM

Semi finalist in a Slam doubles is a huge achievement. Massive chance now against one of the oddest Slam SF pairings I've ever come across.

Wonder what a high doubles ranking will mean for Ash now? Will she neglect it in order to focus on singles (obviously singles being #1 priority), or will she continue to play WTA events to strengthen it?

Her singles rank is not far off getting in to WTA qualy draws. She will easily get into International qualies draws, not sure about Premier and above though.

AYUMI-GOAT · Jan 22nd, 2013, 12:01 PM

Doesnt she have age restriction things though?

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guichard · Jan 22nd, 2013, 01:36 PM

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Originally Posted by louloubelle

Yes, through winning the junior tournie in 2011, won't be the case for this year, so if she gets one it will be discretionary. As we discussed previously. it can't hurt her development by playing quallies in a slam or two so I hope TA don't lobby the Wimbledon committee for one.

As for the French, its not as clear cut was we may think. Jarka and Casey both are sitting outside the cut-off now and have till May to rectify this.... if not they are in the running. And if Bobusic continues to impress she may be in the picture too.

Its a pity that TA have ditched the play-off for the non-AO wildcards that they run a couple of years ago. A playoff with Ash, Jarka, Casey, Rodionova's x 2, Liv, Jones, Mon, Bojana would be great preparation for the French for these girls.

Yes that's what I was saying about her Wimbledon 2012 WC. Don't think TA will lobby the Wimbledon Committee unless she plays very well between now and then which is unlikely.

As for the French, yes all the girls(except Stosur ) are currently out of the cut-off. I think Dellacqua will make it directly, it will be interesting to see how they perform in the coming months.