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Post by janie on Dec 21, 2013 14:13:02 GMT -5
Asian Wildcard: Hao Chen Tang, China
French Wildcard: Pauline Parmentier
Aussie Wildcard: WC Playoff Winner Casey Dellacqua
Aussie Wildcard: Just becauseAshleigh Barty
haven't looked at the men's yet. US WC playoff is underway now, SFs today
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Post by janie on Dec 22, 2013 10:58:36 GMT -5
USTA WC playoff finals:
Duval vs. Vickery
S. Johnson vs. Sandgren
Hard to know who to root for here ...
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Post by janie on Dec 22, 2013 19:51:13 GMT -5
US Wildcard: Women's WC Playoff Winner Sachia Vickery  US Wildcard: Men's WC Playoff Winner Steve Johnson
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Post by lexpretend on Dec 23, 2013 4:13:20 GMT -5
Parmentier?! Not that there's any better FRA choice. BAN RECIPROCAL WILD CARDS. Vickery is at least a promising up-and-comer but there's no reason an American should get an AO WC in the first place.
Second completely random winner of the Asian WC in a row - Yuxuan Zhang won it last year then did nothing for the whole year. Tang didn't show any signs of promise in 2013. At least they had to win a tournament though, can't say they didn't deserve it. I wish the other Slams had regional WC play-offs too.
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Post by janie on Dec 23, 2013 14:16:20 GMT -5
Yeah, I think regional playoffs are a great idea.
Disappointing to read that about Yuxuan Zhang. I forgot all about her post-AO, but now I remember thinking that she was possibly on her way out of the Hidden World, when she won that WC last year. Guess not! Shelby Rogers is another disappointment since winning her two 2013 Slam WCs.
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Post by lexpretend on Jan 4, 2014 3:42:09 GMT -5
So how are our deserving WCs faring in the warm-ups?
Vickery - lost in the first round of qualifying in Auckland to the lesser Pliskova
Tang - lost in R2 of the HK 25K to Hozumi
Parmentier - lost in the SF of the HK 25K to Kulichkova
17-year-old Kulichkova carried on her stellar form from last year to win that 25K and is easily a more deserving WC than any of those.
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