Weeks 26 and 27 - The Championships, Wimbledon (grass) - men's singles

the addict · Tennis legend

Weeks 26 and 27 - The Championships, Wimbledon (grass) - men's singles

Brendan F · Lower Club Player

I'm amazed that Otte who was a qualifier when he played Andy last year is seeded this year

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Brendan F wrote:
I'm amazed that Otte who was a qualifier when he played Andy last year is seeded this year

When the initial entry list came out he was ranked 60th, but he had some good early grass season events, he was semifinalist in Stuttgart (lost to Berrettini) and Halle (lost to Medvedev) . So he got a decent number of points in short order and it propelled him to a seeding.

He is quite dangerous - in the matches he played in those two German events, he played 10 tie breaker sets in 16 sets played in total and won 7-3. He seems hard to break and secure on his service, pretty important on grass

indiana · Tennis legend

Coup Droit wrote:
Absolutely.

Great draws.

There should be some very nice pay cheques there for our men

Yes, certainly can't complain about that draw overall

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

L128: Andy Murray WR 51 (CH = 1 in November 2016) vs James Duckworth (AUS) WR 77 (CH = 46 in January)

L128: (WC) Jay Clarke WR 159 (CH = 153 in July 2019) vs (Q) Christian Harrison (USA) WR 248 (CH = 98 in July 2018)

L128: (9) Cameron Norrie WR 12 (CH = 10 in April) vs Pablo Andújar (ESP) WR 100 (CH = 32 in July 2015)

L128: (WC) Ryan Peniston WR 147 (= CH) vs Henri Laaksonen (SUI) WR 95 (CH = 84 in February)

L128: (WC) Zizou Bergs (BEL) WR 146 (= CH) vs Jack Draper WR 108 (CH = 99 last week)

L128: (WC) Liam Broady WR 132 (CH = 116 in February) vs (Q) Lukas Klein (SVK) WR 224 (CH = 220 last week)

L128: (WC) Paul Jubb WR 219 (= CH) vs Nick Kyrgios (AUS) WR 45 (CH = 13 in October 2016) bleh

L128: (Q) Jason Kubler (AUS) WR 98 (CH = 91 in October 2016) vs (28) Daniel Evans WR 33 (CH = 22 last September)

L128: (WC) Alastair Gray WR 283 (= CH) vs Tseng Chun-hsin (TPE) WR 93 (= CH)

Spaced · Lower Club Player

Would hope for at least 4 or 5 wins from that draw, couldn't be much better!
Paul Jubb definitely with the short straw and would take a mammoth effort (or a mammoth breakdown at the other end) to get past Kyrgios on grass, but looks like everyone else has a genuine chance of getting a win.
If only there were ranking points on offer...

-- Edited by Spaced on Friday 24th of June 2022 03:53:26 PM

Mervatron2 · Challenger qualifying

Very kind draws really bar one. Hoping a few of these can win

emmsie69 · Top national player

Sods law there are no points on offer the year our players get decent draws. Will be interesting to see whether there will be a court case come the end of the tournament, particularly if a low ranked player wins.

Rich2310 · County player

Real shame about no points. Some good winnable matches there for the guys. The points are invaluable.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

It's the same for everyone

At least our guys have racked up good points in the lead-up events

Unlike a lot of the youngsters in qualis, the money will be really key for most of these players in the main draw

Let's hope they manage to have a real kerching week (or two)

MadmanP · Improver

I see a big chances for Alastair Gray. He is in a solid form and been performing well in last few weeks. If he lose a match then it's always a close game. I wouldnt be surprised if he beat the young Tseng (even if I am not sure how good he is, especially on the grass). Alastair should have a big advantage of his strong service.

emmsie69 · Top national player

MadmanP wrote:
I see a big chances for Alastair Gray. He is in a solid form and been performing well in last few weeks. If he lose a match then it's always a close game. I wouldnt be surprised if he beat the young Tseng (even if I am not sure how good he is, especially on the grass). Alastair should have a big advantage of his strong service.

Tseng is the 2019 junior Wimbledon champion (beat Jack) was loitering around the 200 mark for quite a while but has started making progress recently

-- Edited by emmsie69 on Friday 24th of June 2022 06:49:26 PM

MadmanP · Improver

Ok fair enough. But still for me it can be a close game. Especially when you see Alastair improving a lot recently

Jaffa · Challenger level

Does anyone know if itll still be a mandatory counter for those with WCs this year?

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Jaffa wrote:
Does anyone know if itll still be a mandatory counter for those with WCs this year?

Presumably it cant be of there are no ranking points being awarded at all? They cant give them mandatory zeros Right across the board, that wouldnt be fair on the players that play. Unless Im misunderstanding the question ?