The guys have done great to have 25 in the top 500 and indeed recently to have had 26 ( and I've mentioned my thoughts about possibly making a general GB men PoS WC nomination ).
But 30 in the top 500 sure isn't happening within a few months lMHO.
If we count all of the current 25 ( including Anton to restore these points ), plus all 4 of Aidan, James, Toby and Felix ( and all 4 does seem a stretch ) then who else might be a contender?
Does feel a stretch- the guys whos names pop out are Lui or Luca or Charlie R or Oli B, but theyll all be at college I think and limited from making much headway in the rankings for a year or two.
This is where I mentioned Lui - but don't think I can claim mystic meg style insight tbh!
I was just thinking that top 500 on the women's side is quite easy to do for players of a reasonable level. It is much harder to break through into top 400.
Ranah is one case in point with a full set of counters and only 3 big counters - 75k QF 50k SF & 15K win
I fear that the likes of Ranah, Alicia, Esther, Millie etc will all get stuck in this ranking area
In top 250 terms, men are at a live 14 with Toby sitting on a top 250 place
Yes, we were here before in the 12/01 rankings. But Toby ( and the 14 in the top 250 ) now on a bit firmer ground with him live ranked 242 ( and hopefully he can push that still higher this week ) as against his CH 248.
There continues to be 29 GB men in the singles top 500 but in the latest rankings there is now a ginormous points / ranking gap to the GB #30 - with the previous #30 Millen Hurrion dropping from WR 600 to WR 704 with 16 points dropping off.
As at 09/02:
28 / WR 457 - James Story 100 points 29 / WR 480 - Henry Searle 91