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The Knight


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RJA wrote:

I suppose the thinking goes something like this. Considerable cost (flights, hotels, etc) and unless you get a really nice draw probably a first round defeat so not really worth missing one and realistically two* futures events for.

 You do get around £2000 even if you lost in the first round of USQ though..



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The Magician Santoro


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Golding gets all his flights etc funded by the LTA anyway, seems like a noble move from him to reject the USO and get a nice paycheck. Right attitude.

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Anyone know whether Oli gets to travel business class?

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Thanks, philwrig! I clearly don't follow these things closely enough .... incomplete information indeed!  



-- Edited by Spectator on Thursday 16th of August 2012 03:52:32 PM

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LordBrownof


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It might be noble but I'm not sure it's that wise. We're debating this like it's a straight choice between the two and it's not. There are futures happening in both the US and in Canada during August and September, so why not do both?


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We're also debating with incomplete information. Inter alia, ZooTennis has noted that Grace Min, last year's girl's USO champion, didn't get a QWC. There's no way I can think of that she would have turned down the chance ... so is there actually a question mark around what the USO's policy on awarding was?

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Spectator wrote:

We're also debating with incomplete information. Inter alia, ZooTennis has noted that Grace Min, last year's girl's USO champion, didn't get a QWC. There's no way I can think of that she would have turned down the chance ... so is there actually a question mark around what the USO's policy on awarding was?

 Grace Min is ranked inside the top 200 so is a direct entry into qualies, pretty sure Zoo Tennis was talking about Min not getting a Main Draw WC.



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Reeltime


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Does Oli not get an MDWC?

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Hmm. apparently not. I thought the previous years Junior winner was guranteed a WC?

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Reeltime wrote:

Does Oli not get an MDWC?

 

No.



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Sorry. I missed page 2 of the thread before I posted.

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The Knight


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Is Wardy still keen to compete? It has been almost 6 weeks since his fractured risk but i'd still have thought he'd need a few more...

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Is Wardy still keen to compete? It has been almost 6 weeks since his fractured risk but i'd still have thought he'd need a few more...

 

3 days ago he tweeted the following

 

Starting to feel good on court now, looking forward to playing next week in #usopen!!



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The Knight


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sweeeetttt

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Having just compiled the new GB men's top 25 table, it seems like very bad planning that in a week with no less than 18 Futures events on (including a dozen in Europe ex-Russia), only 7 (28%) of the 25 Brits in the WR 350-900 range are actually playing! bleh

Of course, the reason might be that 16 of those 18 Futures, including all of ones in Europe, are being played on clay. So much for this being the hard court season. Once again, of course, it means that the clay court lovers will be stealing a rankings march on the Brits who avoid the devil dust like the plague.

Unsurprisingly, those Brits who are playing have tended to be rewarded with DAs or higher seedings than they would normally get.



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