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Kvitova announced yesterday that she is expecting her first child, but it's unclear if she is still planning to play the AO

JTContinental wrote: ↑Tue Jan 02, 2024 12:41 am Kvitova announced yesterday that she is expecting her first child, but it's unclear if she is still planning to play the AO

Guessing no, meaning Raducanu is only two spots out of the main draw, I think. She hasn't gotten a WC yet, so she would have to play qualifying if two more players don't withdraw.

ti-amie wrote: ↑Fri Dec 29, 2023 10:15 pm

Same but SP pick, not my favorite.

meganfernandez wrote: ↑Tue Jan 02, 2024 1:15 am

JTContinental wrote: ↑Tue Jan 02, 2024 12:41 am Kvitova announced yesterday that she is expecting her first child, but it's unclear if she is still planning to play the AO

Guessing no, meaning Raducanu is only two spots out of the main draw, I think. She hasn't gotten a WC yet, so she would have to play qualifying if two more players don't withdraw.

Petra is out, as per entry list

Nice for Petra

Begu and McNally are out--Raducanu is currently 1 withdrawal away

Lauren Davis is out--Raducanu is in

UPDATED WTA Entry List

Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam
Date: 1/15/2024 Original Cut Off: 99 Ranking Date: 12/4/2023
Draw Size: 128 Direct Acceptances: 104 Wild Cards: 8 Qualifiers: 16 Special Exempts: 0

Main Draw Singles
1 Swiatek, Iga (POL)
2 Sabalenka, Aryna (BLR)
3 Gauff, Coco (USA)
4 Rybakina, Elena (KAZ)
5 Pegula, Jessica (USA)
6 Jabeur, Ons (TUN)
7 Vondrousova, Marketa (CZE)
8 Muchova, Karolina (CZE)
9 Sakkari, Maria (GRE)
10 Krejcikova, Barbora (CZE)
11 Haddad Maia, Beatriz (BRA)
12 Keys, Madison (USA)
13 Ostapenko, Jelena (LAT)
14 Kvitova, Petra (CZE)
14 Brady, Jennifer (USA) SR
15 Zheng, Qinwen (CHN)
16 Samsonova, Liudmila (RUS)
18 Kasatkina, Daria (RUS)
19 Kudermetova, Veronika (RUS)
20 Garcia, Caroline (FRA)
21 Alexandrova, Ekaterina (RUS)
22 Azarenka, Victoria (BLR)
23 Vekic, Donna (CRO)
24 Linette, Magda (POL)
25 Svitolina, Elina (UKR)
26 Cirstea, Sorana (ROU)
27 Kalinina, Anhelina (UKR)
28 Potapova, Anastasia (RUS)
29 Mertens, Elise (BEL)
30 Paolini, Jasmine (ITA)
31 Tsurenko, Lesia (UKR)
31 Kerber, Angelique (GER) SR
32 Navarro, Emma (USA)
33 Kenin, Sofia (USA)
33 Tomljanovic, Ajla (AUS) SR
34 Bouzkova, Marie (CZE)
35 Fernandez, Leylah (CAN)
36 Wang, Xinyu (CHN)
37 Zhu, Lin (CHN)
38 Pliskova, Karolina (CZE)
39 Kostyuk, Marta (UKR)
40 Martic, Petra (CRO)
41 Noskova, Linda (CZE)
42 Trevisan, Martina (ITA)
43 Gracheva, Varvara (RUS)
44 Dolehide, Caroline (USA)
45 Siniakova, Katerina (CZE)
46 Stephens, Sloane (USA)
46 Osaka, Naomi (JPN) SR
47 Sorribes Tormo, Sara (ESP)
48 Cocciaretto, Elisabetta (ITA)
49 Stearns, Peyton (USA)
50 Blinkova, Anna (RUS)
51 Rus, Arantxa (NED)
51 Rogers, Shelby (USA) SR
52 Collins, Danielle (USA)
53 Giorgi, Camila (ITA)
54 Maria, Tatjana (GER)
55 Boulter, Katie (GBR)
56 Andreeva, Mirra (RUS)
57 Pavlyuchenkova, Anastasia (RUS)
58 Sherif, Mayar (EGY)
59 Minnen, Greet (BEL)
60 Burel, Clara (FRA)
61 Bronzetti, Lucia (ITA)
61 Anisimova, Amanda (USA) SR
62 Parks, Alycia (USA)
63 Frech, Magdalena (POL)
64 Masarova, Rebeka (ESP)
65 Badosa, Paula (ESP)
66 Bogdan, Ana (ROU)
67 Pera, Bernarda (USA)
68 Putintseva, Yulia (KAZ)
69 Podoroska, Nadia (ARG)
70 Davis, Lauren (USA)
71 Wang, Xiyu (CHN)
71 McNally, Caty (USA) SR
72 Wickmayer, Yanina (BEL)
73 Schmiedlova, Anna Karolina (SVK)
74 Avanesyan, Elina (RUS)
75 Begu, Irina-Camelia (ROU)
76 Kalinskaya, Anna (RUS)
77 Yuan, Yue (CHN)
78 Osorio, Camila (COL)
79 Tomova, Viktoriya (BUL)
80 Townsend, Taylor (USA)
81 Krueger, Ashlyn (USA)
82 Tauson, Clara (DEN)
83 Korpatsch, Tamara (GER)
84 Golubic, Viktorija (SUI)
85 Bai, Zhuoxuan (CHN)
86 Siegemund, Laura (GER)
87 Bektas, Emina (USA)
88 Shnaider, Diana (RUS)
89 Kay, Kayla (USA)
90 Bucsa, Cristina (ESP)
91 Cristian, Jaqueline (ROU)
92 Sasnovich, Aliaksandra (BLR)
93 Fruhvirtova, Linda (CZE)
94 Parry, Diane (FRA)
95 Hibino, Nao (JPN)
97 Dodin, Oceane (FRA)
98 Burrage, Jodie (GBR)
99 Liu, Claire (USA)

Alternates

99 Krunic, Aleksandra (SRB) SR
100 Rakhimova, Kamilla (RUS)
101 Wang, Yafan (CHN)
102 Grabher, Julia (AUT)
103 Zidansek, Tamara (SLO)
103 Raducanu, Emma (GBR) SR (Into MD)
104 Errani, Sara (ITA)

I believe Errani is next in.

ti-amie wrote: ↑Fri Jan 05, 2024 2:05 am

that is really sad.. she deseves one.. especially making a come-back at this age..

time to put an end to this corrupt pracice of slams exchanging wild cards.. not fair to countries who are not wealthy enough to have one - even though they have great players, like Spain, Czech.. etc

Rodionova is almost 100 years old, is really Russian, hasn't played at the AO since 2012, and according to Wikipedia and the WTA website, retired in August 2023. Tennis Australia always gives their home country wildcards to younger talent, so that just looks like Ben looking to create controversy again when there isn't any.

JTContinental wrote: ↑Fri Jan 05, 2024 7:32 am Rodionova is almost 100 years old, is really Russian, hasn't played at the AO since 2012, and according to Wikipedia and the WTA website, retired in August 2023. Tennis Australia always gives their home country wildcards to younger talent, so that just looks like Ben looking to create controversy again when there isn't any.

But why would Daria Saville be more deserving? Rodionova is in the top 100 and Saville is #176 - and 29. Not young.