Bob in Spain wrote:

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I intend to "have a word" with Marcus at Wimbledon qualies.   Why did he make all that effort to get fit for the tour only to stop playing - assuming that is the case. I need him back in that top 500 as we are a bit light in that department at the moment.

Having said that, there was a comment made by Marcus around Feb (to Mike C I think) where he said he would not be back on the tour until June. So may be this is the start of a comeback. 

And like others have said here, if there is a spare WC floating around, Jonny would be my choice. 

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 I'd be surprised if his reason was anything other than financial. If he does go back on the tour full time. Id imagine the French club stuff would have funded that. Let's hope he can have a good qualifying and that will a) give him some much needed points and b) help fund him a bit longer.

steven wrote:

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Ben Rothenberg reporting that Brydan does now have a main draw wildcard!

Edit: and confirmed that all 4 play off R2 winners get QWCs, i.e. including Dan S

-- Edited by steven on Saturday 18th of June 2016 12:19:07 PM

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They do make him wait each year, but they've got in before he possibly moves back ahead of Liam and Alex in the rankings after 3 months off.

Certainly going well at Ilkley

Madadman wrote:

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Still 2 wildcards left for MD if I'm right. Only way I can see them used is if Milton had a blinder at Nottingham this week.

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 They need to make a decision before the qualifying draw is done tomorrow night. Presumably if either Millot or Przysiezny win Ilkely they will get one.

As for leaving 3 qualifying wild cards unused, I am utterly disgusted by it. If I was to say what I really think about the people running in tennis in the country I would be risking a visit from the police.

The Wimbledon site says they have given one of the Doubles WCs to Aussie Lleyton Hewitt and some unknown Brit called Jordan Thompson.

And they also don't appear to have any idea as to what nationality Brydan Klein is, saying he's German in the Singles, but stateless(?) in the Doubles.

edit: When did Stepanek become British?

http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/news/articles/2016-06-15/wild_cards_announcement_for_the_championships_2016.html

DavidC wrote:

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steven wrote:

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I remember them leaving main draw wild cards unused before but I don't remember them doing the same with QWCs - Jonny and co. must be gutted that they've decided to do that this year

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 Actually the same thing happened with QWCs last year - 4 went to players from the play-offs, which left 3 unused once Ed made the draw on his ranking. So it is at least a consistent policy to allocate a maximum of 4 from the play-offs.

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Ah, OK - I was out of the loop at this time last year so wondered after I posted whether a precedent might have been set then!