WTA Wednesday

With the next Fed Cup round coming up and the Olympics being on home turf this year I thought I would take a look at the prominent British WTA players!

Elena Baltacha

 Anne Keothavong

Heather Watson

 

Laura Robson

Naomi Broady

Although the Fed Cup team consists of only Baltacha, Keothavong, Watson and Robson I felt it was only fair to include all players in the top 200, Naomi Broady is the sister to Liam Broady who last year was runner up in the junior women's title. 

Robson is most famous for her Junior Wimbledon win and Watson is famous for advancing to the second round of the French Open. They have teamed up for doubles and they appear to be the rising stars of British women's tennis, no doubt as they get older they will be able to hold their own and creep up the rankings.

Elena Baltacha has reached a career high of World No. 49 and has consistently been the British number 1, she has beaten players in the top 10 (e.g. Li Na). Anne Keothavong has also been British number 1 and has reached the third round in the 2008 US Open, and the second round of Wimbledon on three occasions.

These women have provided Britain with a steady place in the world of women's tennis, although there has been no Grand Slam winner to come out of this generation (yet!) they have each achieved relative success and I look forward to seeing the development of women's tennis in Britain, in particular if the appointment of Judy Murray as Fed Cup Captain!