British Ladies Watch (16 to 21 May 2011)

Ranking points gained this week:
not including points dropped
Heather Watson 60pts carrier over to next week
Naomi Broady 34pts
Elena Baltacha 30pts
Tara Moore 14pts
The rest either 1pt or no points.
NEXT WEEKS TOURNAMENTS

WTA Int(32S): $220,000 Internationaux de Strasbourg France (Clay)
Ranking Points on Offer: W:280 F:200 SF:130 QF:70 R16:30 R32:1
Elena Baltacha (GBR) loses in second round (30pts):
R32 Elena Baltacha (82) beats Magdalena RYBARIKOVA (72) 3-6 0-0 Ret'd
R16 Elena Baltacha (82) loses to Marion BARTOLI (11) walkover
From Elena "Unfortunately I felt a twinge in my back before the match and I withdrew as a precaution. At a tournament of this importance and against such a strong opponent you need to be fully fit". Elena expects to be fit for Roland Garros Further Information


Grand Slam Qualifier: Roland Garros France (Clay)
Ranking Points: Q:60 QR3:50 QR2:40 QR1:2
Heather Watson (GBR) Qualifies for the main draw(60pts):
QR1 Heather Watson (119) beats Ioana Raluca Olaru (183) 6-3 6-0
QR2 Heather Watson (119) beats Sally Peers (169) 6-3 7-5
QR3 Heather Watson (119) beats Voegele Stefanie (160) 6-4 6-4
Congratulations to Heather Watson for qualifying for Roland Garros, where she will join Anne Keothavong and Elena Baltacha in the main draw.
Tournament Link


WTA Premier (Qualifying): $618,000 Brussels Ladies Open Belgium (Clay)
Ranking Points on Offer: Q:20 QR3:12 QR2:8/1 QR1:1
Anne Keothavong (GBR) fails to qualify:
QR1 Anne Keothavong (107) BYE
QR2 Anne Keothavong (107) loses to Galina VOSKOBOEVA (294) 3-6 0-6
Note: Anne hasn't won a match in her past three tournaments. Galina VOSKOBOEVA seems to be returning from an injury or tennis break; her highest ranking was 64 in 2009
TOURNAMENT LINK


ITF $25,000 Izmir Turkey (Hard)
Ranking Points on Offer: W:50 F:34 SF:24 QF:14 R16:8/1 R32:1
Naomi BROADY (GBR) is the runner-up (34pts):
R32 Naomi BROADY beats Ani AMIRAGHYAN (978) 6-7(1) 6-1 7-6(4)
R16 Naomi BROADY beats Sachia VICKERY (883) 6-0 6-4
QF Naomi BROADY(257) beats Pemra OZGEN(333) 4-6 6-2 6-3
SF Naomi BROADY(257) beats Eva HRDINOVA (377) 6-2 6-4
Final Naomi BROADY(257) loses to Mihaela BUZARNESCU (356) 5-7 4-6

Tara MOORE (GBR) loses in quarterfinal(14pts):
R32 Tara MOORE beats Dalila JAKUPOVIC (377) 6-3 7-6(5)
R16 Tara MOORE beats Valeria PATIUK (1013) 6-4 6-1
QF Tara MOORE(346) loses to Sofia SHAPATAVA (285) 3-6 7-6(4) 6(4)-7

Lisa WHYBOURN (GBR) loses in first round (1pt)
R32 Lisa WHYBOURN loses to Mihaela BUZARNESCU (370) 5-7 0-6
TOURNAMENT LINK



Britons in top 300 (16th May):
Rank (move). Players Name (age)
83 (dn1).... Elena Baltacha (27)
108 (dn1).. Anne Keothavong (27)
108: ==============Direct Entry to Slams threshold
119 (up2).. Heather Watson (18)
222 (dn1).. Katie O'Brien (25)
235 (up2).. Laura Robson (17)
241 (up12). Emily Webley-Smith (26)
250: ==============WildCard Slams eligibility
257 (up26). Naomi Broady (21)
273 (up5).. Naomi Cavaday (22) [retired from sport]
294 (dn2).. Lisa Whybourn (19) [Carrying an injury]
299 (dn17). Melanie South (25)
LAST WEEKS TOURNAMENTS


Quick Glance at the Men's Game
Britons in top 300 excl. Murray (16th May):
Rank (move). Players Name (age)
216 (up2).. James Ward (24)
279 (unc).. Daniel Cox (20)
293 (dn8).. Daniel Evans (20)

Bally pulled out of the Strasbourg event as a precautionary measure and should be fit for Roland Garros next week. As she mentions she would have likely been beaten even if fully fit so it wasn't worth the risk.

Heather has two more rounds to go in the RG qualifiers.

And we have two British ladies in the quarterfinals at the ITF event in Turkey.

So with three British ladies in the main draw at Roland Garros, we have the following for the first round:
Anne Keothavong(108) vs 21 yr old Vesna Dolonts RUS (101)
if gets through possible 2nd rnd match with 5th seed Francesca Schiavone.

Elena Baltacha(82) vs 18 yr old Sloane Stephens USA (138)
if gets through possible 2nd rnd match with 22nd seed Dominika Cibulkova.

Heather Watson(119) vs 30 yr old S. Foretz Gacon FRA (140)
if gets through possible 2nd rnd match with 16th seed Kaia Kanepi.

Nice one Watto

If my calculations are correct she might break into the top 100 if she beats Foretz Gacon, but I've been wrong before.Won't be easy anyway against the home crowd.

Hi thanks.

If Heather beats Foretz Gacon she will gain 100 pts, which when added to the 60 pts for winning through the qualifiers this week would give her 732 points (having played 26 tournaments). 732 points would take her to 93rd place in the current table - so I'll stick my neck out and say yes she will break into the top 100.

Last year she only gained 1 ranking point in May (gained in the week beginning 3May).

Looking good for Hev. She breaks once again to move within 1 game of the 2nd round.