Week 5 - WTA500 - Upper Austria Ladies, Linz, Austria - Indoor Hard

indiana · Tennis legend

Week 5 - WTA500 - Upper Austria Ladies, Linz, Austria - Indoor Hard

the addict · Tennis legend

Yes, Jodie has had her left lower thigh strapped. Seems to be moving OK though.

-- Edited by the addict on Monday 27th of January 2025 02:34:18 PM

Brendan F · Lower Club Player

indiana wrote:
Business end of the second set, one early break of serve each, 5-5*

There was quite a long break at *2-3. I don't know if it was a MTO?

Yes it was, don't know for whom it was but Jodie breezed through her service game afterwards

indiana · Tennis legend

TB could be going better.

the addict · Tennis legend

FQR: - Jodie Burrage (GBR) WR150 lost to Antonia Ruzic (CRO) WR168 4-6 (1)6-7

PaulM · Tennis legend

The tiebreak was not her best work...

Oh well. Steadily bringing herself back up at this level, still been a good January. Ranking takes a hit but she'll be ok.

kundalini · Specialist Reporter + Intermediate Club Player

I thought Jodie played reasonably well against an opponent who gave her almost nothing. Plenty of Burrage winners, high first serve percentage. A few costly errors, the Burrage service game at *4-5 in the opening set featured two good serves wasted by blunders on her next shot. She didn't see many Ruzic 2nd serves but her returns of 2nds were often ok but didn't do enough damage to win the point or gain a decent position. The Burrage 2nd serve looked better yesterday, though one ace T 2nd today.

-- Edited by kundalini on Monday 27th of January 2025 02:54:14 PM

wales1994 · County player

She doesn't have anything else to defend until September (and those aren't huge points either), so the 8 or so months should be a pressure-free opportunity for her.

the addict · Tennis legend

PaulM wrote:
The tiebreak was not her best work...

Oh well. Steadily bringing herself back up at this level, still been a good January. Ranking takes a hit but she'll be ok.

Pity about the rankings - nice climb this week to 150, but down 39 on live rankings after today

seagull · Hall of fame

Jodie has a PR she can use so she should be ok to enter decent tournaments and get her ranking back where it should be

RJH1962 · Intermediate Club Player

seagull wrote:
Jodie has a PR she can use so she should be ok to enter decent tournaments and get her ranking back where it should be

How many times can She use that ? I thought it was just 3 or 4 times which she should save for Slams

the addict · Tennis legend

RJH1962 wrote:
seagull wrote:
Jodie has a PR she can use so she should be ok to enter decent tournaments and get her ranking back where it should be
How many times can She use that ? I thought it was just 3 or 4 times which she should save for Slams

For a period out of competition up to 39 weeks she can use it 8 times, with a maximum or 2 slams and 5 WTA1000 Mandatory tournaments.

dodrade · Futures qualifying

the addict wrote:
RJH1962 wrote:
seagull wrote:
Jodie has a PR she can use so she should be ok to enter decent tournaments and get her ranking back where it should be
How many times can She use that ? I thought it was just 3 or 4 times which she should save for Slams
For a period out of competition up to 39 weeks she can use it 8 times, with a maximum or 2 slams and 5 WTA1000 Mandatory tournaments.

She's already used one for the Australian Open, can she keep the other for the US Open given the French is a write-off and she'll get a Wimbledon WC if necessary?

the addict · Tennis legend

dodrade wrote:
the addict wrote:
RJH1962 wrote:
seagull wrote:
Jodie has a PR she can use so she should be ok to enter decent tournaments and get her ranking back where it should be
How many times can She use that ? I thought it was just 3 or 4 times which she should save for Slams
For a period out of competition up to 39 weeks she can use it 8 times, with a maximum or 2 slams and 5 WTA1000 Mandatory tournaments.
She's already used one for the Australian Open, can she keep the other for the US Open given the French is a write-off and she'll get a Wimbledon WC if necessary?

The SR is valid for 52 weeks from return to competition, so, yes, she could keep it back, but if she picks up points and rankings earlier so as looking as not to need it for the USO she might go for the French.

WR100 is currently on 754 points, Jodie has 353 (live rankings, aftetoday's loss) to give you an idea of the task.

indiana · Tennis legend

FWIW Jodie is on 365 points with her QR1 win, though I do see that OER currently hasn't updated for that.