British Ladies Watch: ITF Tournaments (09 to 15 May 2011)

Ranking points gained this week:
Elena Baltacha 18pts
Heather Watson 12pts
Emily WEBLEY-SMITH 10pts
Tara MOORE 6pts
The rest either 1pt or no points.
Note: A weak performance this week in general with none of the British ladies getting beyond the second round of any of the tournaments entered. However both Anne and Elena were drawn against Petra Kvitova who is now ranked at No 10 in the world. Emily will break into the top 250 next week.
NEXT WEEKS TOURNAMENTS


ITF $100,000 Prague Czech Republic Clay
Ranking Points on Offer: W:140 F:100 SF:70 QF:36 R16:18/1 R32:1
Elena Baltacha (GBR) loses in second round (18 pts):
R32 Elena Baltacha (82) beats Daria GAVRILOVA (347) 6-2 6-4
R16 Elena Baltacha (82) loses to Petra KVITOVA (10) 6-2 6-3

Anne Keothavong (GBR) loses in first round (1 pt):
R32 Anne Keothavong (107) loses to Petra KVITOVA (10) 7-6(1) 6-3
TOURNAMENT LINK


ITF $50,000+H Saint-Gaudens France Clay
Ranking Points on Offer: W:90 F:64 SF:40 QF:24 R16:12/1 R32:1
Tara MOORE (GBR - 18 years old) loses in the first round (6 pts):
Q1 Tara Moore (338) has a BYE
Q2 Tara Moore (338) beats Wan-Ting LIU (853) 6-4 6-1
Q3 Tara Moore (338) beats Clothilde DE BERNARDI (932) 7-6(7) 6-1
R32 Tara Moore (335) loses to Severine BELTRAME (222) 6-2 1-6 6-3


ITF $50,000 Kurume Japan Grass
Ranking Points on Offer: W:70 F:50 SF:32 QF:18 R16:10/1 R32:1
Katie O'BRIEN (GBR) loses in first round (1pt)
R32 Katie O'BRIEN (221) loses to Rika FUJIWARA (289) 6-4 0-6 6-4

Emily WEBLEY-SMITH (GBR) loses in second round (10pts):
R32 Emily Webley-Smith (253) beats Shuko AOYAMA (311) 6-1 4-6 7-6(6)
R16 Emily Webley-Smith (253) loses to Wen-Hsin HSU (266) 1-6 6-4 6-2

Qualifying tournament
Nicola GEORGE (GBR, 748) fails to qualify for the main tournament:
Q1 Nicola George (748) beats Mihoki MIYAHARA (unr) 7-5 6-2
R2 Nicola George (748) loses to Michika OZEKI (unr) 0-6 6-4 6-4
TOURNAMENT LINK


ITF $50,000 Raleigh NC Clay
Melanie South (GBR) loses in first round (1pt)
R32 Melanie South (273) loses to Alexandra MUELLER (405) 6-1 6-4

Qualifying tournament
Nicola Slater (GBR, 794) fails to qualify for the main tournament:
Q1 Nicola Slater (794) loses to Megan FALCON (467) 7-5 4-6 6-3
TOURNAMENT LINK


WTA P5 $2,050,000 Internazionali BNL d'Italia 2011 Clay
Heather Watson (GBR) fails to qualify for the main tournament(12pts):
Q1 Heather Watson (125) beats Akgul AMANMURADOVA (74) 6-1 1-0 Ret'd
Q2 Heather Watson (125) loses to Christina MCHALE (92) 2-6 6-1 6-3
Note: Heather and Christina are both 18 year old (both turn 19 in May), hence Heather can expect to meet up with Christina many times during her playing career.


Britons in top 300 (9th May):
Rank (move). Players Name (age)
82 (up9).... Elena Baltacha (27)
107 (unc).. Anne Keothavong (27)
108: ==================Direct Entry to Slams threshold
121 (up1).. Heather Watson (18)
221 (up4).. Katie O'Brien (25)
237 (up32). Laura Robson (17)
250: ==================WildCard to Slams eligibility threshold
253 (up18). Emily Webley-Smith (26)
278 (dn47). Naomi Cavaday (22) [retired from sport]
282 (dn9).. Melanie South (25)
283 (dn9).. Naomi Broady (21)
292 (dn7).. Lisa Whybourn (19) [Out injured expected back for grass season]
LAST WEEKS TOURNAMENTS


Quick Glance at the Men's Game
Britons in top 300 excl. Murray (9th May):
Rank (move). Players Name (age)
218 (unc).. James Ward (24)
279 (up1).. Daniel Cox (20)
285 (dn1).. Daniel Evans (20)

Has Watson pulled out of Saint-Gaudens?

Just checked the draw on the ITF site and her name's not in it so she probably has.

EDIT: And just found out why - she's playing Italian Open qualifying instead and is through to round two after beating Amanmuradova on a retirement. She now has a revenge tilt against Christina McHale for a place in the main draw tomorrow.

Okay thanks. As far as I can tell Laura Robson and Naomi Broady are not playing next week (not higher than an ITF $10k tournament at least), while Lisa Whybourn is off injured.

Heather Watson fails to qualify for the WTA Italian Open.

Bump! : )