by ti-amie Tournament: Rothesay Classic
Location: Birmingham, Great Britain
Dates: June 19 - June 25, 2023
Level: WTA 250
Total Financial Commitment: $259,303
Surface: Grass

13 Krejcikova, Barbora (CZE)
14 Haddad Maia, Beatriz (BRA)
17 Ostapenko, Jelena (LAT)
20 Keys, Madison (USA)
21 Linette, Magda (POL)
24 Potapova, Anastasia (RUS)
25 Kalinina, Anhelina (UKR)
28 Mertens, Elise (BEL)
30 Zhang, Shuai (CHN)
31 Cirstea, Sorana (ROU)
32 Bouzkova, Marie (CZE)
36 Giorgi, Camila (ITA)
38 Pera, Bernarda (USA)
39 Kostyuk, Marta (UKR)
39 Strycova, Barbora (CZE) SR
40 Zhu, Lin (CHN)
43 Cocciaretto, Elisabetta (ITA)
46 Tomljanovic, Ajla (AUS)
48 Noskova, Linda (CZE)
49 Parks, Alycia (USA)
52 Paolini, Jasmine (ITA)

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Women's singles entry list

Player Ranking

Barbora Krejcikova (CZE) 13
Beatriz Haddad Maia (BRA) 14
Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) 17
Madison Keys (USA) 20
Magda Linette (POL) 21
Anastasia Potapova 24
Anhelina Kalinina (UKR) 25
Elise Mertens (BEL) 28
Shuai Zhang (CHN) 30
Sorana Cirstea (ROU) 31
Marie Bouzkova (CZE) 32
Camila Giorgi (ITA) 36
Bernarda Pera (USA) 38
Marta Kostyuk (UKR) 39
Barbora Strycova (CZE) 39 (SR)
Lin Zhu (CHN) 40
Elisabetta Cocciaretoo (ITA) 43
Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS) 46
Linda Noskova (CZE) 48
Alycia Parks (USA) 49
Jasmine Paolini (ITA) 52
Venus Williams (USA) 701 (wild card)

https://www.lta.org.uk/fan-zone/interna ... ntry-list/

Note: Tomljanovic is out. Caty McNally is in/

by ti-amie Doubles Entry List

Women's doubles entry list

Players Combined ranking
Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) & Barbora Strycova (CZE) 7
Storm Hunter (AUS) & Elise Mertens (BEL) 11
Lyudmyla Kichenok (UKR) & Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) 18
Nadiia Kichenok (UKR) & Alicja Rosolska (POL) 94
Eri Hozumi (JPN) & Shuai Zhang (CHN) 95
Miriam Kolodziejova (CZE) & Marketa Vondrousova (CZE) 112
Ulrikke Eikeri (NOR) & Alexandra Panova 112
Natela Dzalamidze (GEO) & Sabrina Santamaria (USA) 128
Cristina Bucsa (ESP) & Makoto Ninomiya (JPN) 130
Lidziya Marozava & Ingrid Martins (BRA) 137
Oksana Kalashnikova (GEO) & Iryna Shymanovich 140

https://www.lta.org.uk/fan-zone/interna ... ntry-list/

by ti-amie Qualifying Draw

L. Tsurenko (1)
vs D. Yastremska
J. Ponchet vs T. Martincova (12)

A. Bogdan (2) vs N. Bains
A. Zakharova vs R. Marino (8)

K. Rakhimova (3) vs M. Zacarias
E. Bektas vs C. Dolehide (9)

Xiyu Wang (4) vs E. Appleton
E. Silva vs V. Tomova (7)

C. Bucsa (5) vs M. Betova
D. Saville vs M. Brengle (11)

M. Frech (6) vs A. Rajecki
J. Teichmann vs N. Parrizas Diaz (10)

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B. Krejcikova (1)
vs Qualifier
Qualifier vs Qualifier
E. Svitolina [WC] vs L. Fruhvirtova
M. Bouzkova vs B. Pera (6)

M. Linette (3) vs J. Paolini
K. Boulter (SE) vs L. Zhu
Qualifier vs Qualifier
E. Cocciaretto vs S. Zhang (7)

A. Kalinina (5) vs A. Parks
H. Dart [WC] vs J. Burrage [WC]
L. Davis vs C. McNally
M. Kostyuk vs A. Potapova (4)

S. Cirstea (8) vs Qualifier
Qualifier vs B. Strycova
V. Williams [WC] vs C. Giorgi
L. Noskova vs J. Ostapenko (2)

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Ann Jones Centre Court

Starts at 11:00 AM

SUSPENDED
Qualifying
CHN X. WANG (4) vs BUL V. TOMOVA (7)
6 1 -
3 0 -
UPCOMING
POL M. LINETTE (3) vs ITA J. PAOLINI
UPCOMING
UKR E. SVITOLINA vs CZE L. FRUHVIRTOVA
UPCOMING
USA V. WILLIAMS vs ITA C. GIORGI

Court 1
Starts at 11:00 AM

Qualifying
POL M. FRECH (6) vs SUI J. TEICHMANN
UPCOMING
Round of 32
CZE M. BOUZKOVA vs USA B. PERA (6)
UPCOMING
Round of 32
UKR A. KALININA (5) vs USA A. PARKS
UPCOMING
Round of 32
USA L. DAVIS vs USA C. MCNALLY

Court 2
Starts at 11:00 AM

GEO O. KALASHNIKOVA/BLR I. SHYMANOVICH vs UKR M. KOSTYUK/CZE B. KREJCIKOVA (2)
UPCOMING
TPE S. HSIEH/CZE B. STRYCOVA vs JPN E. HOZUMI/CHN S. ZHANG
UPCOMING
GBR F. CHRISTIE/GBR A. COLLINS vs ESP C. BUCSA/JPN M. NINOMIYA
UPCOMING
BLR L. MAROZAVA/BRA I. GAMARRA MARTINS vs CZE M. KOLODZIEJOVA/SVK T. MIHALIKOVA (4)

by meganfernandez Emina Bektas, who trains in Indianapolis (my home), qualified for her 2nd consecutive tournament. Last week, she got to the quarters in Den Bosch and lost 4 and 4 to Alexandrova. It looks like she is trying singles instead of playing doubles with Tara Moore, her usual partner (in life, too). I actually saw Tara working at a tennis club in Indy a couple months ago. She was at the front desk - just going over some stuff with a staff member, I don't think she was the receptionist - and I knew she looked familiar but couldn't place her. I asked if I had played her in league matches, before realizing who she was. This is someone who has beaten Vekic a couple times. I felt like an idiot.

by ashkor87 Potapova is listed on the order of play - so Russians are getting into the UK..? unless she had a valid visa already?

by ponchi101 I doubt that they are getting single entry visas. You can apply for up to a 5 years visa, for business purposes. I wonder what sort of visas athletes get, but for sure they are not getting a "ONE ENTRY" type.

by meganfernandez After losing in R1 at RG, Krejcikova and Siniakova aren't playing together this week. Split before Wimbledon? Krejcikova is playing with Kostyuk in Birmingham while Siniakova is playing with Vondrousova in Berlin.

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meganfernandez wrote: Mon Jun 19, 2023 4:58 pm After losing in R1 at RG, Krejcikova and Siniakova aren't playing together this week. Split before Wimbledon? Krejcikova is playing with Kostyuk in Birmingham while Siniakova is playing with Vondrousova in Berlin.
That's very interesting. Have they broken up?

by JTContinental First top 50 win for Venus since 2019

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She took a MTO to get that knee wrapped.

by ti-amie Day 4 Order of Play

Ann Jones Centre Court

Starts at 11:00 AM

CZE L. NOSKOVA vs LAT J. OSTAPENKO (2)
FOLLOWED BY
GBR K. BOULTER vs CHN L. ZHU
FOLLOWED BY
GBR H. DART vs GBR J. BURRAGE
FOLLOWED BY
CZE B. KREJCIKOVA (1)
vs ESP C. BUCSA
FOLLOWED BY
USA E. BEKTAS vs CHN S. ZHANG (7)

Court 1
Starts at 11:00 AM

ROU S. CIRSTEA (8) vs ROU A. BOGDAN
FOLLOWED BY
POL M. FRECH vs CZE B. STRYCOVA
FOLLOWED BY
UKR M. KOSTYUK vs RUS A. POTAPOVA (4)
NOT BEFORE 4:00 PM
CZE T. MARTINCOVA vs BUL V. TOMOVA
FOLLOWED BY
CAN R. MARINO vs CHN X. WANG

Court 2
Starts at 11:00 AM

GBR A. BARNETT/GBR O. NICHOLLS vs NOR U. EIKERI/RUS A. PANOVA
FOLLOWED BY
POL M. LINETTE/USA B. PERA vs UKR N. KICHENOK/POL A. ROSOLSKA
FOLLOWED BY
AUS S. HUNTER/USA A. PARKS (3)
vs GEO N. DZALAMIDZE/USA S. SANTAMARIA
NOT BEFORE 4:30 PM
UKR L. KICHENOK/LAT J. OSTAPENKO (1)
vs EST I. NEEL/TPE F. WU

by ti-amie Ed Salmon
@fogmount@mas.to
Venus Williams limps her way through the rest of the match after injuring her right knee early on, but takes advantage of pig-headed shot selection and flurries of unforced errors by Giorgi in the 3rd set to win, 76(5) 46 76(6) in 3h17m in Birmingham. #tennis

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by ashkor87
New England Nitemare wrote: Mon Jun 19, 2023 6:10 pm
meganfernandez wrote: Mon Jun 19, 2023 4:58 pm After losing in R1 at RG, Krejcikova and Siniakova aren't playing together this week. Split before Wimbledon? Krejcikova is playing with Kostyuk in Birmingham while Siniakova is playing with Vondrousova in Berlin.
That's very interesting. Have they broken up?
Could be like McCoco..not getting entry into the same tournaments bcos disparity in ranking...?

by ti-amie Kostyuk vs Potapova may finish just before the match would be called for darkness.
Potapova up 5-3 in the third and Kostyuk held to force her to serve it out at 5-4.

by ti-amie Potapova needed four mp's but wins the match 6-7(6), 7-5, 6-4.

by ti-amie Day 5 Order of Play

Ann Jones Centre Court

Starts at 11:00 AM

USA E. BEKTAS vs CHN S. ZHANG (7)
FOLLOWED BY
CZE B. KREJCIKOVA (1)
vs ESP C. BUCSA
FOLLOWED BY
CZE L. FRUHVIRTOVA vs USA B. PERA (6)
FOLLOWED BY
UKR A. KALININA (5)
vs GBR H. DART

Court 1
Starts at 11:00 AM

CAN R. MARINO vs CHN X. WANG
FOLLOWED BY
CZE T. MARTINCOVA vs BUL V. TOMOVA
FOLLOWED BY
POL M. LINETTE (3)
vs CHN L. ZHU

Court 2
Starts at 12:00 PM

AUS S. HUNTER/USA A. PARKS (3) vs TPE S. HSIEH/CZE B. STRYCOVA

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Ann Jones Centre Court

Starts at 11:00 AM

ROU S. CIRSTEA (8) vs POL M. FRECH
FOLLOWED BY
CZE B. KREJCIKOVA (1)
vs CZE T. MARTINCOVA
FOLLOWED BY
USA V. WILLIAMS vs LAT J. OSTAPENKO (2)
FOLLOWED BY
USA C. MCNALLY vs RUS A. POTAPOVA (4)

Court 1
Starts at 11:00 AM

CAN R. MARINO vs USA E. BEKTAS
FOLLOWED BY
POL M. LINETTE/USA B. PERA vs BLR L. MAROZAVA/BRA I. GAMARRA MARTINS
NOT BEFORE 4:30 PM
GBR F. CHRISTIE/GBR A. COLLINS vs UKR M. KOSTYUK/CZE B. KREJCIKOVA (2)

by meganfernandez This will sting for a while - Emina Betkas celebrated victory vs Marino after hitting an ace at 5-4, 40-love in the third. But the chair called a let. Emina lost the match badly in a tiebreak. Had 5 match points in all.

She was a qualifier who had taken out #7 seed Zhang Shuai and was trying to make her 2nd straight quarterfinal on grass (both as a qualifier).

She should tell herself it's a blessing in disguise after playing more matches than she is used to - she could use some rest.

Didn't this happen to Serena once at the Aussie, in the 2015 final? She served an ace on championship point and it was called a let, and she just coolly served another ace. Vs Sharapova.

by ashkor87 I guess that is why she is Serena...

by meganfernandez
meganfernandez wrote: Thu Jun 22, 2023 2:46 pm This will sting for a while - Emina Betkas celebrated victory vs Marino after hitting an ace at 5-4, 40-love in the third. But the chair called a let. Emina lost the match badly in a tiebreak. Had 5 match points in all.

She was a qualifier who had taken out #7 seed Zhang Shuai and was trying to make her 2nd straight quarterfinal on grass (both as a qualifier).

She should tell herself it's a blessing in disguise after playing more matches than she is used to - she could use some rest.

Didn't this happen to Serena once at the Aussie, in the 2015 final? She served an ace on championship point and it was called a let, and she just coolly served another ace. Vs Sharapova.
ashkor87 wrote: Thu Jun 22, 2023 3:01 pm I guess that is why she is Serena...

I texted condolensces and my thoughts on the blessing in disguise to a coach in Indy who knows Emina, and he wasn't nearly as sympathetic. "She's young and healthy and her job is to win tennis matches. She should be putting the hammer down. No winnie no money."

by meganfernandez Another Venus miracle? She came back from the dead to force a third vs Ostapenko. Jelena was up a set and 5-3 and I think had match points. Venus won the set 7-5. I'm surprised Venus can even move after her 3-hour match, much less compete.

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Ann Jones Centre Court

Starts at 11:00 AM

CHN L. ZHU vs CAN R. MARINO
NOT BEFORE 12:30 PM
POL M. FRECH vs LAT J. OSTAPENKO (2)
FOLLOWED BY
CZE B. KREJCIKOVA (1)
vs CZE L. FRUHVIRTOVA
FOLLOWED BY
GBR H. DART vs RUS A. POTAPOVA (4)

Court 1
Starts at 11:00 AM

UKR L. KICHENOK/LAT J. OSTAPENKO (1) vs NOR U. EIKERI/RUS A. PANOVA

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Ann Jones Centre Court

Starts at 01:30 PM

Final
CZE B. KREJCIKOVA (1) vs LAT J. OSTAPENKO (2)
UPCOMING
Final
AUS S. HUNTER/USA A. PARKS (3) vs UKR M. KOSTYUK/CZE B. KREJCIKOVA (2)

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by ashkor87
ashkor87 wrote: Tue Jun 20, 2023 2:13 am
New England Nitemare wrote: Mon Jun 19, 2023 6:10 pm
meganfernandez wrote: Mon Jun 19, 2023 4:58 pm After losing in R1 at RG, Krejcikova and Siniakova aren't playing together this week. Split before Wimbledon? Krejcikova is playing with Kostyuk in Birmingham while Siniakova is playing with Vondrousova in Berlin.
That's very interesting. Have they broken up?
Could be like McCoco..not getting entry into the same tournaments bcos disparity in ranking...?
But I did notice they seemed off the last time they played together, like they were not enjoying it...at RG I think, I noticed the complete absence of joy/life especially in Krejcikova . ..