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L32:  (4) Liam Broady WR 191 (CH = 154 in April 2018) vs Viktor Galovic (CRO) WR 285 (CH = 173 in May 2018)

L32:  (5) Jay Clarke WR 193 (CH = 153 in July 2019) vs Dimitar Kuzmanov (BUL) WR 278 (CH = 250 in December 2018)



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Looking at the draw bit confused as to why the 2nd special Exemption spot didnt get cleared after Chappell lost this morning.

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L16:  Geoffrey Blancaneaux (FRA) & Jay Clarke UNR (301+0 [but a CH of 221 in April 2018) vs (2) Benjamin Bonzi & Tristan Lamasine (FRA/FRA) CR 356 (169+187)  bleh



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Stircrazy wrote:

L16:  Geoffrey Blancaneaux (FRA) & Jay Clarke UNR (301+0 [but a CH of 221 in April 2018) vs (2) Benjamin Bonzi & Tristan Lamasine (FRA/FRA) CR 356 (169+187)  bleh

 Fortunately, Jay has a stronger partner this week !



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QR1:  Antoine Bellier (SUI) WR 517 (CH = 503 in September 2016) vs (q8) Ryan Peniston WR 380 (CH = 359 in November 2019)

QR1:  (q3) Jack Draper WR 309 (CH = 283 last August) vs Nick Chappell (USA) WR 411 (CH = 406 last month)  disbelief



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Oh dear, let's hope Jack can turn the tables after this week's disappointing result.



-- Edited by Priesty on Saturday 13th of February 2021 06:17:06 PM

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There are only 15 pairs in the doubles here, why on earth wouldnt Liam, Jack D and Ryan P have made a pairing between them - would have been easy money, maybe got a one or two and seems no logical reason to have not done so??!

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Because they are singles players and want to concentrate on getting their rankings up. Doubles isnt and shouldnt be a priority for any of them. Liam will have played plenty of tennis and the others have qualifying so it all makes sense to me.

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Ryan has taken the first set 6-4

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Ryan wins 6-4 4-6 6-3.
Plays Simon Carr next who beat the q1.

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Ryan won 6-4 4-6 6-3

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Because they are singles players and want to concentrate on getting their rankings up. Doubles isnt and shouldnt be a priority for any of them. Liam will have played plenty of tennis and the others have qualifying so it all makes sense to me.

 Maybe - it just felt like a free hit , free cash, why not give it a go. 



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Jaggy1876 wrote:

Because they are singles players and want to concentrate on getting their rankings up. Doubles isnt and shouldnt be a priority for any of them. Liam will have played plenty of tennis and the others have qualifying so it all makes sense to me.

 Maybe - it just felt like a free hit , free cash, why not give it a go. 

 I guess the other issue is, if your off to play another tournament next week and likely to need to play qualifying then this weeks doubles could get in the way. 



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JonH comes home wrote:
Jaggy1876 wrote:

Because they are singles players and want to concentrate on getting their rankings up. Doubles isnt and shouldnt be a priority for any of them. Liam will have played plenty of tennis and the others have qualifying so it all makes sense to me.

 Maybe - it just felt like a free hit , free cash, why not give it a go. 

 I think the issue may possibly be with quarantine.  If a player is in qualifying and then gets knocked out in the first round, do they want to hang around for another few days twiddling their thumbs when they can move on, do any quarantine that may suddenly spring up and compete somewhere else.  Things are so changeable at the moment that its probably not worth the risk of missing out on a singles opportunity elsewhere because all of a sudden the rules changed and they are stuck in S Africa. Last week there wasn't that issue because they were all there the following week.

Liam being in the final this week has probably prevented him from doing doubles as he needs the rest more than the money/points



-- Edited by emmsie69 on Sunday 14th of February 2021 10:14:06 AM



-- Edited by emmsie69 on Sunday 14th of February 2021 10:14:52 AM

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In normal life, the doubles decision is very much base on what you've got planned for the next week.

i.e. it made sense for Liam and Jack to do dubs last week because they were going to be staying there all week anyway.

But if it's your last week and you're not very sure of getting very far in singles, then you don't want to commit to staying extra days.

And also agree with Emmsie that Liam's played a lot of tennis and probably didn't want to overdo it with singles AND doubles again this week.

And he's in Gran Canaria, isn't he, the week after?

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