Week 2 - Australian Open - men's qualifying (outdoor hard)

flamingowings · All-time great

Week 2 - Australian Open - men's qualifying (outdoor hard)

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Good enough draw for Liam, real shame re Ryan missing out.

flamingowings · All-time great

Stark contrast to the 6 women in quals.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

flamingowings wrote:
Stark contrast to the 6 women in quals.

Yes, just what I was thinking - and it's not like we've got tons more men in the main draw hmm

flamingowings · All-time great

Ryan is definitely in Melbourne (or "Melbs") as per his Instagram (at the beach with Jodie Burrage). Wasn't he only 1 or 2 out?

flamingowings · All-time great

Coup Droit wrote:
flamingowings wrote:
Stark contrast to the 6 women in quals.
Yes, just what I was thinking - and it's not like we've got tons more men in the main draw

Yeah, hopefully better slam luck next time (as in, hopefully Liam is joined by a band of merry GB men!)

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Hopefully Liam can get through though, his draw is pretty decent. 4 in main draw plus 4 in the women after qualies would be a nice start to the season!

Madadman · Masters Series Champion

A reasonable draw for Liam. Wouldnt be till FQR if they both got there and hes not in great form but if atomic turns up and performs he could be a dangerous FQR opponent.

emmsie69 · Top national player

He's 2 out so still an opportunity for an alt spot

Shhh · Challenger level

That is gutting for Ryan to go right around the world and miss out by a spot or two. I wonder how much the whole venture has cost him?

emmsie69 · Top national player

Nature of the beast similar happened to Katie Swan last year. He's probably still gained a lot from being in the environment though

Madadman · Masters Series Champion

Shhh wrote:
That is gutting for Ryan to go right around the world and miss out by a spot or two. I wonder how much the whole venture has cost him?

I think a lot of it is covered by the AO. I could be wrong. I think they pay for flights but maybe only from Dubai or somewhere. I assume if youre that close to being in they would cover it as well.
Annoying thing is hed be first Alt if you know who had pulled out and Wasnt waiting on an appeal.

Jaggy1876 · Grand Slam Champion

Jenson Brooksby has Covid so is out, Ryan now one spot out.

Jaggy1876 · Grand Slam Champion

So looks like Ryan will miss out by one spot, because of Novak essentially

steven · Tennis legend

Jaggy1876 wrote:
Jenson Brooksby has Covid so is out, Ryan now one spot out.

It doesn't look like Brooksby pulled out before qualifying started because Vavassori who was 1st alt isn't in the qualifying draw yet. Or am I missing something that would indeed mean Ryan is now 1st Alt (with a small but far from zero chance of getting in, I would have thought)