Week 39 - ITF ($25K) - Clermont-Ferrand, France - Hard

steven · Tennis legend

Week 39 - ITF ($25K) - Clermont-Ferrand, France - Hard

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

Heather withdrew with following test, what does LWM mean?

278 WATSON, Heather GBR 102 1 LWM 22 Sep 2011

SMC1809 · All-time great

It stands for Late Withdrawal Main, which as it suggests means she withdrew from the main draw, close to the start of the tournament.

indiana · Tennis legend

Alternatively it stands for : you know I got a late wild card entry into a 75K last week and what with me doing well pretty well there and having done well the previous week you don't seriously expect me to be competing in this 25K, plus I've got a cold smile

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

indiana wrote:
Alternatively it stands for : you know I got a late wild card entry into a 75K last week and what with me doing well pretty well there and having done well the previous week you don't seriously expect me to be competing in this 25K, plus I've got a cold

Now, now, play nice, there's no need to be that cynical.

Mervatron · Masters Series Champion

Why on earth had Heather entered a 25k?

steven · Tennis legend

4th seed Georges got KOd in 3 sets this morning, which opens up Jade's section if she manages to get through today's match.

RBBOT · Futures qualifying

I doubt Tara is complaining

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

SMC1809 wrote:
It stands for Late Withdrawal Main, which as it suggests means she withdrew from the main draw, close to the start of the tournament.

Does that mean she's got a fine?

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Helen40 wrote:
indiana wrote:
Alternatively it stands for : you know I got a late wild card entry into a 75K last week and what with me doing well pretty well there and having done well the previous week you don't seriously expect me to be competing in this 25K, plus I've got a cold
Now, now, play nice, there's no need to be that cynical.

Now I read that as being affectionately realistic

steven · Tennis legend

QR1: (q13) Jade Windley WR 584 beat Svetlana Piquerez (FRA) UNR by 2 & 3

FQR: (q13) Jade Windley WR 584 v (wc) Caroline Romeo (FRA) UNR

Romeo is the 17yo who upset 4th seed Myrtille Georges today - she double bagelled a Brit (Helena Phillips) in the FQR of the Madrid 10K last week.

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

Julia Carrot wrote:
Helen40 wrote:
indiana wrote:
Alternatively it stands for : you know I got a late wild card entry into a 75K last week and what with me doing well pretty well there and having done well the previous week you don't seriously expect me to be competing in this 25K, plus I've got a cold
Now, now, play nice, there's no need to be that cynical.
Now I read that as being affectionately realistic

I'm not denying it's not probably realistic, and echo the sentiment of Mervatron, ie why on earth did she enter a 25k anyway.

However, Indiana's tone suggests real snobbiness on Heather's part, and I haven't seen that in her.

steven · Tennis legend

I'm pretty sure he didn't mean it that way and it was just meant to be a jokey explanation of fairly genuine and sensible reasons for pulling out - that's how I read it, at least.

Peter too · Tennis legend

Q1: FITZPATRICK, Anna (GBR) 3 405 beat TRESKUNOVA, Aleksandra (RUS) UNR 6-2 6-2

Q2: FITZPATRICK, Anna (GBR) 3 405 v SANDUSKA, Patrycja (POL) 9 522

indiana · Tennis legend

steven wrote:
I'm pretty sure he didn't mean it that way and it was just meant to be a jokey explanation of fairly genuine and sensible reasons for pulling out - that's how I read it, at least.

That's essentially it. Ah, how the written word can be misconstrued. Thank you to my defense team for basically rightly interpreting my meaning.

Sorry, Helen, if you took it otherwise, but I most certainly was in no way meaning snobbiness on Heather's part. I probably worded it in jest a bit snobbily, but the last thing I would want to do is to seriously imply any such thing about Heather.

-- Edited by indiana on Sunday 25th of September 2011 06:54:40 PM