It feels like this is a big event for Paul and Aidan, having made the move to come across here for what I think is just one event.

Presumably neither will be seeded in what appears to be a strong field? Hope they get a decent draw out of it!

Coup Droit wrote:

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JonH comes home wrote:

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It feels like this is a big event for Paul and Aidan, having made the move to come across here for what I think is just one event.

Presumably neither will be seeded in what appears to be a strong field? Hope they get a decent draw out of it!

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 Each other might be good.....

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 Indeed, one occasion where that might not be a bad thing!

flamingowings wrote:

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Nicolás Kicker - a player recently back from a suspension for match fixing.

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 Yeah, he got a couple of wild cards in the clay events around South America recently, too much comment as well. Would be good to see Blu beat him but to be honest, Kicker is ex top 80 so it seems unlikely! 

Stircrazy wrote:

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flamingowings wrote:

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Nicolás Kicker - a player recently back from a suspension for match fixing.

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From his Wiki page:

Kicker was suspended for six years and fined $25,000 for committing match-fixing offences under the Tennis Anti-Corruption Program. He was banned from professional tennis until January 2021.

I thought I hadn't seen his name for a while.  I don't recall the case, but that's a long ban!

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I think it turned out to be 3 years of those being suspended , he was banned in 2018 and so came back after 3 years in 2021, February I think...but it was a bad case for sure and it is upset many folks that the South American events have been offering him wild cards!    

flamingowings wrote:

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JonH comes home wrote:

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flamingowings wrote:

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Nicolás Kicker - a player recently back from a suspension for match fixing.

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 Yeah, he got a couple of wild cards in the clay events around South America recently, too much comment as well. Would be good to see Blu beat him but to be honest, Kicker is ex top 80 so it seems unlikely! 

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 Yes, there was another player getting all sorts of WC's as well as Kicker for something equally as dodgy but can't remember who he is now 

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 It was Nicholas Jarry

https://sports.nbcsports.com/2020/04/22/nicolas-jarry-receives-11-month-doping-ban/

https://twitter.com/josemorgado/status/1362131938711130120?lang=en-gb

Jarry was a doper. He is still ranked 370 (presumably his ban worked out just right for him with frozen rankings) and guess what...he is also in this event as 6th seed...  

JonH comes home wrote:

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Stircrazy wrote:

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flamingowings wrote:

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Nicolás Kicker - a player recently back from a suspension for match fixing.

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From his Wiki page:

Kicker was suspended for six years and fined $25,000 for committing match-fixing offences under the Tennis Anti-Corruption Program. He was banned from professional tennis until January 2021.

I thought I hadn't seen his name for a while.  I don't recall the case, but that's a long ban!

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I think it turned out to be 3 years of those being suspended , he was banned in 2018 and so came back after 3 years in 2021, February I think...but it was a bad case for sure and it is upset many folks that the South American events have been offering him wild cards!    

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 3 years as he is educating players on the dangers of match fixing. Apparently