Bob in Spain wrote:

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Andy has withdrawn and is heading for Montpellier.

Probably very disappointing for the tournament organisers for him to pull out at this late stage.

-- Edited by Bob in Spain on Wednesday 17th of February 2021 09:39:43 AM

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 That is a bad look tbh. 

JonH comes home wrote:

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That is bad, makes Andy look bad as FW says. He will take some flak for this although I would imagine he had an arrangement with the Biella organisers in the event that he played last week and decided that was enough...

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 Pros and Cons, I don't like to see players of Andys calibre in tournaments like this. Imagine you finally get a spot in the MD though qualifying and then have to play him.

SuperT wrote:

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I was very disappointed with Andy when I saw this. I do of course understand the logic of going to Montpellier to prepare, but I feel it would have been fairer if he'd withdrawn on Monday morning before the main draw started. After last week's schedule this would not have been unreasonable. The tournament have clearly tried to do all they can for him by allowing him two days rest after last week and delaying his match as long as possible, so it feels unreasonable to pull out now. Also any potential lucky losers will probably have moved on by now which is likely to frustrate those who might have played. Andy generally has huge respect within the sport, especially for his off sport behaviour so I would be sad if this were to tarnish his reputation.

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 It won't be this one tournament but Andy is beginning to look a little flakey on the commitments to playing overall.

Also, this Andy is not the same Andy as before. Sadly.

Coup Droit wrote:

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Stircrazy wrote:

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L16:  Robert Galloway & Alex Lawson (USA/USA) CR 247 (123+124) vs Lloyd Glasspool & Harri Heliövaara (FIN) CR 247 (144+103)

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 Lloyd and partner won, 6-7(2) 6-3 10-8   

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 Scoreline lived up to the rankings, nothing in it!