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JonH comes home


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Stircrazy wrote:
JonH comes home wrote:
Stircrazy wrote:
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Jaggy1876 wrote:
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If Aidan won this event and Billy was runner up, they would both get enough points to reach the top 250 - its quite tight from around 200 to 350 and those performances would be enough to get 10 in the top 250, with Ali also thereabouts on live 254.

Maybe its closing in for Jaggy?

Ps I dont for one second expect them to make the above happen, but at least they are in separate halves so it is possible in theory

 Will we get 10 in the top 250 and 20 for the 500 before Andy retires? I think all 3 will happen within the next year for sure, maybe sooner. 

 Andy could prove the long pole, we cant afford to lose him from either so it could be a chase.

What the hell's a "long pole", apart from the literal meaning?  confuse 

 the long pole in the tent?! The Long Pole in the Tent Meaning

Definition: 1) The part of a task that will take the longest amount of time to complete; 2) the most critical part of a task.

So, Andy could prove to be the most critical part in the task of getting 10 in the top 250, if he retires before we get there!

Thank you.  I just wish people would stop using what I assume are expressions largely imported from Yank-land on the assumption that everyone else knows what they're talking about.  I realise I'm probably in a minority of one, but I really can't be arsed to look them up, so the meaning goes straight over my head.  cry

 you say it comes from Yank land but I am not entirely sure!

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "Long Pole in the Tent", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

The meaning of this idiom originated from its literal meaning.

 

The long pole in a tent will determine the height of the tent, just as the longest, most time consuming, part of a project will determine the length of a project. Likewise, the long pole in a tent usually is in the center, and bears most of the weight, making it the most important. Therefore, the long pole in the tent in the metaphorical sense can also be the most important. Both meanings exist, although the meaning related to delays is more common.



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Coup Droit wrote:

Which is why you ask, if you're interested, and someone helpful like Jon answers

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I am afraid I am guilty of using it a lot in work, particularly in project situations. 

Anyhoo, back to the tennis! 



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Coup Droit wrote:

Which is why you ask, if you're interested, and someone helpful like Jon answers

Interested only to the extent of wanting to make some kind of sense of the point being made.  The use of jargon or arcane/Americanese colloquialisms interferes with that process.



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Stircrazy wrote:
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Which is why you ask, if you're interested, and someone helpful like Jon answers

Interested only to the extent of wanting to make some kind of sense of the point being made.  The use of jargon or arcane/Americanese colloquialisms interferes with that process.

But this is a 'British Tennis' forum - not a tennis forum for British people  

So posts from all people, with whatever their wont in English phrases, are welcome, no?  



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Meanwhile, Paul Jubb had several set points, and was playing well, but ended up losing the first set in a long TB :(

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What a gutsy show from Paul to come back and take the second set, in another long and tight tie-break set

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Bonus for Liam as Verdasco is out and replaced by LL Tu (who was beaten by Aidan yesterday).

As CD says, great for Paul to pull his match back to 1 set all.

Billy a set up against Kovacevic (who beat him last week) but has just surrendered a break advantage in the 2nd



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Bonus for Liam as Verdasco is out and replaced by LL Tu (who was beaten by Aidan yesterday).

L32:  (LL) Li Tu (AUS) WR 254 vs Liam Broady WR 129 



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L32:  (4) Jordan Thompson (AUS) WR 112 defeated Paul Jubb WR 202 by 7-6(8) 6-7(5) 6-3  hmm



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L32:  (Q) Billy Harris WR 309 defeated (WC) Aleksandar Kovacevic (USA) WR 205 by 6-3 4-6 6-3  biggrin 

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L16:  (Q) Billy Harris WR 309 vs (WC) Ben Shelton (USA) 282 (CH = 254 last month)



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Billy gets the win! Should mean top 300!

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Great result, Billy boy

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Welcome to the top 300 Billy Boy.

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BILLY!

Fantastic news.

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L16:  (Q) Billy Harris WR 309 vs (WC) Ben Shelton (USA) 282 (CH = 254 last month)

Shelton is this years NCAA champion and has that ranking on only 11 tournaments.



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