I didn't realise Ella doesn't have a ranking. How many counters does she have?
Two counters. 5 points for reaching the L16 in the Bath W25 in January and 1 point for QR1 (by QWC) in the Nottingham WTA 250 in June
Her Wimbledon exploits - getting into qualifying through the qwc play-offs ( and then almost beating Coco Vandeweghe ) of course didn't yield the normal 2 points.and what would have then been a third counter.
Cheers - a first round win will get her a WTA ranking then.
3 top juniors playing against 3 very good juniors....
It would be hard to predict the result of the Ella v Polina match. Polina has more experience at the senior level but Ella has a slightly higher JCH and is a year younger. We can't really go by the senior rankings because we don't have much idea what they would be after a full year of competition, they would probably both be quite a bit higher.
3 top juniors playing against 3 very good juniors....
It would be hard to predict the result of the Ella v Polina match. Polina has more experience at the senior level but Ella has a slightly higher JCH and is a year younger. We can't really go by the senior rankings because we don't have much idea what they would be after a full year of competition, they would probably both be quite a bit higher.
That one could be very tight.
Rana should be a slight favourite based on junior rankings and Talia the underdog on that basis
3 top juniors playing against 3 very good juniors....
It would be hard to predict the result of the Ella v Polina match. Polina has more experience at the senior level but Ella has a slightly higher JCH and is a year younger. We can't really go by the senior rankings because we don't have much idea what they would be after a full year of competition, they would probably both be quite a bit higher.
I think rankings are probably at their most random/misleading for 16-17 year old girls (as well as college third-years)
Some girls that age focus pretty much purely on adults
Some still target juniors. Some still focus very much on domestic events.
And it depends a lot on the country - somewhere like GB has put on tons of 25ks this year and given out wildcards to the likes of Talia et al - so there's a way higher chance they'll be better ranked, just based on opportunity