Entries Week 16 - 15/04/2013

seagull · Hall of fame

Entries Week 16 - 15/04/2013

seagull · Hall of fame

Points Defences Week 16

Mens Singles

180 - Murray
3 - Corrie, Ward J, Smethurst, Milton
2 - Jones J, Fitzpatrick, Bloomfield
1 - Slabinsky, Phillips

Mens Doubles

90 - Murray/Murray
80 - Marray
18 - Corrie, Eaton, Inglot
10 - Slabinsky

Womans Singles

4 - Stephenson

Tennis36 · Masters Series Champion

was wondering where kyle would play next, interesting..

korriban · Challenger level

I do hope Ed plays in the French CH st Breiuc next week (week 14) ahead of his Davis Cup 5th player duties, because if he is asked to pull out, he would in effect not be playing any tournaments in weeks 13-16 inclusive, which seems a rather long break for a man in form.

From Bob in Spain's discussion with Kyle and his coach, I think he was originally planning to play 2 US clay $15ks in weeks 15 and 16, followed by 2 US $50k CHs on clay in weeks 17 and 18. Playing qualifying for this $100k CH instead of the 2 Futures (with DC commitments) is a nice compromise. Thinking big at least!

jake270392 · Intermediate Club Player

Bally has withdrawn from USA tournament, so im guessing she is going to Argentina whether she is in the team or not.

seagull · Hall of fame

Monte Carlo Masters Doubles Entry List

1 Bryan, Bob (USA)/Bryan, Mike (USA) 2
2 Granollers, Marcel (ESP)/Lopez, Marc (ESP) 7
3 Lindstedt, Robert (SWE)/Nestor, Daniel (CAN) 11
4 Qureshi, Aisam-Ul-Haq (PAK)/Rojer, Jean-Julien (NED) 17
5 Mirnyi, Max (BLR)/Tecau, Horia (ROU) 18
6 Bhupathi, Mahesh (IND)/Bopanna, Rohan (IND) 22
7 Cilic, Marin (CRO)/Melo, Marcelo (BRA) 31
8 Kubot, Lukasz (POL)/Tipsarevic, Janko (SRB) 33
9 Peya, Alexander (AUT)/Soares, Bruno (BRA) 36
10 Fyrstenberg, Mariusz (POL)/Matkowski, Marcin (POL) 37
11 Gasquet, Richard (FRA)/Llodra, Michael (FRA) 41
12 Melzer, Jurgen (AUT)/Paes, Leander (IND) 42
13 Bracciali, Daniele (ITA)/Seppi, Andreas (ITA) 43
14 Fleming, Colin (GBR)/Marray, Jonathan (GBR) 44
15 Knowle, Julian (AUT)/Nielsen, Frederik (DEN) 47
16 Kohlschreiber, Philipp (GER)/Mayer, Florian (GER) 49
17 (OS)
18 (OS)
19 (OS)
20 (OS)
21 (OS)
22 (OS)
23 (WC)
24 (WC)

korriban · Challenger level

The 8th seed was only 4 ahead of Kyle in the entry list before the usual final day spate of no shows, so if Kyle is there and fit, there's no way he could have missed the cut for qualies. Either he's not playing (due to a fitness problem) or more likely he has a WC into the MD. A bit surprising, given the expectation of US only WCs, but there are a large number of non-US WCs in qualies, so I think its a possibility

Steven has removed Kyle altogether from the week 16 table, so perhaps he has some more info

-- Edited by korriban on Saturday 13th of April 2013 06:24:53 AM

Priesty · Challenger level

Just looked at the Sarasota qualifying draw and Kyle's name's not there......

Tennis36 · Masters Series Champion

Wouldn't be suprised , two of the wild cards were going to Americans who were consequently the next two alternates for the main draw, and with SE's to clear...

Count Zero · Tennis legend

Seen on mtf it mentioned that the American who gets most points from the 3 upcoming clay challengers will get a RG WC. Not a bad idea, wonder if the LTA would consider something similar for wimby.

korriban · Challenger level

We don't really have any Challengers anymore, so it wouldn't really make sense!!!!!!!! smile

Count Zero · Tennis legend

well we have the 2 nottingham challengers and queens - could say whoever earns the most points over those 2 weeks gets one?

murray_2k9 · Challenger qualifying

I really like that idea. Perhaps extending it to GB events in general would be fairer though, so it was a year long effort rather than just 3 weeks, and of course including queens would add a lot of bias due to the need for WC.

steven · Tennis legend

korriban wrote:
Steven has removed Kyle altogether from the week 16 table, so perhaps he has some more info

I don't have any more info - I changed him to "not playing" on the week 16 table when I noticed he wasn't in qualies. It seems unlikely he has got a main draw wild card but I'm still hoping he has!

steven · Tennis legend

I like the idea of a completely objective method for giving out one of the WCs, but both of the options mentioned are fraught with problems. Giving it for the most points accumulated in a few GB grass court events means it could well go to the player adds to the advantage of getting the most luck of the draw in those events (luck of the draw doesn't really even out over a whole year, so it certainly won't even out over two or three grass court events), while giving it for the most points accumulated in all GB events gives yet more incentive to players not to venture abroad, which doesn't seem like a good idea - better to give it to those with the most points for all events, which takes us back to just using the ATP rankings.