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Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Weeks 27 & 28 - The Championships, Wimbledon (Womens') (grass) - main draw

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Leylah Fernandez has only ever reached R2 of Wimbledon - that's not great - and didn't do much in juniors either

Now's the time Hannah

GBJ · County player

McNally is the one that comes to net a lot who used to play doubles with Gauff right? Be interested to see Jodie play that style and esp interested to see her play Iga in the second round!!

Oscariyan · Club Coach

verveandsolley wrote:
Wow, Brit Monday. That's made my plans a little more concrete!

Emma
Mimi
Katie
Sonay
Heather
Harriet
Hannah
Mila
Cameron
Billy
Jacob
Henry
Oliver T
Oliver C
Arthur

phew, must be a record

Im going to need to grow some more eyes!

9vicman · Futures qualifying

GBJ wrote:
McNally is the one that comes to net a lot who used to play doubles with Gauff right? Be interested to see Jodie play that style and esp interested to see her play Iga in the second round!!

McNally has only just returned from injury. Think it's a good draw for Jodie.

Danny1312 · Intermediate Club Player

Coup Droit wrote:
And Badosa has some serious injury issues

Retired from her last match I think...

verveandsolley · Lower Club Player

Bit of help please!

It's been a few years since I last did the queue, been very lucky with ballot in recent times. I know it's got increasingly popular as well.

Anyone able to estimate the time needed to get there in order to

a) Get a C2 ticket - this is my preferred choice for R1 as you have a base for the day and are more likely to see competitive matches than CC and C1. I have no interest in watching Djokovic, Alcaraz etc win 6-2, 6-3, 6-1

b) Get ground pass.

Would 4am and 6am respectively be sufficient?

The only problem now is that there is no on the day parking at all. Seeing as the trains don't start early enough to get me there in time, it's either stay overnight, stay with a mate near Wimbledon and get a middle of the night taxi, or get a taxi from home which will probably be £40-£50.... Dilemma...

9vicman · Futures qualifying

verveandsolley wrote:
Wow, Brit Monday. That's made my plans a little more concrete!

Emma
Mimi
Katie
Sonay
Heather
Harriet
Hannah
Mila
Cameron
Billy
Jacob
Henry
Oliver T
Oliver C
Arthur

phew, must be a record

But not Monday, who plays Tuesday.

Boom boom.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

9vicman wrote:
verveandsolley wrote:
Wow, Brit Monday. That's made my plans a little more concrete!

Emma
Mimi
Katie
Sonay
Heather
Harriet
Hannah
Mila
Cameron
Billy
Jacob
Henry
Oliver T
Oliver C
Arthur

phew, must be a record
But not Monday, who plays Tuesday.
Boom boom.

Like it biggrin

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

it's due to be SO hot on Monday - up to 35 degrees - full sun

the players who handle heat well, or who at least get an 11 am start, will have a serious advantage

Spireman · Club Coach

Coup Droit wrote:
it's due to be SO hot on Monday - up to 35 degrees - full sun

the players who handle heat well, or who at least get an 11 am start, will have a serious advantage

If they are playing at 11am and their opponent plays later (!) then yes. Otherwise they are both playing at 11, so no advantage?

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Coup Droit wrote:
it's due to be SO hot on Monday - up to 35 degrees - full sun

the players who handle heat well, or who at least get an 11 am start, will have a serious advantage

Are Centre ad NO 1 any cooler, due to more shade?

Lambda · ATP level

The British teenage trio creating Wimbledon history

PaulM · Tennis legend

Iain saying all the right things to me there. Reality is none of them are likely to win a match here, but maybe drawing lower-end seeds (and Emma) is no bad thing compared to if they had drawn girls we'd be not just hoping but also sort of expecting them to beat.

This way they really can spend their first Wimbledon's as huge underdogs, and have a swing, and try and enjoy the experience. Mimi certainly will be on a very big court which is cool and I think she will enjoy, rather than be over-awed by.

Danny1312 · Intermediate Club Player

PaulM wrote:
Iain saying all the right things to me there. Reality is none of them are likely to win a match here, but maybe drawing lower-end seeds (and Emma) is no bad thing compared to if they had drawn girls we'd be not just hoping but also sort of expecting them to beat.

This way they really can spend their first Wimbledon's as huge underdogs, and have a swing, and try and enjoy the experience. Mimi certainly will be on a very big court which is cool and I think she will enjoy, rather than be over-awed by.

Was just going to say this! Much better to have fun and less expectations especially as I'd expect all 3 to do juniors this year as well anyway! Experiance rather than expectation and who knows if there relaxed what may happen biggrin pressure on the opponents though not to lose to youngsters maybe.