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Post by Brinyi on Aug 17, 2011 14:55:35 GMT -5
Main draw Lleyton Hewitt Robby Ginepri Ryan Harrison Donald Young  Steve Johnson Jack Sock Julien Benneteau TC tournament winner Qualifying WC Mitchell Frank Bjorn Fratangelo ;D Bradley Klahn Daniel Kosakowski Denis Kudla Tennys Sandgren ;D Rhyne Williams Tournament winner Either nobody cares about the women, or they will be announced tomorrow.  |
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Post by DBBN on Aug 17, 2011 17:05:52 GMT -5
Or both!
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Post by Grarliner on Aug 17, 2011 18:53:12 GMT -5
Why Benneteau? Some FTF deal?
By the way, wouldn't it be something if tennis challenged its own prevailing logic and simply wild-carded the most promising players who are not ranked high enough regardless of nationality?
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Post by DBBN on Aug 17, 2011 18:55:26 GMT -5
Why Benneteau? Some FTF deal? Yes. Wimbledon has been fairly good about that recently. |
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Post by Grarliner on Aug 17, 2011 18:58:47 GMT -5
I'm a little unnerved that Wimbledon would do something progressive. It can't be that simple. Are you sure it's not because every player in Britain absolutely sucks?
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Post by DBBN on Aug 17, 2011 19:00:26 GMT -5
I'm not making any sort of judgment on WHY they do it and others don't. They just do.
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Post by Grarliner on Aug 17, 2011 19:04:34 GMT -5
Well, anyhow, I think it's a good idea. Have the best tennis tournament possible and let's quit favoring people who happen to be born in (or emigrate to) countries that host a Grand Slam. I think it's a gross old nationalistic idea in a modern, global game.
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Post by lexpretend on Aug 17, 2011 19:08:02 GMT -5
Yes, I can see why other events need local WCs, but no Slam needs to rely on bumpkins to sell tickets or get publicity. A token couple should suffice. I'd be in favour of rigorous and specific WC qualification criteria for Slams, reward players who've accomplished stuff, just because Slam WCs are such a big deal. In that sense I actually like that the USO reserves WCs for the U18s winner etc.
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Post by Grarliner on Aug 17, 2011 19:19:01 GMT -5
They are a big deal. Think of how far even a first round loss would go to padding the pocketbook of someone ranked #200.
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Post by Wagasi on Aug 18, 2011 15:24:46 GMT -5
Wimbly WCs are the only reason someone like Barry Cowan even has a career.
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Post by Old Hag on Aug 18, 2011 16:02:10 GMT -5
Cowan had a career?
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Post by DBBN on Aug 18, 2011 16:12:57 GMT -5
Women!
Craybas (!)
Riske
Stephens
Hampton
Lauren Davis (under 18 champion)
Rezai (France)
Dellacqua (Australia)
playoff winner to be determined this weekend in College Park. I will probably not go.
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Post by Wagasi on Aug 18, 2011 16:55:17 GMT -5
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Post by janie on Aug 19, 2011 6:38:45 GMT -5
Not bad choices for the women's MDWCs. Here are the women's qWCs with the USTA's alleged reasons for choosing them, MOST of which make sense: 2011 Wimbledon girls’ singles champion Ashleigh Barty (15, Ipswich, Australia) 2008  Orange Bowl champion Julia Boserup (19, Newport Beach, Calif.) 2010 US Open girls’ singles champion Daria Gavrilova (17, Moscow, Russia) Two-time USTA Girls’ 18s finalist Nicole Gibbs (18, Santa Monica, Calif.), a rising sophomore at Stanford 2010 Easter Bowl champion Krista Hardebeck (16, Santa Ana, Calif.) Madison Keys (16, Boca Raton, Fla.), who won her first professional title on the USTA Pro Circuit in June 2010 Jessica Pegula (17, Boca Raton, Fla.), who reached her first professional final on the USTA Pro Circuit in January Taylor Townsend (15, Stockbridge. Ga.), who reached the semifinals ( ) at last week’s USTA Girls’ 18s National Championships. |
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Post by DBBN on Aug 19, 2011 6:42:56 GMT -5
Davis won, she gets a MDWC, Gibbs was the finalist, she gets a QWC, so Townsend is next in line And Boserup has been an...okay player on Tour, that's just her biggest career achievement for the press release, I guess. |
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Post by janie on Aug 19, 2011 6:43:58 GMT -5
Okay, but who was the 4th semifinalist, and what happened to her? Maybe she's already in qualies?
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Post by janie on Aug 19, 2011 6:46:12 GMT -5
Anyway there's only one player there who's over 18, so that's great. I'm excited when they find promising 15-17-year-olds to give this plum to. Let's see what they can do.
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Post by DBBN on Aug 19, 2011 7:34:44 GMT -5
Okay, but who was the 4th semifinalist, and what happened to her? Maybe she's already in qualies? Perhaps, or she's less promising, or her daddy's not as rich. I mean, they can't ALL get wild cards. This also could have been Stevenson. |
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Post by Brinyi on Aug 19, 2011 7:57:46 GMT -5
The other semifinalist was Hardebeck, already in the qualies. I can't believe I actually looked that up.
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Post by janie on Aug 19, 2011 17:06:21 GMT -5
The other semifinalist was Hardebeck, already in the qualies. I can't believe I actually looked that up. Thanks!  I am not thrilled with Gibbs. She lost to the one and only Julia Cohen today in that WC playoff in Hurleyville. She should be forced to forfeit her QWC for that. There have to be some standards, after all! |
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Post by DBBN on Aug 19, 2011 17:15:20 GMT -5
Wait. Gibbs won the first set of that match 6-0 yesterday. GROSS.
If Cohen gets a WC because of that watered-down field...oy vey. Maybe I will go just to heckle her.
It's also supposed to thunderstorm all weekend. Heh.
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Post by Old Hag on Aug 19, 2011 23:27:28 GMT -5
Can't disagree with those WCs. Even Townsend has had good results when she's played. Somewhat surprised with no Tracy Capra though, even though she died after last year.
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Post by janie on Aug 20, 2011 6:13:43 GMT -5
US Qualy wc tourney, r2*:
(2) Yasmin Schnack d. Vasilisa Bardina 7-5, 6-4
(3) Macall Harkins d. Megan Falcon 6-1, 5-7, 6-3
Mashona Washington d. (4) Amanda McDowell 6-4, 6-2
Robin Anderson d. Sylvia Kosakowski 6-3, 6-2
*Brinyi will be interested to learn, if he doesn't already know, that his lovely and talented Romana Ted. played here, but lost in 3 sets to Mashona in r1.
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Post by janie on Aug 20, 2011 6:18:57 GMT -5
Somewhat surprised with no Tracy Capra though, even though she died after last year. She's playing in the WC playoff. I guess she won it last year? “Whenever I earn something and am not just given a wild card, I always do better because I know I deserve to be there,” said Capra, who is bound for Duke this fall. |
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Post by janie on Aug 20, 2011 6:30:58 GMT -5
And here are those playoff scores: Julia Cohen (1) def. Nicole Gibbs (8) 0-6, 7-5, 6-3 Beatrice Capra (5) def. Ahsha Rolle (4) 6-1, 6-4  Madison Keys (7) def. Ashley Weinhold (2) 7-5, 6-2 Gail Brodsky (3) def. Jessica Pegula (6) 6-2, 3-6, 6-0 Denis Kudla (2), Arlington , Va. , def. Bjorn Fratangelo (7), Pittsburgh , Pa. , 6-3, 6-4 Daniel Kosakowski (3), Huntington Park , Calif. , def. Mitchell Frank (6), Annandale , Va. , 6-4, 6-1 Rhyne Williams (5), Knoxville , Tenn. , def. Tennys Sandgren (4), Gallatin , Tenn. , 6-4, 6-4 Bobby Reynolds (1), Acworth , Ga. , def. Bradley Klahn (8), Poway , Calif. , 6-2, 6-7 (4), 6-1 |
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Post by DBBN on Aug 20, 2011 9:42:46 GMT -5
Bobby!!!!!  But he's like 90, why is he playing this? I should probably go to support him. *cough* |
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Post by Brinyi on Aug 20, 2011 9:44:22 GMT -5
Ted. Tennys. Bjorn. |
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Post by Brinyi on Aug 20, 2011 9:56:34 GMT -5
US Qualy wc tourney, r2*: (2) Yasmin Schnack d. Vasilisa Bardina 7-5, 6-4 (3) Macall Harkins d. Megan Falcon 6-1, 5-7, 6-3 Mashona Washington d. (4) Amanda McDowell 6-4, 6-2 Robin Anderson d. Sylvia Kosakowski 6-3, 6-2 *Brinyi will be interested to learn, if he doesn't already know, that his lovely and talented Romana Ted. played here, but lost in 3 sets to Mashona in r1. The non-distaff version: (1) Blake Strode (St. Louis, MO) d. Tony Larson (Brooklyn Park, MN) 6-1, 6-2 (2) David Martin (Key Biscayne, FL) d. Cecil Mamiit 7-6, 4-6, 3-3 (0-40) ret. Nathan Healey ( Wyomissing, PA) d. (3) Chris Wettengel (Las Vegas, NV) 6-3, 6-2 (4) Damon Gooch (Bethesda, MD) d. Oleg Dmitriev (Dania Beach, FL) 7-6, 6-4 |
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Post by DBBN on Aug 20, 2011 11:08:21 GMT -5
Nathan Healey!  Strode going for the back-to-back. |
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Post by janie on Aug 20, 2011 18:15:50 GMT -5
Today in the women's QWC tourney:
New Kid on the Block Robin Anderson d. (3)Macall Harkins 6-1 6-2 (though lost in New Haven!)
(2) Yasmin Schnack d. Mashona Washington 3-6 6-2 6-4 -- Dear Mashona, please retire
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