Kind of expected those main draw wildcards but pretty shocked Emily didn't get a wildcard into qualies. She put in good performances at Surbiton this week and has proved her grass court credentials in the past and is clearly one of our top girls on this surface. I have no qualms with Amanda's selection as she really played very well against a class opponent, but if you're handing out wildcards on the basis of current form then Emily definitely deserves one. She shone in qualifying and pushed Morita, a class opponent, really close. In contrast both Annas were disappointing this week and seemed slightly out of their depth on a surface which doesn't really suit their games and I think it's really a year too early for them to be getting tour wildcards when it's only in the past few months that they've even been making inroads into challengers.

I think it's great that the LTA are looking towards the younger players and I hope that the Annas prove me wrong, but I think this is more of a personal snub than anything else.