Ashley Harkleroad is one match away from the main draw at Wimbledon!

[10splaya]

This is great! I can't wait to see how her back in action!

 

[RafaN RichardG]

nice surpries, i heard she quit after she got hitched to bogmolov

 

[PistolPete]

Am I supposed to be excited?

 

[goober]

Am I supposed to be excited?

If you like tennis babes- yes

 

[benasp]

she cute but i like the beauty that also succed so viva Maria

 

[tennissavy]

I'm happy for her. I thought, when I saw her play on tv, that she was pretty good. Hopefully she will get on the winning track. The US needs to get some momentum for the future of the game. We are in something of a drought now. Who are our future grand slam hopes? Roddick- that's a definite maybe, Dent- no way, Fish- no, Ginepri-no, Young- well, too young to tell just yet. wta: Harkelroad may be our best hope! Kirkland, not from what I can tell, Irvin- not really, Granville-not unless she really develops something awesome all of a sudden. All the new kids on the block are from eastern europe right now, with some possibilities from Asia. We had grand slam champions for so long that it was never really an issue for us but once the Williams sisters, Davenport, Capriati, Agassi retire we won't have any strong contenders to fill their shoes. That hasn't happened to us for a while. The Russian gals have a lot of contenders, some have already struck grand slam stardom last year. Those women are here to stay for a long time with so many countrywomen waiting to fill their shoes. China is producing some threats in the wta also. Japan is a factor too. Let's hope Ashley Harkelroad can make the US very proud. I'll be watching her if she is televised.

 

[goober]

I'm happy for her. I thought, when I saw her play on tv, that she was pretty good. Hopefully she will get on the winning track. The US needs to get some momentum for the future of the game. We are in something of a drought now. Who are our future grand slam hopes? Roddick- that's a definite maybe, Dent- no way, Fish- no, Ginepri-no, Young- well, too young to tell just yet. wta: Harkelroad may be our best hope! Kirkland, not from what I can tell, Irvin- not really, Granville-not unless she really develops something awesome all of a sudden. All the new kids on the block are from eastern europe right now, with some possibilities from Asia. We had grand slam champions for so long that it was never really an issue for us but once the Williams sisters, Davenport, Capriati, Agassi retire we won't have any strong contenders to fill their shoes. That hasn't happened to us for a while. The Russian gals have a lot of contenders, some have already struck grand slam stardom last year. Those women are here to stay for a long time with so many countrywomen waiting to fill their shoes. China is producing some threats in the wta also. Japan is a factor too. Let's hope Ashley Harkelroad can make the US very proud. I'll be watching her if she is televised.

I hope that Harkelroad does well but if she is our best hope for a grandslam, we are in big trouble. I am not even sure if she will even be top 50. She is 21 years old and hasn't won a WTA title yet. Her best showing is 3rd round at a grandslam. Usually on the women's side if you haven't done big things by 21 like win major titles or go deep in a grandslam, you probably aren't not going to be top 10 material.

 

[RafaN RichardG]

for the men- ever heard of donald young?? 15 ranked 165 in the ATP(last time i checked) and #1 in ITF juniors

 

[goober]

for the men- ever heard of donald young?? 15 ranked 165 in the ATP(last time i checked) and #1 in ITF juniors

Yah this board has lots of threads on Donald Young- do a search. BTW his real ranking is 620, the 165 is the Indesit race ranking. Actually I am not sure how he even got that 165 since he is 0-5 this year in ATP events.

 

[tangies08]

yes...harkleroad

 

[muklucke]

I hope that Harkelroad does well but if she is our best hope for a grandslam, we are in big trouble. I am not even sure if she will even be top 50. She is 21 years old and hasn't won a WTA title yet. Her best showing is 3rd round at a grandslam. Usually on the women's side if you haven't done big things by 21 like win major titles or go deep in a grandslam, you probably aren't not going to be top 10 material.

Shes gonna be in the same shoes as Anna K. She should go play dubs rite now. Theres probably more promise in Alexa Glatch. Shes 16 and #11 in jr. ITF. We should be hearing more about her in the few years to come.

 

[ATXtennisaddict]

just googled her, nice pic on the WTA site! damn!

 

[tennissavy]

I hope that Harkelroad does well but if she is our best hope for a grandslam, we are in big trouble. I am not even sure if she will even be top 50. She is 21 years old and hasn't won a WTA title yet. Her best showing is 3rd round at a grandslam. Usually on the women's side if you haven't done big things by 21 like win major titles or go deep in a grandslam, you probably aren't not going to be top 10 material.

Exactly, Goober. We are in trouble right now but as Mary Jo Fernandez stated, it is just "cyclical". We will eventually produce more championship caliber players.

 

[POGO]

Here is Ashley Harkleroad for those who don't know how she looks like. She just turned 20 last month.

Not much older than Sharapova, but Ashley retired from tennis to get married just last year.

 

[GameTime]

This is great! I can't wait to see how her back in action!

yeah, I saw her play before at the USO and she really has the game to go far in the ranks, not too mention she is not too hard on the eyes

 

[POGO]

I hope that Harkelroad does well but if she is our best hope for a grandslam, we are in big trouble. I am not even sure if she will even be top 50. She is 21 years old and hasn't won a WTA title yet. Her best showing is 3rd round at a grandslam. Usually on the women's side if you haven't done big things by 21 like win major titles or go deep in a grandslam, you probably aren't not going to be top 10 material.

According to WTA, she just turned 20 last month, born May 2, 1985
http://www.wtatour.com/players/playerprofiles/playerbio.asp?PlayerID=80418

 

[GRANITECHIEF]

Unfortunately, she'll most likely get beat by Flipkens. Hopefully she'll pull through, but that girl is pretty good.

 

[GRANITECHIEF]

AHark came back from a break down to win first set 7-5, GO ASH!!!!

 

[baseliner]

Ashley H up a break in 2nd set

Serving up 1-0 in second set.

 

[tennissavy]

ok does Harkelroad have to play another round of qualifying or is she now in the main draw?

 

[baseliner]

Spoiler

Ashley wins 7-5, 6-2. In the main draw.

 

[tennissavy]

Ashley wins 7-5, 6-2. In the main draw.

Good for her. Good for the US. Who plays then on the 5th day of qualifying? doubles?

 

[loopy]

She's the local kid for me so I hope she does well.

 

[Fee]

Two men's matches were suspended (Goldstein v Delgado and Moodie v somebody...) due to darkness, along with one women's match. Those are being finished right not.